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An enjoyable enough flick that was actually free of quite a few of the usual Burton hallmarks (not a black and white stripe in sight!), but it felt more of a tribute than it should have to the long forgotten series on which it was based.
There are a few real "What the?" moments near the end which are no doubt nods to the source material, of which Burton and Depp are huge fans, but which are completely lost on the rest of us.
(Was lycanthropy mentioned earlier in the film? If it was; I missed it! - That's no spoiler BTW. It has NO relevance to the rest of the film which is what makes its inclusion so baffling.)

It's also the first film in which Eva Green actually looks like the bombshell everyone's been claiming her to be since Casino Royale.
  • Listening to: Booming Orchestral Scores
  • Reading: Avenging Spiderman (Wait....is that a KittyHulk?!)
  • Watching: Legend of Korra
  • Playing: Minecraft (cannot.....escape....)
  • Eating: Crap.
  • Drinking: Water.
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~sweeney-todd-warrior May 12, 2012  Hobbyist Photographer
RIGHT? The whole lycan thing? I was like...>.>
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Mood: Joy ~ThePerrperr May 11, 2012  Hobbyist Photographer
yeah, I agree with it all, especially with the part about eva green! I never understood everyone's love of that lady until this movie.
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~Marina-Ra May 11, 2012   General Artist
Agreed... That is all.
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:iconchwen-hoou:
My late cousin loved this show when he grew up. While I barely saw the original on Sci-Fi and only remember the remake that didn't last one season, after seeing the trailers, I'm not really impressed by this imo. I think I'd rather look into the original show if possible. Movie wise, I went to see Avengers again.

Third time.

Yup.

Still awesome. ^_^
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~Mandi-Cakes81 May 11, 2012   General Artist
I just saw it earlier today, and kept an eye out for the werewolf reference. It didn't make sense until Caroline made her furry debut and then it clicked. David cracks early on in the movie "Caroline touches herself. She makes sounds like a dog." or something close to that. And then we see why. Then Angelique explains how Caroline got that way.

I grew up with the revamped version from the early 90's and it got cancelled before the werewolf parts were introduced. I only saw a handful of episodes of the original series when I was older and none of them had any mention of them. I didn't know werewolves were in the plot until I was talking to my husband's mother about the movie and she says "Oh sweetie, it's all vampires, witches, time travel AND werewolves".
I took my mom to see it today and she's seen ALL of the original series and remembers werewolves but is unsure if Caroline was ever one at all; of course it's not like it's hard to look up. It was funny nonetheless; Chloe was great.
I was looking forward to the cameos of the original actors. Too bad they couldn't work in a quick memorial for Jonathan Frid like they did for Dan Curtis.
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~DragonGem5 May 11, 2012  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
The lycanthropy is supposed to be another curse in the family, but on Baranbus's brother. It's been awhile since I've seen the show.
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~SherbertTCat May 11, 2012  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Thats two new things that came out, and you loved...this terrifies me!
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*CatsTuxedo May 11, 2012  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
I'm just glad to see Burton going back to appealing to niche audiences after Alice in Wonderland, which was too much like all the other big money-making epic fantasy movies for my taste.

Not sure whether I'll be able to see this in theaters, but I'm for sure going to get it on DVD.
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:iconmad-geo:
I remember Dark Shadows on TV, but never watched it, not being into horror.
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I sens an upcoming Eva Green fanart.
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