Dark Shadows (May 11, 2012)

**6souls** · 2012-03-15 23:13

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Director: Tim Burton
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1077368/
Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Shadows_%28film%29

Synopsis:

In the year 1752, Joshua and Naomi Collins, with young son Barnabas, set sail from Liverpool, England to start a new life in America. But even an ocean was not enough to escape the mysterious curse that has plagued their family. Two decades pass and Barnabas has the world at his feet--or at least the town of Collinsport, Maine. The master of Collinwood Manor, Barnabas is rich, powerful and an inveterate playboy...until he makes the grave mistake of breaking the heart of Angelique Bouchard. A witch, in every sense of the word, Angelique dooms him to a fate worse than death: turning him into a vampire, and then burying him alive. Two centuries later, Barnabas is inadvertently freed from his tomb and emerges into the very changed world of 1972. He returns to Collinwood Manor to find that his once-grand estate has fallen into ruin. The dysfunctional remnants of the Collins family have fared little better, each harboring their own dark secrets. Matriarch Elizabeth Collins Stoddard has called upon live-in psychiatrist, Dr. Julia Hoffman, to help with her family troubles. Also residing in the manor is Elizabeth's ne'er-do-well brother, Roger Collins; her rebellious teenage daughter Carolyn Stoddard; and Roger's precocious 10-year-old son, David Collins. The mystery extends beyond the family, to caretaker Willie Loomis, and David's new nanny, Victoria Winters.

Cast:

Johnny Depp - Barnabas Collins
Eva Green - Angelique Bouchard
Michelle Pfeiffer - Elizabeth Collins Stoddard
Jonny Lee Miller - Roger Collins
Chloë Grace Moretz - Carolyn Stoddard
Gulliver McGrath - David Collins
Helena Bonham Carter - Dr. Julia Hoffman
Jackie Earle Haley - Willie Loomis
Bella Heathcote - Victoria Winters / Josette duPres
Christopher Lee - Bill Malloy
Thomas McDonell - Young Barnabas Collins
Hannah Murray - Hippie chick
Jonathan Frid
Alice Cooper - Himself
Alexia Osborne - Young Victoria Winters

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**6souls** · 2012-03-15 23:31

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Character Synopsis:

Spoiler: show

Barnabas Collins (Depp) — He was an 18th century gentleman, a businessman just before the Revolutionary War, who was transformed against his will into a vampire and buried in a tomb for two centuries. After he finally emerges, uncovered by construction workers in the year 1972, he seeks out his descendants — as well as some long-ago foes and a possible lost love.

“He’s been alive this whole time and very hungry, with no idea what’s going on outside,” says screenwriter Seth Grahame-Smith (author of Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, which Burton is producing as a film.)

Barnabas is one vampire who is just as frightened of our times as we are of him, says producer Richard D. Zanuck: “Two-hundred years later, he’s suddenly walking into the town he saw being built and seeing girls in skirts, cars for the first time. It’s a man-out-of-time, supernatural horror story, but I put ‘horror’ in quotes.”

Despite his confusion, he’s still a ladies man. “In some sense he can be a terrifying killer; on the other hand, women have a weakness for him and he has a weakness for women,” Grahame-Smith says. “He can be a very well-mannered, well-meaning vampire most of the time, until his stomach is empty or someone challenges his beloved Collins family.”

Dr. Julia Hoffman (Helena Bonham Carter) – From Alice in Wonderland’s Red Queen, to the cannibalistic cook Mrs. Lovett in Sweeney Todd, Burton can’t help but cast the mother of his children as a deranged person. This prim and proper psychiatrist, who has taken up residence with the Collins family to care for their troubled youngest boy, might seem to break that trend — but don’t bet on it. “Dr. Hoffman’s been there for years, working with David [the little boy in the photo] but not making any progress. He still claims he sees ghosts and talks with his dead mother,” Grahame-Smith says. “She’s crazy but brilliant. Obviously she’s an eccentric, and definitely likes a drink or two. She’s definitely a little bit off her rocker, and is a woman with a lot of secrets herself.” The writer teases: “She’ll also become interested in Barnabas in more than one way. “

Carolyn Stoddard (Chloë Moretz) — Though she played a voracious child vampire in the acclaimed (but little seen) Let Me In, Moretz is on the human side of the spectrum in Dark Shadows — though that doesn’t mean this cousin of young David Collins (and daughter of Michelle Pfeiffer’s character, seen on the far right) isn’t without her own peculiarities. “Carolyn is your typical early-1970s teenager,” Grahame-Smith says. “She likes her music and likes her magazines, and does not like anyone in her family. She likes to keep her door closed and keep to herself. She’s pretty normal, but appearances can be deceiving. I wouldn’t say there is a normal person in this photo.”

Angelique Bouchard (Eva Green) — The Bond girl from Casino Royale turns up here as the villain of the story. “Angelique is a witch who has known Barnabas since the 1700s, when they had an affair that went sour. She is the one who cursed him to be a vampire and locked him in that box,” Grahame-Smith says. “Since he has been away, Angelique has made it her life’s mission to destroy the Collins family. So when Barnabas turns up again after all these years, she’s not very happy to see him.”

