Fausto reviews Dark Shadows (2012) at The Cinema Cell

[Fausto]

http://thecinemacell.wordpress.com/2012/05/21/dark-shadows-2012/

[Jack]

I'll definitely be skipping this one.  Edward Scissorhands was enough Johnny Depp playing a pasty British guy in a Tim Burton movie for me.  To me, it's just the same schtick with different costumes.  I don't understand the enduring popularity of this stuff.

On the bright side, I see Amazon's got Night of Dark Shadows available for download, so I'll have to check that out one of these days.

[BoyScoutKevin]

Only $120,000,000 more to go. The estimate budget for the film was $150,000,000, excluding what it has earned in Europe so far, it took in about $30,000,000 its opening weekend in the U.S.

[Mofo Rising]

How in the world did they spend $150 million on that movie? It doesn't show up on the screen.

I'm pretty much in agreement with Fausto on the movie, although I liked it less.

[BoyScoutKevin]

How in the world did they spend $150 million on that movie? It doesn't show up on the screen.

I'm pretty much in agreement with Fausto on the movie, although I liked it less.

How did they manage to spend $150,000,000? I have no idea. That is just the estimated figure I've seen. Though, I do expect part of the money went into salaries for both Tim Burton and Johnny Depp. Both of whom I expect got multi-million $ paydays, even before the film opened.