Mostly, Tim Burton and Johnny Depp. I’ll go see just about anything involving either of them, even more quickly if it’s both. I went into the film not knowing much about the half-century old soap opera on which it was based, which I think hurt it in the end. There were a number of plot points that felt a bit rushed and didn’t need to be there (like the werewolf-daughter bit).
It had a nice visual style at least and I liked Depp’s style (as I almost always do). It was fun to see him playing a vampire out of time, brought back into the crazy world of the 1970s. (As a side note: I’d be interested to see a similar story of an immortal that awakens in a future time rather than the present. It’d Make a nice merger of science fiction and dark fantasy.)
In any case, I’ll put this fairly high up. It was a good enough way to spend the two hours / $5, even if I’ll likely never watch it again. I’d even put it up above John Carter, although I think it just being more recent in my mind might have something to do with that.
Mostly, Tim Burton and Johnny Depp. I’ll go see just about anything involving either of them, even more quickly if it’s both. I went into the film not knowing much about the half-century old soap opera on which it was based, which I think hurt it in the end. There were a number of plot points that felt a bit rushed and didn’t need to be there (like the werewolf-daughter bit).
It had a nice visual style at least and I liked Depp’s style (as I almost always do). It was fun to see him playing a vampire out of time, brought back into the crazy world of the 1970s. (As a side note: I’d be interested to see a similar story of an immortal that awakens in a future time rather than the present. It’d Make a nice merger of science fiction and dark fantasy.)
In any case, I’ll put this fairly high up. It was a good enough way to spend the two hours / $5, even if I’ll likely never watch it again. I’d even put it up above John Carter, although I think it just being more recent in my mind might have something to do with that.