Johnny Depp

vmob84 said:
Woa... Its one thing to call him a sellout based on his movie choices, but now you are calling him a bad father because he did the movies he did? He clearly enjoys working, and so maybe he choose to do the roles he did so his kids see him act. Do you think he'd let them watch Blow or Donnie Brasco at this age? Hell no, he just wanted to do something to show his kids what he does. How do you know what Johnny's daily life is like? For all you know he could fly to see his family as often as he can.


Umm, did I say he was a bad father? I don't think so. And I don't think he's a sell out for making films his kids can watch.
All I'm saying is that i detect a slight contradiction in his statements to the press about how he doesn't care about the movie business and that he wants to spend all his time at home, and then he books movies back to back for several years around the globe. I have no doubt he flies home as often as he can, but nevertheless he is obviously away a lot, just look at his schedule for the last year and the next 3 years.


And he doesn't need the money. For the first Pirates he received a hefty percentage of the gross on top of his usual fee. And it grossed several hundreds of millions.
 
(wheretherum)

http://www.seattleweekly.com/film/0610/libertine.php

The Libertine

Opens at Guild 45, Fri., March 10. Not rated. 114 minutes.

By Brian Miller
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Depp and screen wife Rosamund Pike.
Peter Mountain / The Weinstein Company

No pirates. No Caribbean. Not even a chocolate factory in sight. What was Johnny Depp thinking when he agreed to star in this wretched British stage adaptation? File it under the Incomprehensible Career Choices section at Scarecrow Video, alongside Dead Man, The Brave, and The Man Who Cried. Depp plays real-life Restoration playwright and wit John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester (1647–1680), who gleefully snubbed family, propriety, society, and King Charles II (producer John Malkovich) for a life of dissolution, drinking, and wh*ring. Oh, and he also composed a few lines of verse, made speeches at Parliament, and tutored actress Elizabeth Barry (Samantha Morton).

It all sounds terribly fun and decadent, like Quills or Casanova, but isn't. Depp nails the accent and withers away gruesomely from alcoholism and syphilis—everything he and Terry Gilliam left out of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. His best scenes, rehearsing Morton for the role of Ophelia, are badgering and literally theatrical (which is why Stephen Jeffreys' script probably worked better onstage): He keeps forcing her to drain out the fake footlight emotion until she's left to express the bare truthful words. The effect, of course, is that you'd rather see Othello than The Libertine, even with Depp in blackface. And Wilmot the proud ingrate would probably agree.

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Well, the critics hate it......... which means I'll probably adore it! Whoot! :woot:

As for Johnny and family, when it comes to this film, I've heard he's forbidden his kids from seeing this for the next 20yrs. :lol:
 
i saw Libertine this week end it s great. so dark and deep and he s brilliant in it.
 
johnnys_girl09 said:
whats it about?

It's about a noble man from King Charles' rein... or at least one of the King Charles' not sure which one. :blink: Anywhoot, he's a man that seeks out vice in all it's forms and supposedly doesn't give a rat's *** what people think, but then he falls in love with an actress and he starts to die of syphillis and gets a wee bit more vulnerable.

I'm not doing it justice, but it's a brilliant film and Johnny is brilliant in it... of course! They don't sugar-coat the syphillis though so if you're easily grossed out you might want to skip this one. :flower:
 
I was surfing in the net and found this goofy picture of Depp and Charlie Sheen in a party having fun...Seemed to be a rough night ;)
 
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HQ's from Mont Blanc sent to me by a friend. I think he's looking---:shock: :heart: :woot:
I love when he's all shaggy. :crush:

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^Thanks.

I agree that people who get disturbed easily shouldn't watch the Libertine - but I thought that the fact they didn't sugar-coat anything made Depp's performance what it was. And what a brilliant and realistic performance it was!
 
That picture with Sheen I posted was from johnnydeppfan.com I think...just forgot to credit.

Has anyone seen Before Night Falls? I've been interested about it for years, but haven't been able to see it. It has many of my favourite actors in it so I thought it should be good...
 
I wanted to see that too. I've heard many good things about it too. Plus Johnny in drag :buzz:
 

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