Entertaining. Funny. Enjoyable.

Rating: 6/10 (14 May 2012)

In my opinion Dark Shadows is probably the best recent Tim Burton/ Johnny Depp collaboration, well I think it's certainly a lot better than Alice In Wonderland anyway, but if course there are the haters out there, and I must say that the hate from die hard Dark Shadows the series fans is probably warranted as it steers heavily away from the original subject material but the hate from the general movie going public I simply don't understand.
There is not one other filmmaker out there that can make movies that are stylistically goth and moody the way Mr Burton does. I think his films create the perfect kind of goth / comic combination. The storyline is exciting, led by a hilarious performance by Depp, the movie speeds on a pretty fast pace I thought, there weren't any times that I was bored. The rest of the cast are pretty superb also, Eva Green is terrific playing something totally different as the villain you just love to hate, Angelique Bouchard, and up and coming Aussie actress Bella Heathcote adds a sweet touch also, I did however think that Michelle Pfeiffer and Helena Bonham Carter are a little underused but oh well.
Obviously like most movies there are things that are wrong, and Dark Shadows does have it's flaws, the ending is almost not an ending, it kind of seemed like only one part of the story was finalized and the rest was left open ended which was a tad disappointing, but generally the film is great, it's got lots of humor and heart and a nice message about family. I enjoyed it plenty but I guess each to their own.
P.S the soundtrack is excellent, the opening with the moody blues, perfect. :)