terrible film with good effects

Rating: 4/10 (13 March 2000)

This was an awful film. I really don't see why others like it. The script, this so-called wonderful plot, failed completely! The evil witch practically had to TELL the whole story to the viewer so that he would grasp it! And what Depp had to speak out! "Interesting... very interesting..." he mumbles. It's just one of the many examples of the insane simplicity that disgusted me. Yes, simplicity. Depp's character has been sketched very rudely without any kind of "nuance", and so is that of the other actors. The childish arachnaphobia scene is a living proof of this. And the mistakes. I searched for sharp teeth in the Horseman's skull, but couldn't find them; a few seconds later, revived, the teeth were sharp as knives! Come on... The atmosphere had something Wizard-of-Oz-ish and also the same fake darkness in lighting and settings as Tim Burtons' "Nightmare before Christmas".
Just Terrible. Worst film in months. This makes me almost desperate to see "the Straight Story" a second time.