Ed Wood is celebrated, made fun of, applauded, and mocked,

Rating: 9/10 (21 December 2014)

Ed Wood as we all now is one of the worst but best filmmakers of all time. Watch Plan 9 From Outer Space, or Bride of the Monster and you'll see what I'm talking about. Well this movie does it's best to celebrate Wood and mock him at the same time. It does this perfectly. We see Wood (Johnny Depp) interact with his friends who among others include Bela Lugosi (Martin Landau) the tired old film actor now watching his life fall down. The film showcases the making of Glen or Glenda, Bride of the Monster, and Plan 9 From Outer Space. It shows the films being made, it shows the scripts being written, and it shows the interaction between Wood and Lugosi. Now while it shows the making of the film it shows the mistakes made by Wood, and it shows his incompetence. For example there's a scene where Wood is acting in Glen or Glenda, then they see a police car and run away because they don't have a permit. So yes it's funny, and it's even endearing at times. I highly recommend it to anyone interested in going into filmmaking.