Tim Burton interpretation of the venerable TV show of the same name. If you are unfamiliar this is kind of the late show version of Dallas. Old wealthy family headed up by a vampire with an ancient curse. If you are a fan of the Burton/Depp team there is no reason to think you won't enjoy this one as well. For me there were a few moments of brilliance surrounded by minutes and minutes of it could have been funny 2 decades ago. Not to say its a bad watch, far from it, but for me this formula is starting to get stale. I was a little disappointed in Depp's performance as well unless he was deliberately trying to pay tribute to the poor drunken sot who played the role initially (then I'm impressed.. lol). Okay I'm done dumping on it, for the good stuff the sets and atmosphere is typical Burton brilliant and the evil witch was really played well. I watched it twice already just to make sure I wasn't missing anything, probably once more before it gets flushed down the memory hole. Make a good movie night rental.
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