Disappointed :/

Rating: 3/10 (20 February 2013)

When I heard Burton and Depp were working together on a black comedy based around vampires I thought "GREAT" that will definitely be another DVD to add to collection. As a fan of Burton, Depp also being one of my favourite actors and being a horror fan, vampires and zombies are my cup of tea, also black comedies are right up my street, this really appealed to me. Vampires, comedy, Burton and Depp seemed a perfect combination for me, what could go wrong.
I was very wrong...so glad I did not buy the movie, my brother had the misfortune of buying it instead.
It seemed like it was trying to be a comedy but also trying to be a drama but it wasn't blended well at all, there were funny moments in the film but then the mood would suddenly turn dark and it did not really mix well, one minute would be minor slapstick comedy then next minute innocent victims would be killed which kind of killed the comedic mood that was just set, it's like if you was watching Step-Brothers then Will Ferrel character suddenly died in a car crash, you wouldn't know how to react. The tone of the film really kept clashing. Should have stuck to one genre really.
There were a lot of sub-plots that seemed rushed and kind of shoved in at the last minute, like there was not much substance to them, rather than gradually leading up to like most stories do, they just popped up randomly and did not really seem needed or make sense....SPOILERS! Such as the affair and the werewolf sub-plots just seemed a bit of a mess jumbled in.
Overall the soundtrack and acting were all great, just the plot and way the story was executed in a rather messy way, a really bi-polar film. I still don't know if its a drama or a black comedy? It doesn't really work as either and in my view that's the biggest flaw, personally I think there is something there, Vampire, out of time, living in the 70's is a great concept for a film, Burton is a great director and Depp is a great actor, let alone rest of the cast are all great as well. Just the fact of the tone of the film kept changing, jokes then deaths and not done well, did not really evoke any emotional response from me, other than boredom and disappointment.
Very dull and nothing to grab your attention