As
Johnny Depp was starring in a movie based on a television series, so was a
movie about a television series he had starred in being released. As it stands though, I saw the 21 Jump
Street movie and didn’t find it to be worth watching a second time over, yet
loved the show. “Dark Shadows” is a
movie that I enjoy, though I’ve never seen the show before.
A lot
of this movie is Johnny Depp wearing really heavy makeup and acting out of
place because he is in the wrong century.
So, yeah, it’s pretty much like most other Johnny Depp/Tim Burton
collaborations.
Since I
also watched this movie after “The Rum Diary”, this means that I have now seen
every movie Johnny Depp has been in except for “The Lone Ranger” because it’s
not on DVD yet and I don’t go to the movies.
Watching
this movie, which is a dark comedy in some sense, makes me analyze the
relationship between Johnny Depp and Tim Burton. I wonder what it would be like if Johnny Depp
had been the leading man (or a large role at least) in every movie Tim Burton
made.
Imagine
Johnny Depp as Beetlejuice. Imagine
Johnny Depp as Batman. Better yet,
imagine Johnny Depp as The Joker.
Though given the Frankenweenie remake, I wouldn’t put it past Burton to
remake Beetlejuice with Depp in it just for fun.
All you
really need to know about this movie is that Michelle Pfieffer asked Tim Burton
for a role in it, which she rarely does, and thus it must be something worth
seeing. I did enjoy it a lot and since
now I will be watching the entire series that came before this, it has
definitely done that job perfectly as well.
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