Ed Wood: a major disappointment

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I think Tim Burton took the easy way out, portraying Wood as a zany, overly-optimistic nut. With the exception of the Bella Lugosi and [the brief] Orson Wells characters, the film plays as a camp take on 40's-50's high jinks-type films. A far more difficult [and more satisfying] approach would have been to give us the real deal. Martin Landeau's Lugosi played it straight, and that performance is the only one to draw the viewer into the film. Too bad, as getting to know the real Ed Wood [as we get to know Lugosi] would have made for real cinema.

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Topic - Ed Wood: a major disappointment - rontokyo 15:56:06 12/14/05 (6)

Re: Ed Wood: a major disappointment - freddyi 20:36:21 12/15/05 (0)

Re: Ed Wood: a major disappointment - jamesgarvin 11:37:57 12/15/05 (0)

Worked for me. - Road Warrior 05:58:02 12/15/05 (1)

I think it's a great film...period. (nt) - EBerlin 06:47:49 12/15/05 (0)

I'm not convinced that Burton & Depp are the killer team. * - mr grits 20:51:30 12/14/05 (1)

Re: I'm not convinced that Burton & Depp are the killer team. * - rhu 12:44:20 12/15/05 (0)

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