Dark Shadows

[bcislandguy]

I've seen the movie its not that bad, its pretty obvious Tim Burton and his usual gang made a good decent film to watch, its not as good as some of his other works but has a great mix of comedy and action, its pure campy filmmaking. In his interviews ive seen of Depp and the others they said they had a lot of fun making it and in the end thats whats important.
On the werewolf aspect I think it was decently well done though a very short scene in the movie. The daughters anger control shows throughout the whole movie the essence of what she is I think would be how a werewolf lives day to day, a certian degree of "animal instinct and urges" and I do like how she embraces what she is but knows she could be a danger to others reaching a balance in her life. We shouldn't overthink it , this isn't a 2hour animal tf video simply part of a bigger film about monsters and the actress plays it well, she does have a maturity in her acting compared to the disney robots that are out there and I applaud burton for picking a good form, maintaining a more hybrid appearance with her legs and stuff and it dosn't have to be full on nudity to be sexual. Look at american werewolf in paris, we get a horrible cgi nude shot of julie delphy that paled in comparison to the original, we all know hollywood lost its balls for good female werewolves but that movie was an insult, Id much rather see a clothed decently done werewolf chick than a crappy naked one.

[sodacat]

Originally Posted by bcislandguy

In his interviews ive seen of Depp and the others they said they had a lot of fun making it and in the end thats whats important.

This is actually an incredibly effective way of telling a movie's quality. In great movies the actors always complain about what a terrible experience making the movie was. Misery brings out the best in film production.

[TF-Viewer]

Originally Posted by sodacat

This is actually an incredibly effective way of telling a movie's quality. In great movies the actors always complain about what a terrible experience making the movie was. Misery brings out the best in film production.

Going to disagree. People don't always have to suffer to make a great film. Nor does a writer have to do horrible things to characters to make a great story. "Best" is a subjective word. All that stuff is your own opinion, it's not the rule by any means.

[Snowglare]

Originally Posted by sodacat

This is actually an incredibly effective way of telling a movie's quality. In great movies the actors always complain about what a terrible experience making the movie was. Misery brings out the best in film production.

I tend to agree. People often complain when their job requires them to do work, especially if they have to do the same thing over and over until they get it right. More fun to do it sort of right one time and not worry about it.

I had a less than great day at work today, because one of my jobs took an overly long time and was frustrating to do. However, the extra effort made the final result better, and more effort could have made it better still. I received advice and criticism, and used both to improve.

I'd have rather gotten it over with as quickly as possible, or better yet, done something else. I'd also like to get paid to chat with my friends all day, which is probably what actors usually mean when they say a set was fun to work on.

Regardless, it's not important whether people had fun making a movie. That's great for them, but the important thing is creating an entertaining product. The important thing with any job is to do well at it, whether that's fun or not.

[Xanderfox]

Originally Posted by Snowglare

I tend to agree. People often complain when their job requires them to do work, especially if they have to do the same thing over and over until they get it right. More fun to do it sort of right one time and not worry about it.

I had a less than great day at work today, because one of my jobs took an overly long time and was frustrating to do. However, the extra effort made the final result better, and more effort could have made it better still. I received advice and criticism, and used both to improve.

I'd have rather gotten it over with as quickly as possible, or better yet, done something else. I'd also like to get paid to chat with my friends all day, which is probably what actors usually mean when they say a set was fun to work on.

Regardless, it's not important whether people had fun making a movie. That's great for them, but the important thing is creating an entertaining product. The important thing with any job is to do well at it, whether that's fun or not.

Form what I understand it's actually a mixture of both horrible and fantastic experiences that define a good production. A truly good work essentially consumes the lives of those involved, which is of course a double edged sword. the lives of the performers and the rest of the crew involved revolve around the production the ups and downs of their lives are the ups and downs of the project. The performer's life outside the production naturally suffers because they don't HAVE one. However if their experiences are ONLY awful then the production suffers greatly. It's only when the bad experiences can be seen in the context of challenges to over come that they add to the production. Despite their complaints if you as a performer if given the chance would they change things they never say they regret it, if it was a quality production.