Not incredible, but solid

Rating: 7/10 (11 May 2012)

I'm an avid fan of anything with the Burton-Depp-Carter trio, so when I saw something involving vampires I was stoked. I didn't know it was based on a TV series until a couple hours before I saw it, so I can't judge it based on that, only that I know Burton and Depp are both fans of the show.
Overall, I felt the movie was average for Burton, not one of his best, but solid. The effects were good, costumes were quite nice, and the set was very nice and they kept CGI to a minimum. People who have a gripe with the plot of the film seem to have wanted the film to pick a genre. I feel that the movie did a wonderful job using dark comedy, and that soap operas don't often stick with just one genre. As for sub-par acting, once again soap operas are incredibly melodramatic, and I would say acting in this is better than that.
My biggest issue was with some developments at the end of the movie that seemed a bit askew but all-in-all, I was entertained and enjoyed myself.