Very shallow

Rating: 3/10 (1 June 2012)

Could you imagine if Tim Burton cast Johnny Depp as Beetlejuice instead of Michael Keaton? The movie would not have even been close to being good. However thankfully Tim Burton cast perfectly and is still one of my favorite movies to date. Now why oh why doesn't Tim Burton look at his previous works and actually analyze what made them great so he can repeat? I can't believe that he actually "wants" to make bad movies. In contrast Johnny Depp was perfect for Edward scissor hands. Of course he was... Johnny Depp is a great actor, but even the greatest actors can't do every single character in every single movie. I mean, what if Tom Hanks or Robin Williams or Johnny Depp was cast as Beetlejuice? See my point? It would have sucked. Never having seen the original series, I had nothing to compare this movie too. It didn't have to "live up" to anything in my mind and yet it was still shallow and unimpressive. It wasn't really all that funny, some parts were but I didn't utter anything more than a forced chuckle. It really wasn't that dark because of the constant air of trying to be funny and charming but failing at that, which took away from the darkness. I was pretty disappointed. If Mr. Burton is going to use the same overall "gothic comedy" theme, and use the same talent over and over, well then he had better find some way to improve upon his past genius.