The days of looking forward to a new Tim Burton film are long gone. Seemingly happy to churn out woeful re-imaginings drenched in his tired Gothic stylings, Burton has slowly morphed into self-parody. Sadly he seems more than happy to work with actors just as lazy as he is. Do you remember when Depp used to seek out interesting roles? For a whole generation of people who have not experienced his films pre-Pirates of the Caribbean they probably only know…

I remember when a Tim Burton film was something kooky that the whole world would fall in love with. Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands, even his Batman (although I wasn't keen on it). But increasingly Burton's films have lost their way. Dark Shadows is a mess. Disjointed, rarely keeping any character continuity from one scene to the next. Its only saving grace is Johnny Depp's rather familiar central character. As per usual he throws enough heart into the performance that it stands…

The way everyone has rated Dark Shadows and condemned it to the ground, I was really dreading watching it this evening.

Boy was I in for a treat! I try to keep in mind that nothing could be worse than Burton's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, but all the reviews had really caused the outlook to be ever so bleak.

Dark Shadows was quite endearing, even funny at times. My Mom has always been a huge fan of Soap Operas…

This was going to be it, this was going to be the moment that I broke free. I promised myself that if Tim did this to me again, I was going to pack up my bags and go and stay at my mother's. He's done this to me one too many times and Dark Shadows is the last straw.

This is closure.

But wait, Frankenweenie is getting good reviews.
Maybe he has changed.
Maybe he's back to his old self.…

I have been told that I should write a brief review or at least a comment on films I have seen recently.
So....re; Dark Shadows:.....WTF!
I didn't really enjoy this film.
I was taught by my mom & Thumper; that "If you can't say somethin' nice, don't say anythin' at all." but.......
I don't want to see another Burton low effort money grab again, anytime soon.
I don't want to see Depp play Jack Sparrow any more...even as a vampire!
I…

Do you have any idea what you put me through?
-Barnabas Collins

Dark Shadows might be the film that proves my Tim Burton theory wrong. After watching Frankenweenie earlier this year and rewatching a few earlier Burton films, I had come to the conclusion that Burton's passion for the subject matter directly reflected how good his films were. Now supposedly Burton was a huge fan of the soap opera Dark Shadows (1966-1971) as a kid. If that's true then my…

Burton's latest has him find his visual flair again only to be thwarted by an unbelievably uninspired and badly written script.

I'm not a Burton hater or a Burton lover. I'm a Burton indifferent. He's made some of my favourite films and some I really dislike. Darks Shadows falls into the realm of somewhere in between.

I really like the visual style of this film. I was reminded of Sleepy Hollow. That had the same attention to detail in the…

Following his curiously inert and disappointing adaptation of Alice in Wonderland, Tim Burton more or less bounces back with another adaptation – this time of the oddball tv soap opera Dark Shadows. Set in the hazy year of 1972, Burton's Dark Shadows opens with a preamble two centuries prior. Barnabas Collins, heir to the wealthy Collins family, spurs the love of Angelique and pays a terrible price. For Angelique is a witch, and curses Barnabas and his entire family. His…