This was the first R-rated movie that I ever saw in the theater.

Rating: 10/10 (26 September 2005)

And I'm proud that this was the one that I saw. This story of B-movie director Edward D. Wood, Jr. (the brains behind such camp as "Glen or Glenda" and "Plan 9 from Outer Space"), was probably Tim Burton's best movie ever. In the title role, Johnny Depp makes you fall in love with Ed Wood, regardless of how you view transvestitism. What the movie shows is that even though Ed Wood and his cohorts had no talent, they all stuck by each other. Specifically, Wood gave the washed-up - and rather bitter - Bela Lugosi (Martin Landau) a job. If anything, I think that "Ed Wood" deserved a lot more recognition. At least Landau won an Oscar. Right after I saw this movie, I went out and rented "Glen or Glenda" and "Plan 9 from Outer Space". They were lovably moronic.