Barnabus was originally played by Jonathan Frid, who died just a month ago. Here, Barnabus is played by Johnny Depp. The film is directed by Tim Burton. The last Depp-Burton production, Alice In Wonderland failed to impress me. There were no other Depp-Burton projects that I could say I hated..until now. Dark Shadows is one of the laziest efforts of all time. Burton, Depp and writer Seth Grahame-Smith all feel as if they're not even trying to do anything. Eva Green plays Angelique, and she is the only quasi-interesting character in the film. Chloe Grace Moretz, Jackie Earle Haley, Helena Bonham Carter, Jonny Lee Miller, and Michelle Pfeiffer all seem like they don't care. Why should they? The script was dead to begin with. All the "look how wacky the 70's was" jokes are all so obvious and dull.
The trailers made the film look wacky and playful. Therein lies the problem. While the film does get progressively weirder as it goes along..it never feels like it's trying to be funny or even remotely entertaining. Perhaps it's also the fact that I threw down 18 dollars to see it in IMAX and there was not a single trace of why it needed to be in this format. I wouldn't have cared if the movie was completely serious but in order to do so..you need a good movie. This film does not have that.
Dark Shadows is strange, but not good...at all. The whole cast and crew are being too lethargic and making it obvious that they don't care, and if the people involved in the making don't care-the audience can't care. As well, if the audience can't care-the audience can't enjoy the film. This is where Dark Shadows fails brilliantly.
(1/2 Star out of 5 Stars, The film is rated PG-13 for comic horror violence, sexual content, some drug use, language, and smoking)
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