thought it would be good but it really wasn't

Rating: 2/10 (21 April 2014)

It took a while to watch this and I wanted to watch it ever since the trailer came on TV also I've never watched the original series so can't compare them. It looked so funny and classic Burton/Depp partnership . However on watching it it seemed to be crude with a rubbish script and stilted acting. There were random plot twists that had no bearing on the main plot and not much of a back story to go on. There were a few funny one liners but the ones used in the trailer so a film your fooled into thinking is good until you watch it. I also didn't like the ending which basically repeated the beginning so really all you have to do is watch the beginning think of the obvious ending and you have pretty much watched the film.
The idea of it i really liked what would happen if a vampire randomly woke up in modern day how would it act. However this is a tired theme running from queen of the damned and of course the original series (which i will stress again i haven't seen). However, in my opinion with the Gothic mansion that for some reason hadn't been touched in the last 200 years and the almost Victorian looking clothes i sometimes forgot that it was in fact modern day.
I am a Burton fan and a Depp fan, I think they create magic on set with Burton's ideas and Depp's improvisation so I'm disappointed with what they accomplished when they could have gone a lot further with this however for some reason chose not to.