Tim Burton's Dark Shadows

Re: Tim Burton's Dark Shadows

feeds@yuku.com (Helrunar) — Sat, 15 Dec 2012 06:13:51 PST

Finally saw it tonight. Meh. I watched with a clinical detached eye. I think somewhere in there was a story somebody wanted to tell, at some point. I'm not sure just what happened. Too much money and too many producers perhaps. Michele Pfeiffer ...
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Re: Tim Burton's Dark Shadows

feeds@yuku.com (Colossus Rex) — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 20:21:52 PST

DARK SHADOWS, for all its weirdness, is supposed to be about family. The old TV show succeeded in giving you a bunch of flawed characters (yes, including Roger) that you came to care about and who, despite their conflicts with each other, funct...
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feeds@yuku.com (Wich2) — Sat, 01 Dec 2012 22:52:33 PST

>(besides Burton's usual lack of story sense, of course)< With you there, dr. And I think there's copious evidence for that in the corpus (of his work.) >at heart, Burton and Depp really want to do a straight-up pastiche of the kind of horror fil...
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feeds@yuku.com (ryanbrennan) — Sat, 01 Dec 2012 07:23:23 PST

oldmanster wrote:I was never a follower of the TV series, but know enough about the storyline to see that Burton and Depp threw in just about all the major tropes and mixed them around thoroughly with a really silly script. Jackie Earle Hailey and Chloe G...
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feeds@yuku.com (ArmandV101) — Sat, 01 Dec 2012 00:30:17 PST

I was one of those who saw the original show right after school. I've also attended several DS conventions and met some of the actors (including Frid). That said, and the fact that I knew ahead of time what to expect, I have to admit being entertained b...
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feeds@yuku.com (evilskippy) — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 18:57:00 PST

I just scored a used blu ray for around $6 against my better judgement. Not sure when I'll give it a spin. Reed you might like House Of Dark Shadows. Not sure when it will hit Netflix though.

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feeds@yuku.com (oldmanster) — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 17:26:02 PST

Just finished watching this on Netflix disk (it's around 11;30am CST here in DFW). I pretty much agree with what jackthekipper and drmedula say. It's an easy film to watch, probably a little better if you like the 70s music (that is unfortunately heavier ...
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Re: Tim Burton's Dark Shadows

feeds@yuku.com (drmedula) — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 16:34:46 PST

Just saw this; much of what Taraco says is spot-on... although I have to disagree about the use of Alice Cooper; Victoria's flashback played over his song was pretty inspired, and Cooper's overall presence suited the film better than any of the more labou...
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Re: Tim Burton's Dark Shadows

feeds@yuku.com (Carl Eyesnheart) — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 03:29:39 PST

Well, there's egg on my face. I actually kind of liked this dang thing. Oh sure, there were terrible bits (really . . . a werewolf?), but there was some decent enough stuff, and it kept the comedy fairly low-key. I do think Depp did a good job, and could ...
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feeds@yuku.com (delgadosaur) — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 20:42:56 PST

The ending....I dunno.

Re: Tim Burton's Dark Shadows

feeds@yuku.com (bromstaker) — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 00:21:08 PST

Caught this one today and have mixed feelings. It's certainly not the Dark Shadows film that I had hoped it would be (and that it could've been), but, it is undeniably entertaining.

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feeds@yuku.com (jackthekipper) — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 21:02:54 PST

I've been a fan of Burton since I first saw Beetlejuice back in '88 and own most of his movies and have stayed with him through his masterpieces (Ed Wood as one of my favorite movies of all time) and travesties (Mars Attacks, Planet of the Apes), but for ...
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Re: Tim Burton's Dark Shadows

feeds@yuku.com (Burgermeister) — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 10:22:36 PST

Elizabeth – cold, aloof, commanding, demanding; sure sounds like Joan Bennet’s character to me Mrs Stoddard was aloof and commanding, maybe not quite demanding and only cold to some characters (OK most characters to be fair) she was reasonably w...
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Re: Tim Burton's Dark Shadows

feeds@yuku.com (Hausenfan) — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 12:56:27 PST

I really thought I wouldn't like this film. The ads made it seem like a total comedy. I was not a huge fan of the TV series, but I loved the House of Dark Shadows movie, which I saw in a theater back in 1970 with my cousin (the first scary movie I'd ...
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feeds@yuku.com (flashback) — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 21:22:14 PST

if depp`s barnabus was written to not understand the current time so long and instead pick up on things faster ,it would have been better.the tv barnabus learned the times quick and was smart enough to be quiet and observe till he did understand the curre...
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Re: Tim Burton's Dark Shadows

feeds@yuku.com (looneyguy1985) — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 19:09:30 PST

So....I watched this on Blu Ray last night thus making it my third viewing. As I have mentioned previously, I liked this enough to watch in 2 times in the theater but after watching this again with my family at home....I was very annoyed with the whole th...
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feeds@yuku.com (WyattWingfoot) — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 18:14:01 PST

DrRavna wrote: ...This may be the whole problem, everything about the film had a sense of being turned up to 11, as if needed because they simply did not trust the material....That seems to sum up what is wrong with Burton in a nutshell.

Re: Tim Burton's Dark Shadows

feeds@yuku.com (Chesterbelloc) — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 17:53:48 PST

I watched this last night on the Blu-ray, and it's even worse than I remembered. Yeah, the scenery is gorgeous and it's a nice movie to look at, but the plot is incomprehensible. And the final climactic CGI fest is just embarrassing to watch. What a stink...
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Re: Tim Burton's Dark Shadows

feeds@yuku.com (aycorn) — Sat, 06 Oct 2012 16:12:48 PST

I watched it last night. As a fan of the show, I would say its not a complete travesty as long as you judge it on its own merits, and not as the DS feature film most of us fans would have wanted. But I also think its a very odd beast: a comedy that real...
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feeds@yuku.com (DrRavna) — Sat, 06 Oct 2012 13:26:21 PST

Rented this last evening and I will give Johnny Depp points for doing what he did with a thanklessly written part. That said, and despite the best efforts of Michelle Pfeffer to keep this unfocused mess of a film afloat. it simply falls apart at almost e...
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Tim Burton's Dark Shadows

feeds@yuku.com (Phantom Stranger) — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 20:18:14 PST

Dark Shadows Set to Shoot in January Source: Deadline July 15, 2010 Tim Burton's Dark Shadows is set to roll in January 2011, reports Deadline. The film has also received a new writer in the form of Seth Grahame-Smith (auth...
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