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« on: May 24, 2012, 03:52:23 AM »
I went back to see the film again this afternoon and decided to spring for the IMAX version. Maybe it was the time (4:45pm), maybe it was the ticket price but there only 4 other people in the theatre.
This time around I was even more impressed with Michele Pfeiffer. She does some very good work as Elizabeth. Her acceptance of Carolyn's curse was a nice touch. Gully McGrath does some nice work as David although he didn't seem as disturbed as early incarnations. More Laura next time, please.
Bella Heathcote carries the earlier part of the movie just as Alexandra carried the series. Unfortunately, like Alexandra, she kind of disappears and the movie suffers for it. The sequence at Widows' Hill seemed a little too rushed. But, for Tim Burton, that was probably a happy ending.
The IMAX didn't really add anything to the experience.