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| billyweeds |
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marantzo wrote: Two of my favourite actors are a little off centre. Depp and Downey Jr. maybe I just like "D's".
Agree--most of the time--about Downey, though sometimes his eccentricity makes me crazy. (See especially his self-indulgent nonsense in Home for the Holidays). But mostly he's great. Depp? I just don't get his message at all. |
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| Marc |
| Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 5:13 pm |
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| I liked Depp in EDWARD SCISSORHANDS. |
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| marantzo |
| Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 5:30 pm |
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| Yeah, he was good and the movie was good all around. |
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| Syd |
| Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 6:29 pm |
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marantzo wrote: I think Depp is one of the best around.
Same here. And he was excellent in Finding Neverland |
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| lshap |
| Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 8:01 pm |
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| Downey's a terrific dramatic actor who has no problem switching gears to play it big in Iron Man, or campy in Tropic Thunder. Depp - who I like more than Billy but less than Gary - strikes me as someone who would never do either. |
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| Trish |
| Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 10:40 am |
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billyweeds wrote: marantzo wrote: A critic up here gave Public Enemies a lukewarm review. She said, basically, that it could have been a great movie but the director threw too much into it and didn't seem to want to edit any scene with some just dragging on. She compared it to his movie Heat, and that's a movie that would fit her review of PE. That has me giving her review credence.
If it's anywhere near as bad as Heat, it's a must to avoid. Heat is one of the worst of all time.
Not as bad as the Pacino/DeNiro reunion in Righteous Kill
actually Heat had some good parts as I recall (been some years since I 've seen it) |
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| Trish |
| Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 10:44 am |
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Joe Vitus wrote: I've never found Johnny Depp interesting. Never saw a movie because he was in it.
I like Johnny - but there is a sort of emotional detachment in many of his performances - he was wonderful in What's Eating gilbert Grape |
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| Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 10:46 am |
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| still interested in Public Enemies |
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| Trish |
| Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 10:50 am |
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billyweeds wrote: marantzo wrote: Two of my favourite actors are a little off centre. Depp and Downey Jr. maybe I just like "D's".
Agree--most of the time--about Downey, though sometimes his eccentricity makes me crazy. (See especially his self-indulgent nonsense in Home for the Holidays). But mostly he's great. Depp? I just don't get his message at all.
Downey (as an actor) is more emotionally accessible |
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| lshap |
| Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 11:14 am |
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Trish wrote:
Downey (as an actor) is more emotionally accessible
100% true. But it's hard to know whether that's because Depp consciously chooses the weirder roles, or if that's where his range as an actor lies. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 12:58 pm |
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Trish wrote: billyweeds wrote: marantzo wrote: A critic up here gave Public Enemies a lukewarm review. She said, basically, that it could have been a great movie but the director threw too much into it and didn't seem to want to edit any scene with some just dragging on. She compared it to his movie Heat, and that's a movie that would fit her review of PE. That has me giving her review credence.
If it's anywhere near as bad as Heat, it's a must to avoid. Heat is one of the worst of all time.
Not as bad as the Pacino/DeNiro reunion in Righteous Kill
actually Heat had some good parts as I recall (been some years since I 've seen it)
Hard as it may be to believe, I actually preferred the trashily lousy Righteous Kill to the more pretentiously lousy Heat. |
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| Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 2:21 pm |
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billyweeds wrote: Trish wrote: billyweeds wrote: marantzo wrote: A critic up here gave Public Enemies a lukewarm review. She said, basically, that it could have been a great movie but the director threw too much into it and didn't seem to want to edit any scene with some just dragging on. She compared it to his movie Heat, and that's a movie that would fit her review of PE. That has me giving her review credence.
If it's anywhere near as bad as Heat, it's a must to avoid. Heat is one of the worst of all time.
Not as bad as the Pacino/DeNiro reunion in Righteous Kill
actually Heat had some good parts as I recall (been some years since I 've seen it)
Hard as it may be to believe, I actually preferred the trashily lousy Righteous Kill to the more pretentiously lousy Heat.
I think the two female co-stars were fairly memorable in the film (Ashley Judd as Kilmer's wife and Amy Bresnehan as DeNiro's love interest) |
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| ehle64 |
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| Have you guys seen Depp and Helena Bonham-Carter as the Mad Hatter and the Red Queen from Burton's upcoming adaptation of Alice in Wonderland in the new Vanity Fair with Heath Ledger on the cover. They look AMAZING! |
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| Joe Vitus |
| Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 4:06 pm |
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| I didn't care for the picture I've seen of Depp online. I think Burton's making the same gianorous mistakes he made with Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. |
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Joe Vitus wrote: I didn't care for the picture I've seen of Depp online. I think Burton's making the same gianorous mistakes he made with Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
My first thought was that Johnny Depp looked like Gene Wilder in facepaint. |
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