Ed Wood

looking at the wikipedia entry of ed wood and then learning how ed wood fare after his plan 9 from outer space, all the tragic turns and his eventual demise, i am glad that tim burton did not include any of these parts from his life. instead throughout the whole movie, tim burton's ed wood is a fascinating view into the infallible passion of a filmmaker, a celebratory piece for the infamous filmmaker edward d. wood jr. it's hard for me not to draw comparison between the disaster artist and ed wood, given they are both a biopic about an utterly incompetent and delusional director. tda mocks... read more

this movie is brilliant. everything about this film is fantastic. i can't believe i had never heard of it until around the time the disaster artist came out and i saw people making comparisons. i thought i liked tda a lot but man it will suffer on rewatch now that i've seen this. this is how you do a biopic on a bad movie director! there's not a bad performance in this film, absolutely everyone plays their parts perfectly, especially johnny depp and martin landau. the chemistry they have and the friendship that forms between them is just a joy to watch unfold. and the story being told here is... read more