Chicago – There are very few directors who have a more distinct career halfway point than Tim Burton. With very few exceptions, I vastly prefer the first half of his career, when he took chances on films like “Edward Scissorhands,” “Batman,” and the great “Ed Wood,” recently released on Blu-ray for the first time to coincide with the Blu-ray release of “Dark Shadows” and the theatrical release of “Frankenweenie.”
Rating: 4.5/5.0
The jury is still out on “Frankenweenie,” although buzz is good and we’ll have a full review next week, but Burton’s career has been so disappointing lately that it’s fun to go back to when his movies had that distinct energy and creativity that’s lacking now. “Ed Wood” is simply a great film, filled with love for moviemaking, love for eccentricity, and just love for life in general. It’s one of Johnny Depp’s best performances...
Rating: 4.5/5.0
The jury is still out on “Frankenweenie,” although buzz is good and we’ll have a full review next week, but Burton’s career has been so disappointing lately that it’s fun to go back to when his movies had that distinct energy and creativity that’s lacking now. “Ed Wood” is simply a great film, filled with love for moviemaking, love for eccentricity, and just love for life in general. It’s one of Johnny Depp’s best performances...
- 9/25/2012
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
”My girlfriend still doesn’t know why her sweaters are always stretched out.”
Of the eight collaborations between Tim Burton and Johnny Depp, most of my movie buff friends will choose Ed Wood as their favorite, yet it was the least successful at the box-office, grossing less than 6 million dollars in 1994. Chronicling the man’s rise to “personal success” and his overwhelming desire to become the next Orson Welles, Ed Wood charted the director’s fascinatingly manic career; from Glen Or Glenda, to Bride Of The Monster, to Plan 9 From Outer Space. These were three of the most shamefully undesirable disasters “Hollywood” has ever produced, but to Ed Wood they were gold. Wood was a man who had the utmost level of zest for his so-called “art” and would never back-down to the barrage of criticism he would constantly receive. To him, Glen Or Glenda was a highly personal film,...
Of the eight collaborations between Tim Burton and Johnny Depp, most of my movie buff friends will choose Ed Wood as their favorite, yet it was the least successful at the box-office, grossing less than 6 million dollars in 1994. Chronicling the man’s rise to “personal success” and his overwhelming desire to become the next Orson Welles, Ed Wood charted the director’s fascinatingly manic career; from Glen Or Glenda, to Bride Of The Monster, to Plan 9 From Outer Space. These were three of the most shamefully undesirable disasters “Hollywood” has ever produced, but to Ed Wood they were gold. Wood was a man who had the utmost level of zest for his so-called “art” and would never back-down to the barrage of criticism he would constantly receive. To him, Glen Or Glenda was a highly personal film,...
- 9/14/2012
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
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