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My friend at work who is a die hard Depp fan said the movie wasn't bad for the first hour but died off after that.

yeah the end couldve been better. still i kind of dug it. mind you it wasnt the avengers or the hunger games.... but its still decent.
 
I saw this movie yesterday on my day off. I very much enjoyed it. Granted, it was not a perfect movie, but I thought it was great. I have never seen the original show either. This is definitely a movie I will be buying on Blu Ray.
 
finally saw this at the cheap theater,

and, I Hated it, it was incredibly boring, very dull, the only interesting part of the movie was the first 30-40 minutes,
I did not go to the movie to hate it, I was curious and I gave it a chance, but
the movie is very dragging and goes nowhere sometimes, it is very hard to care for this people when the director himself doesn't even care,
If Victoria is such an important character, how is it that she is barely in the movie and we completely forget she exists until she shows up again, I swear there were moments when I forgot she was a plot point,

the comedy was very off, some jokes were actually funny, but some were very lame and embarrassing, this movie had a really bad script,
I Loved Depp actually, but I wish the movie was either funnier or had a better story, if the story was going to suck this much they could have made it more funny, but we don't get either,

I don't know, I was bored in some parts and wanted it to end,
the ending was ridiculous, full of plot holes and stupid things going on,

If the ghost of the mom really talked to the boy and was murdered by the witch, Why didn't she come to help sooner? why was that ghost waiting till the end to attack the witch, that made absolutely no sense at all,
If Victoria turned into a vampire right away after being bitten, why did it take so long for the Doctor to open her eyes? I know they wanted to have the cliffhanger ending, but that also makes absolutely no sense, specially since she had Barnabas blood on her and she even showed fangs when bit,
werewolf girl? were these people stoned? I read that the werewolf girl is an easter egg from the series because there is a werewolf in the series, but that was laughable and pathetic,

I liked parts of it, but mostly I did not care for the characters and it felt very very dull and boring,

is funny because Alice In Wonderland for me was exactly the same, good beginning, great costumes, dull and boring story, retarded ending, is almost the same as this movie, Of Course everything about the movies is different, but what I mean is that both movies seem to have the same faults, really bad script followed by a stupid ending with amazing sets and costumes,
I really hate Burton now, he is such a cliche person, I cannot even take him seriously,
 
I feel like this movie was just very bland. It wasn't scary, it wasnt funny, no suspense, action, etc. etc. Depp was alright but this movie was a total turd!
 
Me? I'm tired of the Burton/Bonham/Depp collaborations.
Bring back the Depp from Donnie Brasco, Secret Window, From Hell...Those were the good old days.
 
I honestly liked the trailer, that is the biggest sin of this movie, that the marketing made it look fun,
I still had my doubts and because of Alice in Crapland I had my doubts too,

the movie looks great, yes, yes it does, the actors look great, the mansion is pretty amazing,
the town is pretty, Barnabas costumes are amazing, visually burton Succeeded,

but the story was so boring to me, I already knew how it was going to end from deducing, really really cliche and obvious, plus the trailer gave away the best jokes and the plot points,

if you saw the trailer you can pretty much know everything that is going to happen, I know some people like it but I don't understand how can everyone get past the boring story and awful script

well.... I guess to be fair, it does have its good moments and its really funny moments, like 3 or 4, and Depp does a great job, Depp fans will probably love this movie for him alone, he was my favorite part of the movie, take Depp out, easily one of the worst movies ever made,

the Witch girl was smoking hot and she was funny, i really loved her too,
but then the story was really boring
 
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No you wanna talk about an awesome trailer and a crap movie, Look no further then Clash of the Titans! The guy that came up with that deserves half the profit from that film! Saw the movie in theaters and it was the worst crap ever!!! I got out, rewatched the trailer and wanted to see the movie again, thats how good it was! What a bait and switch! :lol
 
No you wanna talk about an awesome trailer and a crap movie, Look no further then Clash of the Titans! The guy that came up with that deserves half the profit from that film! Saw the movie in theaters and it was the worst crap ever!!! I got out, rewatched the trailer and wanted to see the movie again, thats how good it was! What a bait and switch! :lol

you are right,
don't forget Ghost Rider 2 as well,
 
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