“That was a regrettable turn of events.” (Barnabus Collins)
When I saw the trailer for Dark Shadows, Tim Burton’s newest feature, I wasn’t sure what to think. It shifted colour between silly comedy red and stupid drama blue so often I was getting an epilepsy attack. That’s a bad sign: if the trailer to a straightforward movie (hey, we’re talking Burton) can’t decide on what it wants to show, it’s usually because the movie doesn’t know what it is.
Turns out that was exactly the case. Warning, this is a terribly written review for a terribly written movie. (more…)