Dark Shadows will leave you 'jinxed'

Rating: 5/10 (12 May 2012)

When I was about to watch this movie, I expected a classic as its a Tim Burton movie and has an amazing cast(Johnny Depp, Eva Green and co). After I watched the movie I was full of disbelief because what I eventually saw was an average movie. Disappointing indeed.
Here is the plot. The movie starts well and it shows the evolution of the Collins Family(who are from Liverpool) and how they soon become a fishing business tycoon in America. Johnny Depp(Barnabus Collins) has a relationship with Angelique(Eva Green) and soon breaks her heart by having an affair with another woman named Josette. She then plans to curse the two of them and turns Johnny Depp into a Vampire and cremates him in a box. Barnabus then gets freed(after 196 years) by some people and sets fort to their Collinswood castle. How he manages to mingle with the existing Collins Family members and lifts the Collins Fishing Company is the rest of the story. He is confronted by Angelique again and seeks to avenge her.
The movie had plenty of cheesy lines and only few scenes make you laugh while others are just outright boring. The film also had plenty of over the top scenes that were unnecessary. The acting however was decent and Eva Green comes as a surprise package with her 'witch-eous' role. Johnny Depp was good. Chloe Moretz was annoying and so was Helena Bonham Carter in a few scenes. 'Dark Shadows' does not entertain either and its slow pace is quite relevant.
Overall this movie is an average movie and I still cannot believe that The "Tim Burton-Johnny Depp" duo failed to impress the audience. Don't expect miracles and watch it without expectations.