It is OK to have monsters...

Rating: 7/10 (24 February 2007)

This is an interesting movie... The plot has to do with the real life of Ed Wood, a wanna-be director of b-movies and the people in his life. I found a parallel with "All about my mother" from Almodovar with the scene of Ed's (or should I say Eda's) dance. In the film from Almodovar it was Segrado's speech - here it was a dance. Both seemed to me very profound messages going something like - "It is OK to have monsters"...
I think that this movie would benefit greatly from a greater engagement of emotions since these where usually playing in sotto voce...! I think the relationship of Bela and Ed could be more developed and so could relationships in general.
I feel that Tim Burton's work (here and in nearly all of his movies) has to do with coming in terms with monsters within - these may or usually may not be as frightening as before approaching them... As such I am really interested in watching all of his movies!