Could have been better

Rating: 6/10 (31 May 2012)

Got a chance to check the movie "Dark Shadows," starring Johnny Deep, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Chloe Grace Moretz. When I first saw the trailer for this movie, I was under the impression that it was a comedy. I believe this film tried to get the best of both worlds, meaning funny and serious, but just didn't succeed.
When this film tried to be serious, there was so much corny entered into it before the seriousness of the movie arrived. It made it hard to take the movie seriously. When the film tried to be funny, it just wasn't really funny at all. There were very few parts of this movie that I felt were funny even a little bit and I'm not a hard person to make laugh. Maybe I'll watch it again one day and I'll say something different.
I'd say one of the bright spots of this film was that Johnny Deep was in it and he didn't do a bad acting job. It was also nice to see Michelle Pfeiffer in a movie again too. I thought it was nice to see Chloe Grace Mortez in another movie too. I've been a fan of hers ever since the movie "Kick Ass." Besides that I really didn't feel as thought there were any other good things about this film. Which is a shame because I heard that this was once a television show and the television show was pretty awesome.
With that said I'm giving this film a 6 out of 10. I'm not saying this is the worst film that I've ever seen, but I can't give this movie a rating of anything higher than a six. I believe this film is still out in the movie theater, but don't see it. I'm not getting this film on DVD. If you're curious about the movie feel free to get it on Redbox for a "dollar" or wait for it to come on Netflix/TV. It's at least worth that.