The most awaited fail

Rating: 5/10 (13 May 2012)

Tim Burton is one of the most successful and well-known film directors ever. Every work of his is completely dramatical, philosophical, satirical and all of them have an expressive Gothic atmosphere. So everyone waits that his next movie will be more impressive and memorable than previous one. And nobody waits for a fail.
"Dark shadows" is a fail. There is nothing impressive and interesting in this film. It has not any well-written character or emotion. There is even not a Gothic atmosphere, while Johnny Depp goes all the classic vampire-man. Doings change each other and they are not connected every time. It seems like "Dark shadows'" screenplay was written by Burton on the roll of the toilet paper when he had a painful constipation. Then he looked on it and said: "Of course, it's hackwork. But people will watch my films whatever I do" - and made this "movie".
I would put this film 2 points, if there is not Johnny Depp (he is really good everywhere, and in "Dark Shadows" too), Helena Bonham Carter (she had a small role, but she played it really perfectly) and a little boy similar to Benedict Cumberbatch.
Burton's idea to create a film based on a classic TV-series failed. And I hope that it will be his only fail.