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Huh...  Who knew what a "filk song" was...  Learn something new every day. 

Lots of love for Dark Shadows in Japan and France.  That is good to hear... and it makes sense.  I wonder if that will be enough for Warner Bros. to look into additional avenues. 

Thanks for the links, everyone. 

And, yes, drinking soda while at a movie like Shadows is a huge no-no!   

I find it atrocious how much of this film we didn't see.  I honestly feel that a three hour DS movie would have been fine, and then the climax would have worked better.  It wouldn't have been so uneven and so choppy.  As fans of the show, we can appreciate a lot of the little story details that are merely referenced.  But I can't see how this movie makes a great deal of sense to the general public.  Sure there exists a basic storyline that everyone can follow.  But I can't help but think the average moviegoer who actually cares about plot doesn't feel a little left in the dark when it comes to the story.  There is so little about so many of the characters, namely Victoria.  I feel that her explanation of her past was rushed.  And it looks like it was initially longer.  These flashbacks and montages have a lot in them, and they leave viewers to guess at certain plot points, because they don't fully flesh out the details.  I really, really want to see the Victoria story (and her relationship with Barnabas) told in full. 

In all honesty, I think that the mistakes made with the storytelling decisions are the biggest tribute to the show.  Because this movie manages to recreate so many of the plot development mistakes in the original show.  The only thing it manages to correct is offering an identity to the governess.  Other than that, the underdeveloped romance, the lack of plot for major family members, the monster-mash finale...  All things done in the original that shouldn't have been repeated.  And I frankly think Warner Bros. had a lot to do with it.  Like SGS, I'd like to see a director's cut of this film released, but I doubt that is likely.       

I went to a retailer today in search of the score.  And I could not find it.  I love it so much.  It's not perfect, but it would have been had Elfman just finished what he started in the last few seconds of Track 19.   

There is no real theme here, other than the "Love" Theme and "Widows' Hill," and I feel that appropriate since nothing can replace the original.  If I can find this CD in the stores, I will definitely pick it up.  I couldn't believe how little of Elfman's score actually made it into the final cut of the movie.  What was there was powerful, though.  It seems as if the middle part of the movie was carried by the 70s tracks.  To me, it seemed like a lot of those snippets of scenes, especially the ones that were seen during "Top of the World" were actually intended to be full scenes.  But they went the montage route to save time.  And while "Top of the World" was quite hilarious (and one of my favorite non-traditional things in the film), I felt that condensing those parts really took core parts our of the story, especially in regards to the Barnabas-Maggie relationship.  The Barnabas/Maggie-Vicki walk was great though, and that marks the 3rd time that has been done.  I guess it has become a necessity.  (And it's fine by me, since those scenes are some of my favorites in the previous incarnations.) 

I am not going to comment on Vampirella for the time being...  But I will say that that Barnabas  (Barnadepp methinks) is ten million times better looking than the Barnabas in the film or the Barnabas in Issue 5, who looks like a prune.  (I honestly can't get through it.  The prunes!  The ruins!)

If they keep marketing Shadows as they are, I can't imagine a different kind of audience.  If they actually represented the whole film in their ads, maybe...

How bad is "Dark Shadows"? It makes you long for a "Twilight" movie. That's bad.

Despite the fact that I have yet to see it, that seriously made me  .  I want to enjoy it like many of you, but I fear I may have a similar reaction.

http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120511/ENT02/205110317/1034/Review-Depp-Burton-s-Dark-Shadows-terribly-dull

Now with both audience and critic reaction in the rotten categories on RT, I wonder if Warner Bros. is happy with the route they took with this film.