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Offline NekoNinja

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Dark Shadows
« on: Mar 17, 2012, 09:52:46 PM »
New movie that seems to have potential:

DARK SHADOWS - OFFICIAL TRAILER 1 [HD]
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Re: Dark Shadows
« Reply #1 on: Mar 17, 2012, 10:10:19 PM »
I do not know what to make of this.  I think that is a good thing? 
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Re: Dark Shadows
« Reply #2 on: Mar 17, 2012, 10:23:32 PM »
Was the original Dark Shadows this comical?
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Re: Dark Shadows
« Reply #3 on: Mar 17, 2012, 11:00:05 PM »
Quote from: David E. on Mar 17, 2012, 10:10:19 PM
I do not know what to make of this.  I think that is a good thing?

I'm not sure what to make of it either. XD Of course, its always difficult to tell what to make of a movie just based on the trailer. Very poor movies can have decent trailers. Although, its directed by Tim Burton, so I suppose it couldn't be too bad.

Also, I don't know anything about the original.
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Re: Dark Shadows
« Reply #4 on: Mar 17, 2012, 11:24:09 PM »
I've only caught the original a few times when my mother was watching it and from what I recall it was a much darker more serious soap opera than this and apparently this trailer has divided the fanbase between purists who are carrying pitchforks in Burton's direction and casual Burton enthusiasts who like the idea.  My mother loved the original and was excited about the idea of a remake but she hates Johnny Depp and I'm not sure if she'll like this.  Dark Shadows Original B/W Opening
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Re: Dark Shadows
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Re: Dark Shadows
« Reply #6 on: Mar 17, 2012, 11:28:47 PM »
the original dark shadows was a campy vampire soap opera. I remember watching it a couple of times when I was a kid. Vampires were not my favorite monsters. I like funny vampire movies though so this sounds like it might have potential.
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Re: Dark Shadows
« Reply #7 on: May 27, 2012, 01:09:08 PM »
My mother and I went to go see this for Mother's Day and it ended up being a pretty enjoyable film and one of the better vampire franchises I've seen.  The trailer is actually a bit misleading.  It has plenty of comedy moments but it's more in the way of a humorous satire of 70s pop culture but it still had a fairly decent balance of serious soap opera drama.  Johnny Depp gave a wonderful performance as Barnabas and even my mother liked him in this movie and she normally hates Johnny Depp.  My mother is a longtime fan of the original Dark Shadows and she enjoyed the remake movie a lot.  I just hope the popularity of the Avengers doesn't overshadow it since the ending set itself up for a sequel.
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Re: Dark Shadows
« Reply #8 on: May 27, 2012, 01:41:56 PM »
I'm not much into vampire movies except for the original dracula and lost boys. But I always thought the soap was funny and the vampire stick was just incidental.
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Re: Dark Shadows
« Reply #9 on: May 27, 2012, 08:41:45 PM »
Quote from: Neon Genesis on May 27, 2012, 01:09:08 PM
My mother and I went to go see this for Mother's Day and it ended up being a pretty enjoyable film and one of the better vampire franchises I've seen.  The trailer is actually a bit misleading.  It has plenty of comedy moments but it's more in the way of a humorous satire of 70s pop culture but it still had a fairly decent balance of serious soap opera drama.  Johnny Depp gave a wonderful performance as Barnabas and even my mother liked him in this movie and she normally hates Johnny Depp.  My mother is a longtime fan of the original Dark Shadows and she enjoyed the remake movie a lot.  I just hope the popularity of the Avengers doesn't overshadow it since the ending set itself up for a sequel.
My mom wanted Dark Shadows, and I wanted Avengers. The group we were with conceded to me. But after Avengers, as I was feeling despondent, mom wanted to theater hop into Dark Shadows. Man, that was just salt in the wound. I blew it. Should have been Dark Shadows all the way (and I've really begun to hate Depp in recent years, especially the Burton/Depp minutia they keep churning out, Dark Shadows was surprisingly okay... Maybe it just seemed that way after the let down of Avengers).
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