David Collins (Gulliver McGrath) — Lonely, confused, and neglected by his pompous father (Jonny Lee Miller, over on the right next to Pfeiffer), David has no one to confide in except his bizarre psychiatrist — and the dead people he claims to see. Grahame-Smith describes him as “a sweet, curious, precocious little boy whose family has branded him as slightly crazy.” Then he finally gets a new caretaker to look after him …

Victoria Winters (Bella Heathcote) — This young woman arrives to become David’s new governess, only to find herself swept up in the vampire-witch melodrama. “When Barnabas meets Victoria, he’s instantly reminded of the woman he lost in the 1700s, before he was cursed to be a vampire,” Grahame-Smith says. “I wouldn’t say he falls in love with her, but there’s an instant attraction, an instant connection.” Is she the reincarnation of his doomed lover Josette du Pres? “We get the sense at the beginning she has a secret past, and that’s unraveled as it goes on,” the screenwriter says.

Mrs. Johnson (Ray Shirley) — “Poor old Mrs. Johnson …” Grahame-Smith sighs when talk turns to the old woman seated in the back behind Depp. “She is the mostly blind, mostly deaf maid, who has been with them for decades and decades. You might find her polishing a piece of silverware with a slab of baloney because she thinks it’s a polishing cloth. I don’t think she actually says anything in the entire film. She’s just sort of there.” He laughs: “Adding her was Tim’s idea.”

Willie Loomis (Jackie Earle Haley) — How awesome is it to play an actual Groundskeeper Willie? The Oscar-nominee for Little Children is a slightly more competent servant than Mrs. Johnson, but that’s not saying much. “He’s the guy who takes out the trash, mows the lawns, and fixes the cars, except he’s usually so drunk and so disinterested that he doesn’t take his job seriously anymore,” Grahame-Smith says. “The lawn is overgrown, the house has fallen into disrepair, and all the cars are on cinder blocks. His heart’s definitely not in the job anymore.”

Roger Collins (Jonny Lee Miller) — This scion of the once-great Collins family is one of the main reasons the aristocratic clan has fallen into such disgrace. “He’s a creepy, self-centered guy who likes to order Willie around, likes to pretend the family is still on top of his game,” Grahame-Smith says. Not only is he a bad father to David, but he is a poor manager of whatever meager wealth the family retains. “When Barnabas shows up and has some very specific ideas about how to make things right, he’s obviously going to bump heads with Roger Collins.”

Elizabeth Collins Stoddard (Michelle Pfeiffer) — The mother of Carolyn Stoddard, and mother-figure to David, she’s the one adult member of the Collins clan who is at least slightly competent. “Elizabeth is the rock of the family. She’s the matriarch,” Grahame-Smith says. “She’s the keeper of the Collins history, and a fierce protector of what remains of her family. She’s the one that insists on the best care for the children, even though money isn’t what it used to be. She’s a very strong woman who unfortunately has been dealt a very difficult deck.” With a witch perpetually trying to destroy her, and a long lost vampire relative turning up to reclaim control, “there’s just too much for her to handle,” Grahame-Smith says.

Full Synopsis:

Spoiler: show

**LittleSlurpee** · 2012-03-16 00:14

Wish they would have gone a less comedic route. The show wasn't meant to be funny (the original) it just was in a cheesy sort of way. But it was meant to be dramatic and "scary" and so forth. The remake of it later didn't seem too bad. I only got into a couple episodes of that, though.

Has Depp lost the ability to do any more serious movies after all those pirate movies? Seriously.. disappointment. Tim Burton, too.

Hopefully it's better than it looks at this point... -.-;;

**-Zer0-** · 2012-03-16 05:39

Sold at Eva Green.

**Hatedregret** · 2012-03-18 02:57

How the fuck do they make him look twenty years old still. Jeebus.

**Odesseiron** · 2012-03-18 11:22

And my dislike for Tim Burton continues to grow every movie. This reeks of utter shit. Like all his other work.

**BadKarma** · 2012-03-18 12:07

Originally Posted by Odesseiron

And my dislike for Tim Burton continues to grow every movie. This reeks of utter shit. Like all his other work.

EYYYYYYY TOUGH GUY

**6souls** · 2012-03-21 18:23

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Spoiler: show

**6souls** · 2012-04-03 11:55

**Cantih** · 2012-05-15 20:55

Saw this today.

It's not incredible, it's got depth issues, flitting from side character to character and not really spending enough time (or writing) to give them weight.
Granted, it is all about Depp & Green's characters and that is solidly done, but if you've got an ensemble cast like that with a lot skill to throw around, fucking use it properly.

It is mostly funny though, Depp does what Depp does best, and Eva Green's acting is perfect.

**Titanss** · 2012-05-15 21:04

Hell I never knew she was even in the movie from the tv trailers

**Omniyoji** · 2012-05-16 00:15

I did, and I haven't watched it yet ; ; This weekend!

Eva Green, swoon

**Tajin** · 2012-05-16 00:47

Originally Posted by Cantih

It's not incredible, it's got depth issues

Do elaborate please, will probably be the difference between wait for dvd/torrent or going to the movies.

**Cantih** · 2012-05-16 01:47

Originally Posted by Tajin

Do elaborate please, will probably be the difference between wait for dvd/torrent or going to the movies.

Spoiler: show

**Tajin** · 2012-05-17 08:05

Alright thanks for that; as I've seen worse shit in theaters I'll give this one a go and torrent battleship

**Komm Suesser Tod** · 2012-05-17 10:14

I enjoyed the movie. It wasn't great, but it had its moments. It's mostly silly and a little campy, but there are a few serious moments that are done fairly well. It's a pretty good date flick.

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