Edward D. Wood Jr.

What’s your take on the sheer, systematic lack of talent found in the "worst director ever"? I get that whenever you try to debate his work, people might think you're just making fun of him, but the massive amount of cult following and dedicated websites out there proves this is something way deeper than a simple joke. It’s like how we spend all our time analyzing what makes a movie great; with Woodov's stuff, you can spend an eternity dissecting exactly what makes a movie terrible. Ed Wood is a total anomaly in the film industry because nobody else has ever managed to pair those two specific traits: a complete lack of skill and a fanatical, unshakable belief that what he was doing was actually right. That combo is what makes his films so unique—his subjective vision stays unbroken from start to finish.

Honestly, nobody was more qualified than Tim Burton to tackle a character like this. He totally nailed it by capturing the exact same vibe that his fans fall in love with. In the whole movie "Ed Wood," it doesn't feel like they're mocking him; instead, it's this constant, subtle sense of irony.

P.S. Does anyone happen to have a copy of "Plan 9 from Outer Space"?

David Martin16 said:P.S. Does anyone happen to have "Plan 9 from Outer Space"?

Yeah, I actually do... I've got both "Plan 9 from Outer Space" and "Bride of Frankenstein" on the same tape (though I still haven't gotten around to watching the latter). To be honest, I barely made it through "Plan 9" myself—it's about 70 minutes of pure struggle...

redowl90 said:Yeah, obviously, I have them... I’ve got Plan 9 from Outer Space and Bride of Frankenstein on the exact same tape (though I still haven't actually sat through the latter)... As for Plan 9, I barely managed to make it to the credits (and the thing drags on for a grueling 70 minutes)...

I personally couldn't handle more than ten minutes of Plan 9 at a stretch. The only way I ever finished it was by watching it with a group of friends so we could mock how terrible it was—without that constant commentary, there's no way I'd get through it.
Meanwhile, Bride of Frankenstein is actually watchable.

You simply have to approach it as a parody 😁 (and frankly, Plan 9 manages to sink even lower than that)

Digging this thread up from the grave because I caught a screening of this flick on PBS last night. Honestly? Even after nearly thirty years, the thing hasn't aged a single day—mostly because they used those old-school techniques to capture that classic Hollywood vibe. I guess you could say movies like this are basically timeless. Not sure how many of you guys have actually seen it since the comments here are pretty thin, but... yeah, highly recommend.

You really ought to take a look at how closely this crew managed to recreate those original scenes shot by Ed Wood...

Man, I gotta say—I didn't expect them to nail those scenes so authentically. Bela Lugosi is definitely the standout for me, though... I think I actually dig the guy playing him more, mostly because his eyes look way creepier. Probably just those massive eyebrows, I guess.

Abraham Lincoln. He actually won an Oscar for that role.