Dark Shadows.... Again?!

"Strange is Relative"

Barnabas (Johnny Depp) has the world at his feet-or at least the town of Collinsport, Maine. The master of Collinwood Manor, Barnabas is rich, powerful and an inveterate playboy...until he makes the grave mistake of breaking the heart of Angelique Bouchard (Eva Green). 

A witch, in every sense of the word, Angelique dooms him to a fate worse than death: turning him into a vampire, and then burying him alive. 

Two centuries later, Barnabas is inadvertently freed from his tomb and emerges into the very changed world of 1972. He returns to Collinwood Manor to find that his once-grand estate has fallen into ruin. The dysfunctional remnants of the Collins family have fared little better, each harboring their own dark secrets.

IMDB - Rotten Tomatoes - Amazon - Official Site

Cast:
-Johnny Depp
-Michelle Pfeiffer
-Helena Bonham Carter
-Eva Green
-Chloë Grace Moretz
-Gulliver McGrath
-Bella Heathcote
-Jackie Earle Haley
-Johnny Lee Miller
-Christopher Lee
-Alice Cooper

Release Date: May 11, 2012
DVD Release: October 2, 2012

Favorite Parts:
-When they found him and let him out.
-The "happening"... Haha, aka party.
-When they're getting it on.
-The ending.

Reasons to watch it:
-Johnny Depp is amazing... As always.
-The special effects were awesome! ... The way she shattered at the end!!
-And obviously because it's Tim Burton!
-It's actually kinda funny at times.

Love these posters:

Now for Screenshots :)

As you already know,

Nika reviewed this one

already, you can view it

here, but I really wanted

to watch it too. Hope you

liked it. Enjoy everyone :)

MSMC #3: Sweeney Todd

Must See Movie Challenge

This is just a thing I created for myself as a sort of challenge. There are a lot, and I mean a lot, of movies that people would call "must see movies" that I have not seen. So whenever I watch one of the movies on my must see list I'll do a post on it and tell if it really is a "must see". And hopefully they are all wonderfully epic movies :)

If you have any suggestions on movies I should put on that list, please leave a comment and tell me about it! 

IMDB - Rotten Tomatoes - Amazon

Releases:
Theaters: December 21, 2007
DVD: April 1, 2008

Cast:
- Johnny Depp
- Helena Bonham Carter
- Alan Rickman
- Timothy Spall 
- Sacha Baron Cohen 
- Jamie Campbell Bower 
- Laura Michelle Kelly 
- Jayne Wisener 
- Ed Sanders

Plot Summary:
The infamous story of Benjamin Barker, a.k.a Sweeney Todd, who sets up a barber shop down in London which is the basis for a sinister partnership with his fellow tenant, Mrs. Lovett. Based on the hit Broadway musical. 

Favorite Things:
-All opening credits.
-The costumes & makeup.
-Depp looks pretty hot, but also angry while singing.
-I can't stop thinking of Prof. Snape when I see Alan Rickman.

Was it epic?
For me? Not at first, I tried watching this a few weeks ago. I got about an hour through the movie before I turned it off. It wasn't speaking to me. One thing that really got me was -the first forty minutes or so, literally nothing happens. They sing about the past, sing about the present, sing about Johanna, sing about meat pies.... But do nothing! I understand the back story was necessary, but there was a whole lot more that was just boring! Then it really picks up.

If you like musicals you will most definitely like this. I honestly don't care for musicals, although I love watching Glee... Go figure?! I always want to watch them and I want to love them so bad, but I just don't think I ever will. Bottom line is Johnny Depp is hot, and a great actor of course, he's even hotter when he sings. Helena Bonham Carter is amazing as well. It's actually a good movie. A good story. Has some killing. Great costumes. What more could you want?

So today I ended up giving it another try, minus the boring-ness of the first forty minutes, and it was a really great movie. Stuff finally started happening and then it really got good. So if you can just get past the first forty minutes you will see all the amazing-ness this movie has to offer. One of the things I loved most about it was Johnny Depp's face during the later half of the movie. He always looks so unhappy and depressed which was understandable, but it seemed like it was meant to be in a comical way. I totally recommend watching this movie if you like musicals or Johnny Depp.

Screenshots :)

Have you seen Sweeney Todd?

You like it? Would you say it's epic?

Any other movies I should watch for my

must see movie challenge? Leave a comment. 

Back To The Burton-Verse

D FOR DARK SHADOWS! 

It wasn't what I expected. The film Dark Shadows, recently received is the latest installment from the fab four:  Burton, Bonham Carter, Elfman, and Depp. The film is based on the 70's soap Dark Shadows, which is much more melodramatic than the film version.

As always, Burton has a certain vision of what he wants his movies to be and he did not disappoint. He indeed made his vision of this horror franchise a reality, but I cannot say that it did justice to the original show. But is it supposed to? A remake, is just that--a remaking and imagining of something that already exists. It is not a carbon copy of past work. 

I am of course a little biased because I am in love with the fab four! In my reality, they should create all movies! But I can understand if a lover of the original show disliked this take on the American classic.

Reasons why you should see DARK SHADOWS:

1. Depp does a stunning job as always! 

2. The music in the film is epic.

3. The colors are brilliant, as in all Burton films.

4. It offers a refreshing trip to the Burton-verse! 

I give the film four stars...