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Johnny Depp as Barnabas Collins

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UndifferentCow		#121	[-]
Posts: 14541 05/12/12 07:45 PM Reply Quote More Recent Posts	I thought it was incredibly gay. Everyone over acted.
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Lurking Conifer		#122	[-]
Posts: 3367 05/12/12 07:55 PM Reply Quote More Recent Posts	shocking
jubal		#123	[-]
Posts: 7311 05/12/12 08:00 PM I took his head...cold Reply Quote More Recent Posts	It looks really stupid. All the campy fun of the series erased by some post-modern wink and nod. Fuck you, Burton. You don't have to constantly remind us of how much more clever we are than prior generations. Die.
Trompe L Oeil		#124	[-]
Posts: 3535 05/13/12 09:00 PM Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts	My neighbor and I went, she also used to watch the original soap opera. We're glad we saw it but Spoiler [+] they killed off Angelique which in my opinion was a bad move if they plan on any sequels. Her relationship with Barnabas WAS the show in my opinion. I also have mixed feelings about Maggie & Josette becoming Maggie, Josette & Victoria. It seemed like a film done by fans of the show but they took a heck of a lot of liberties. I wish they'd kept to some of the original format. For instance I've been watching old episodes on Netflix and every show started out with a narrative "my name is Victoria Winters..." and ended with "Dark Shadows is a Dan Curtis production." The film was dedicated to Dan Curtis and (I assume it's) his children are listed in the credits, but it would have been nice to have the original theme in the closing credits with "Dark Shadows has been a Tim Burton production" as a voiceover. Jonathan Frid, Lara Parker, Kathryn Leigh Scott & David Selby were barely on the screen...it would have been nice to see more of them.
Nods		#125	[-]
Posts: 13708 05/14/12 03:03 AM Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts	I found the movie to be just okay, I believe having Johnny Depp as a lead and not part of an ensemble really took away from the best parts of the film. Bella Heathcote, and Chloë Grace Moretz were really the best parts of the film and they went from being leads to basically disappearing after the first act. Johnny Depp, Ava Green, and Michelle Pfeiffer were given most of the "jokes" and really none of them were particularly funny. Visually the film was spectacular it reminded me more of Pushing Daisies than The Adams Family, and once again I wish we would have seen more of that than of Johnny Depp mugging to the camera.
StatelyWayneManor		#126	[-]
Posts: 32942 05/14/12 07:43 AM Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts	JaiPeur wrote: Getting wasted and seeing this tonight. Got wasted because I saw it last night. I feel bad for the die hard Shadows fans...
JaiPeur		#127	[-]
Posts: 5406 05/14/12 08:23 AM Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts	Grieve not for us, Stately! I decree: this was a valid, if slightly unexpected interpretation of the source material. I liked more than I didn't like, but this might warrant a caveat in saying that I came to that theater with ZERO expectations. The opening credits werked for me, Angelique's Ursula voice was wonderful and Collinsport and Collinwood looked wonderful. I could have sued more spookiness and steady editing in the finale (Roger just leaves? Victoria takes a day long hike to Widow's Hill?) Spoiler [+] I don't really care that they offed Angelique: no one is ever really dead in the DS universe, especially a whore of Beelzebub. IF there are any sequels, expect them to feature some extended flashbacks where Angelique could again disrupt life at Collinwood. I did take issue with the vampirization of Dr. Julia Hoffman--I just can't think of a reason to justify that, especially when Maggie-->Veronica-->Victoria was also made into a vampire.
StatelyWayneManor		#128	[-]
Posts: 32942 05/14/12 08:31 AM Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts	It made $28 million US. The budget was $150 million. At that rate, the soundtrack might be more profitable than the film.
