Essential Viewing  Masterpiece!

Rating: Null/10 (27 April 2003)

Ed Wood is one of the best films that I have seen. The discreet mix of comedy and sincerity works at so many levels! The acting performances are superb from Martin Landau, Johnny Depp and Bill Murray, though the performances from the supporting cast are impeccable. Tim Burton escapes from his Super-Weird style of directing and leaves the audience wowed by his thorough story telling and nice camera set-ups. Maybe the finest art of this movie is the music, mimicking the 1950's UFO movie scores whilst making the movie comfortable to watch at the same time. The nice thing about Burton's directing is that whilst you can see that Edward .D. Wood Jr. had little to no directing or writing talents, he was someone who enjoyed making films an telling stories. Bela Lugosi isn't a very likeable character in the film. His frequent mood swings are funny, but not nearly as funny as Bill Murray, who plays the unsatisfied transvestite whom wishes to say goodbye to his genitalia. By all accounts, this movie is historically accurate, and anyone who has been unfortunate enough to see Plan 9 From Outer Space' and is interested in its making (even if you're not, you will be after seeing the movie!) you NEED to see this film. Contains Frequent Swearing, Mild Sexual References and Frequent Drug Abuse.