Typical Burton Oddity

Rating: 7/10 (9 November 2012)

Edward D. Wood, Jr., best known for "Plan 9 from Outer Space" was hailed as the worst director in Hollywood history. Yet, Tim Burton manages to compose a dark humored comical tale based on the life and career of this man. Johnny Depp brings his natural odd sense of humor to his performance as the title role. Depp's Ed Wood is composed of the director's odd taste in film direction and his harbored transvestism, but is well acted and brings out laughs at certain points in the film. Martin Landau's supporting role as the famed horror star Bela Lugosi is so brilliant highlighted by the fading stardom that hit Lugosi in his latter years in a changing film world (Landau won the 1994 Oscar for Supporting Actor in the role). Truly a film for any Burton fan and those familiar with Wood's films.