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Dr. Lecter
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 Dark Shadows - Burton's best since Sleepy Hollow
MY REVIEWhttp://www.worldofkj.com/article.php?i=718Itt handily tops everything else that came inbetween. Best point of comparison here - Beetlejuice. Haven't seen Big Fish, though. Some things are still off and the ending could be better, but it is a lot of fun.
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Corpse
Don't Dream It, Be It
Joined: Wed Aug 02, 2006 12:45 pm Posts: 37162 Location: The Graveyard
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 Re: Dark Shadows - Burton's best since Sleepy Hollow
It was clear when the trailer was released that Dark Shadows would be more Beetlejuice than Sleepy Hollow, but it's nice to know for certain. And I'm even more excited to see it now knowing this and after listening to the score some over the past few weeks.
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Dr. Lecter
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 Re: Dark Shadows - Burton's best since Sleepy Hollow
The soundtrack for the film is great.
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David
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 Re: Dark Shadows - Burton's best since Sleepy Hollow
Are there any significant veins of Anne Rice style melancholy-vampire drama to be found here? Or is it a straight-ahead fish-out-of-water comedy as the trailers suggest?
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Brian
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 Re: Dark Shadows - Burton's best since Sleepy Hollow
Dr. Lecter wrote: Review is coming and keep in mind, I have not seen Big Fish yet.
But it handily tops everything else that came inbetween. Best point of comparison here - Beetlejuice.
Some things are still off and the ending could be better, but it is a lot of fun. Really??, now I'm excited for this 
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Dr. Lecter
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 Re: Dark Shadows - Burton's best since Sleepy Hollow
David wrote: Are there any significant veins of Anne Rice style melancholy-vampire drama to be found here? Or is it a straight-ahead fish-out-of-water comedy as the trailers suggest? First half of the movie - purely fish-out-of-water stuff. Second half - Bettlejuice-like Melancholy drama? Not really, but it doesn't shy away from having Depp's character kill innocent people just for their blood (sufficiently bloody too for a PG-13 film). He mentions hating being a monster and all, but it is really not given much weight at all.
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Bradley Witherberry
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Joined: Sat Oct 30, 2004 1:13 pm Posts: 15197 Location: Planet Xatar
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 Re: Dark Shadows - Burton's best since Sleepy Hollow
Sleepy Hollow is Burton's worst movie.
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Dr. Lecter
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 Re: Dark Shadows - Burton's best since Sleepy Hollow
LOL
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Jonathan
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 Re: Dark Shadows - Burton's best since Sleepy Hollow
Awesome. I was getting concerned by the complete lack of reviews four days before release.
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Mon May 07, 2012 3:05 pm |
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Bradley Witherberry
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 Re: Dark Shadows - Burton's best since Sleepy Hollow
Bradley Witherberry wrote: Sleepy Hollow is Burton's worst movie. Vote for your (least) favorite now in the Tim Burton's Worst Movie poll!
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Mister Ecks
New Server, Same X
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 Re: Dark Shadows - Burton's best since Sleepy Hollow
Big Fish is good. I don't remember a thing about it, but I remember it was good.
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Dr. Lecter
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 Re: Dark Shadows - Burton's best since Sleepy Hollow
BTW, Dark Shadows features cameos by Christopher Lee and Alice Cooper.
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Dr. Lecter
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Corpse
Don't Dream It, Be It
Joined: Wed Aug 02, 2006 12:45 pm Posts: 37162 Location: The Graveyard
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 Re: Dark Shadows - Burton's best since Sleepy Hollow
No reviews up on RT and MC is worrisome, but all the pre-screening reviews I've skimmed have been very positive. Just one seemed a little mixed in saying Depp outshines the material again, but that's hardly a negative.
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Dr. Lecter
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 Re: Dark Shadows - Burton's best since Sleepy Hollow
From what I read, though there appears to be some sort of an embargo in the US that does not exist here.
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