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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community Oct 22, 2009
Pros: Interesting quirky characters.
Cons: Mediocre acting. Sluggish pacing.
Summary: I selected Ed Wood because NetFlix said I should. I did not know anything about this film and did not remember reading about it previously. However, the preview indicated that this was a Tim Burton film starring Johnny Depp, Sarah ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jun 11, 2012
Pros: Surprisingly well written, Lugosi is chilling
Cons: Pull the string!
Summary: Ed Wood does a lot of things so well it's bothersome, especially considering it's a typical Burton/Depp collaboration. This is actually probably Burton's best film and Depp's best performance for a few reasons. Ed Wood was essentially a bad director but ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
May 8, 2012
Pros: Great cast, cinematography is excellent, just a great movie!
Cons: It could have been longer.
Summary: There are many notorious directors that made Hollywood famous, and have gone down in history as some of the best directors in town. Names like John Ford, Howard Hawks, and Steven Spielberg are just a few names that showcase directors with superb ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 21, 2010
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Summary: If you’ve been reading my recent reviews, you know that I’ve been looking for really bad movies to watch. One name that keeps popping up is Ed Wood, the director of Glen or Glenda and Plan 9 From Outer Space. While people do ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Oct 13, 2009
Pros: Pretty funny, great work by Depp and Landau, lighting, tone
Cons: Length/Pacing
Summary: Tim Burton is one of those famous directors that split a lot of peoples' hairs. Some say that he's just another Hot Topic-infused hack that does the same technique in each film but then there are the people who GO to Hot Topic and eat his crap up by the ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 15, 2008
Pros: Martin Landau! This may also be Burton's most well-rounded work.
Cons: No serious problems spring to mind.
Summary: So many Tim Burton movies have great ideas and beautiful visuals, but somehow go a little flat in the telling. For example, BIG FISH had some great things to look at, along with some fun performances...but in the end it was too pleased with itself to ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Feb 17, 2008
Pros: Perfect casting, perfect sets - Burton's best film of his career.
Cons: Some closed minded weirdos might be turned off by the Black and White.
Summary: Welcome, friends. You are interested in the unknown . . . the mysterious. . . the unexplainable. That is why you are here. And now, for the first time, we are bringing to you, the full story of what really happened. We are bringing you all the evidence, ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Mar 16, 2006
Pros: Great cast, acting (Especially from Landau), writing, direction, cinematography
Cons: A few slow spots, and the story is very weird.
Summary: Visions are worth fighting for. Why spend your life making someone else's dreams?- Orson Welles (Vincent D’Onofrio) Ask for a poll of the greatest director of all time, and you will have a huge deadlock, as name after name is thrown into ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Sep 23, 2005
Pros: Burton's Direction, Script, Look, Cinematography, Music, & Cast notably Depp & Landau.
Cons: None.
Summary: Before the 1960s, the French New Wave, and the independent, guerilla spirit of 1970s American filmmaking, Hollywood still ruled cinema and there were very few auteurs at the time including Stanley Kubrick and Orson Welles. Welles in the 1950s was ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Apr 7, 2005
Pros: Acting, recreations, entirely watchable
Cons: Lacks focus, tone uneven
Summary: Briefly, this film is a sort-of tribute to the world’s worst filmmaker (and cross-dresser) Edward D. Wood Jr., and occasionally plays satirically. It mostly focuses on Wood’s relationships with women but particularly his association with aging, ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Nov 19, 2004
Pros: Martin Landau, Johnny Depp, great script, great photography
Cons: I dunno.
Summary: I've always been a huge fan of Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, and Lon Chaney, Jr. I grew up with my grandparents, so I was exposed to them through my grandfather, and when you're exposed to classic horror all your life, most of the crap they make today gets ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Oct 21, 2004
Pros: Depp playing Wood so convincingly, surrounded by the best supporting casts ever assembled.
Cons: Nothing I can think of.
Summary: One of my favorite lines in the movie "Ed Wood" is spoken by his estranged girlfriend. Gazing contemptuously at his eclectic circle of friends, she says, "I see you've got the usual gang of misfits and drug addicts." That one line summarizes much of this ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jul 1, 2004
Pros: Very endearing. Great acting, direction, and cinematography.
Cons: Typical Hollywood.
Summary: For those of you who don’t know, Edward D. Wood, Jr. was an eccentric filmmaker from the fifties who, like Van Gogh, only achieved fame after his death, when he was crowned the worst director of all time in the early eighties. Before this ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Apr 22, 2004
Pros: Loving look at an offbeat movie director
Cons: Definitely doesn't cater to the middle-of-the-road crowd
Summary: 1994's "Ed Wood" (on Turner Classic Movies on May 2, 2004 at 2 a.m. EST) is easily the best film ever made about one of the worst filmmakers ever. Edward D. Wood, Jr. is renowned in movie cults for two astounding facts: (1) he was an enthusiastic ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jul 26, 2003
Pros: Landau, and the entire cast, the screen play
Cons: nothing much, could not find it on DVD
Summary: It took me too long to see this movie. It has become one of my favorite flicks, and one of three by ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Oct 6, 2001
Pros: Interesting film
Cons: Not suited to many people
Summary: I saw this film some time ago when it was on TV. I had to stay up fairly late, but it was definately worth it. Johnny Depp plays the part of Ed Wood, who was voted worst director of all time! Patricia Arquette and Sarah Jessica Parker both play love ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 18, 2001
Pros: Excellent cast, settings, insight
Cons: None
Summary: Edward D. Wood, Jr. probably was one of the most interesting real-life characters in Hollywood. A low-budget filmmaker who defied the odds to produce and release a string of grade-Z sci-fi and exploitation films in the '50's and '60's. Besides the ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jun 8, 2001
Pros: Based on a true story, good acting, black and white color adds to affect
Cons: None really
Summary: This movie was good, it isn't the funniest movie I've ever seen, but it is still good. This movie is about director Ed Wood. Ed Wood is a cross dresser who dreams of directing a big movie, and on his way of collecting money and finding actors, he ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
May 22, 2001
Pros: GREAT acting, black and white film, good score.
Cons: None that I can see.
Summary: Overview: Ed Wood is perhaps the most misunderstood and just plain odd films of Tim's career. It is a comedic look at the life of the man who's become oficially known as the Worst Director Ever, Edward D. Wood jr. We follow Ed from the debut of ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Apr 29, 2001
Pros: Tim Burton's homage of Ed Wood is beautifully constructed.
Cons: Funniest Movie of the Year? Nope, it is more of a drama for Godsake
Summary: Directed by Tim Burton
Ed Wood - Johnny Depp
my rating: B
In “Ed Wood”, Tim Burton paid homage to one of the most passionate, misunderstood, and crappy director that ever emerged from Hollywood. Very hard to ... read more
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