JaiPeur		#129	[-]
Posts: 5406 05/14/12 09:28 AM Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts	::SLAP::
JaiPeur		#130	[-]
Posts: 5406 05/14/12 09:32 AM Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts
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Nods		#131	[-]
Posts: 13708 05/14/12 12:02 PM Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts	StatelyWayneManor wrote: It made $28 million US. The budget was $150 million. At that rate, the soundtrack might be more profitable than the film. It should finish in the $50 million to 75 million domestic, which judging by Burton/Depp's foreign trend it'll make the $150 could finish around $300.
BrandonsExWife		#132	[-]
Posts: 1821 05/14/12 04:12 PM Reply Quote More Recent Posts	Saw the movie. It was okay, but I think I forgot half of it by the time I got home. No great moments or jokes, except maybe [spoiler]Alice Cooper[\spoiler] I'm old enough to barely remember the series, I used to watch occasionally.
Trompe L Oeil		#133	[-]
Posts: 3535 05/14/12 04:26 PM Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts	I think the funniest parts were: M = Mephistopheles = McDonalds Barnabas & the lava lamp Jackie Earle Haley was good casting. I liked Chloë Grace Moretz but I kept thinking of her as Jack Donaghee's arch nemesis instead of Carolyn Stoddard. I also thought the "flip" hairstyle they gave Victoria was a tip of the hat to the hairstyle worn by the original Carolyn Stoddard. I went through High School in the early 70s and I'd forgotten how overtly sexual a lot of our popular music was at the time.
8trackmind		#134	[-]
Posts: 3623 05/15/12 08:02 AM Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts	The music is from the MID 70s. Barry White was a total unknown in 1972. Why they didn't just push the date it's set in to 1974 or 1975 is just one of the many puzzling questions raised by the film.
Nods		#135	[-]
Posts: 13708 05/15/12 08:58 AM Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts	They picked 1972 because it's 2012 and it's 10+10+10+10 fingures and toes fingures and toes head shoulders no shit FORTY yeah forty years on the nose.
merkyl		#136	[-]
Posts: 79783 05/15/12 08:59 AM Registered loser Reply Quote More Recent Posts	Kinda like the same reason Back to the Future did 1955, 1985 and 2015. Can't make your audience do math.
psychosweetie		#137	[-]
Posts: 2263 05/15/12 09:10 AM Ask me about giggly tits! Reply Quote More Recent Posts	I like Johnny Depp, how can you not like him? But why does he keep taking on classic roles played by unattractive older men and ruining them? Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka was perfect, but Johnny Depp turned Willy into a creepy freak. Of course, I haven't SEEN him in Dark Shadows, but from the previews I'm getting the same vibe.
StatelyWayneManor		#138	[-]
Posts: 32942 05/15/12 09:18 AM Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts	After Pirates; he can pretty much get any vanity project he wants to do greenlit. Hunter S. Thompson...check. Lone Ranger...check. Dark Shadows...check. If he was a Care Bears fan; there would be a movie with him with a rainbow on his tummy.
Trompe L Oeil		#139	[-]
Posts: 3535 05/15/12 10:37 AM Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts	Other than the Pirates films, his recent movies either never seemed to do all that well at the boxoffice or have gotten lack luster reviews. I haven't researched it but films like Rum Diary (which I saw for $2 and I want my money back) don't stick around all that much. On the other hand, The Tourist is my guilty pleasure. I never saw it in the theater but I couldn't even dare to guess the number of times I have seen bits of it on Starz & Encore...I even bought a Muse CD because I like the song playing during the end credits. Watching late night interviews, Depp himself seems to have become more and more strange as he ages. He's still a good looking guy (his bone structure and eyes are gorgeous IMHO) but he wears make-up, lots of necklaces, old ratty looking hats and clothes...it's like he's trying too hard to be unique and instead he's a cliche. ...having said all that, I'm willing to watch any of his films at least once.
StatelyWayneManor		#140	[-]
Posts: 32942 05/15/12 10:47 AM Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts	http://www.mercurynews.co...pire-fanboy-dark-shadows ... Basically, "Hey, Tim, lets's do a vampire movie."
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