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.

Ranked: 2012 Movie Reviews

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1. The Avengers
2. The Cabin in the Woods
3. Wreck-It Ralph
4. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
5. The Dark Knight Rises
6. Looper
7. Argo
8. Rise of the Guardians
9. Brave
10. Life of Pi
11. Skyfall
12. Men in Black 3
13. Total Recall
14. Cloud Atlas
15. Lockout
16. Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
17. Dark Shadows
18. John Carter
19. The Amazing Spider-Man
20. The Bourne Legacy
21. The Hunger Games
22. Breaking Dawn - Part 2
23. Snow White and the Huntsman
24. Hotel Transylvania
25. Mirror Mirror
26. The Five-Year Engagement
27. Prometheus

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.