GrimPrecise I'll tell you why so serious

TrueHello Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

Bea Swanson This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.

Calum Hutton It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...

Nathan Laing Ed Wood is a beautifully bizarre movie, shot in black and white with the tone and absurdity of the film maker that the film shares its name. Johnny Depp's portrayal of infamous director Edward D Wood Jr is both hilarious and heart felt and the same words can be used to describe the movie as a whole. Quite possibly Burton's masterpiece, Ed Wood perfectly encapsulates his strange and wholly unique style while at the same time completely embracing the equally bizarre style of three of Wood's most famous outings, "Glen or Glenda?", "Bride of the Monster" and "Plan 9 from Outer Space". A must see for fans of cinema and a fascinating insight into the world of B-movies.

bellinghamfitz Superb performances, sure. But the times called for a theme like this: No matter how hard you work, no matter how passionate you are, the world is just cruel enough to chew up all that hard work and passion and leave you penniless, infamous and thrown aside.In true Tim Burton fashion, a dark theme presented with an absurdist tone. See this movie. It's too interesting to pass up.

Shweta Mayekar Another successful collaboration between Burton and Depp. This movie offers a good insight into Ed Wood and Hollywoodland back in the day. I only came to know Ed Wood through this movie. Depp has done well by bringing him to life in this black and white light drama, his portrayal eliciting laughs from the viewer, but never full blown pity. His sheer optimism despite his circumstances is endearing and comical.Together with a good cast, the director brings out a believable portrayal of the campy movie director that was once tagged as the Worst Director of All Time. Martin Landau's likeness to Bela Lugosi was laudable. I have to say, the sound on this movie would take you right back to the black and white era of Hollywood. Think Bride of the Frankenstein.If for nothing else, watch this movie for the one liners. The one liners in this movie are the best thing about it, in my opinion!

Thomas Drufke Leave it to Tim Burton to direct a film about the "wackiest" filmmaker of all time. But in all seriousness, Ed Wood may very well be the best directing job of Burton's career. It's funny, strange, and rapidly paced. Burton deserves credit.I really love when movies take place within the world of filmmaking, especially during the 1950's. It was just an interesting time to be involved in the film business. Perhaps nobody more interesting than Edward D. Wood Jr. Although apparently much of the film's details were made up for the movie itself, it's hard not to get a kick out of Wood's story. A man stumbles himself into Hollywood with little to no experience, and manages to garner decent budgets to make multiple films, that's Hollywood 101.One of Burton's greatest qualities is the ability to develop a great journey for the characters. Ed Wood has a clear beginning, middle, and end, but it's the stuff along the way that makes for the most entertainment. The sheer absurdity of Wood's story is really where Burton tends to bring out his best work. Watching a man without any real talent as a filmmaker plow his way through studio executives and convince actors to join him in his quest makes it all the more amazing. I mean come on, this guy compares himself to Citizen Kane on multiple occasions.As for the performances, there's almost too many good ones to mention. Johnny Depp, in his second Burton feature, begins to show exactly why he's one of this generation's greatest talents. He easily could have been nominated for an Oscar here. It's also the first real time he played such a uniquely strange character, something he's got himself stuck into doing these days. Martin Landau, who did win an Oscar for his turn as Bela Lugosi, is what makes this film work so well. It can get tiresome watching Wood's undeserved success, but Landau works so impeccably well as a drugged up Lugosi. I couldn't have imagined someone better in that role.The rest of the cast and crew also deserve credit, mostly for succeeding in making such a strangely delicious film. After a while, you begin to go along with the joke of Wood's career. And to look up and see that there's still plenty that isn't falsified makes it all the better.+Unique characters and story+Movie about movies+Burton's tight directing8.0/10