Dark Shadows

Tim Burton and Johnny Depp have made quite a few thing over the years together, several of them very good. However, this is not one of them. This is a revival of an old soap opera of the same name. In this version a wealthy young man slights a witch who curses him to be a vampire. This curse appears to overflow to the rest of his family who has all but lost his fortune when he is brought forth from his grave and begins to re-establish his family's fortune.
With the cast this movie had, I am stunned at how little I liked it. Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, Eva Green, Jackie Earle Haley, and Helena Bonham Carter. Can I just say how much I really enjoy Helena. I think she is generally awesome, but ,Tim, You don't have to put her in everything. People have things they should do and shouldn't. She's great, just not in everything. I was also talking with a buddy of mine about why Michelle Pfeiffer doesn't do more things. But then he named off a couple of her more recent projects, and we realized she probably doesn't because the newer things she picks are crap. So I wouldn't either. Chloe Grace Mortez's character was a bit awkward. She is this weird overly sexualized young girl, that at one point they even mention her touching herself and sounding like a cat. Yeah, we (the audience) don't need that.
The biggest problem with this movie is that it is nothing. It's not funny, scary, gory, or intriguing. It is NOTHING. It isn't even family friendly because of drug use. All the entertaining parts are in the preview, and for some reason they are less good in the feature. Boring is a adequate statement since it has and does nothing to try and keep your interest.
Continuity is a slight issue it has as well. Depp being a vampire cannot go into the sunlight. A fact that they exploit more than once in the movie. One instance Depp even bursts into flames from light through a window. But for some reason he can put on a hat and sunglasses and go outside with no fire. Kinda lame.
I don't know how bad the old Dark Shadows was, but there is no way it was worse than this. good director, better than average cast, bad movie.