Johnny Depp: Cool or Fool?

Anybody who gets Disney to let him play a pirate that aggressively swishy (hello! eyeliner! hello! holding compass like a makeup compact! hello! uberfayness!) is cool

Do you mean... Jerry Bruckheimer? (Cue ghoulish circus music.)

I really liked The Ninth Gate. "Boris Balkan" and all that.

Yeah! With the awesome neon magenta blood spurting everywhere. I mean, the autopsy scene is the funniest thing put to film. That film is awesome.

I totally love Johnny Depp and would have all of his children, robots or not. Ed Wood and Edward Scissorhands are two of my all time favorite movies. I also like Benny & Joon, fuck ya'all hataz (not that anyone's said anything about that film yet but someone WILL).

"You have to be double-jointed... and Hungarian!"

sorry, I'll stop now

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(let me know what Johnny says, amateurist)

Here is the latest script that has been offered to me. Please inform me Classic or Dud within the next seven days.

Yours,

J. Depp

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NED DON'T GET ME STARTED ON THAT ED WOOD BULLSHIT.

i mean it's serviceable, it moves the story along, but it's totally overdetermined. this style is fine for character actors, and in fact preferable for small parts—we don't want the will, vulnerability, and relaxed humanity of the cab-driver to distract us too much from the scenic goals of our protagonist, for instance, we want him to do that cab driver thing he does so we can get on with the story—which is why I really think Depp is a very good character actor stuck inside the cheekbones of a leading man.

It was perfect for "Fear and Loathing" because Hunter S. Thompson has neither vulnerability nor humanity.

(I think Sweet and Lowdown was something of a one-off for Penn, he usually doesn't lose himself like that. I bet he shudders when he sees it.)

How can you say that Ed Wood's "will" was lost in the role Tracer? That performance was all will!

But I thought Sean Penn was great in Sweet and Lowdown. I don't think that the depiction of a certain particular kind of humanity is neccessary for a movie; naturalistic acting is of course just as much of a style as Depp's mannered approach.

Not enough people up in here are talking about his performance in Fear and Loathing which I must say was totally righteous and wonderful (as someone who's witnessed The Hunter Thompson Show firsthand). It probably helps that he actually, y'know, knows Hunter Thompson and has been around him and stuff. This is not an advantage he had making Sleepy Hollow.

Plus he's one of the only rock-stars-in-a-band where the band wasn't half-bad (although it helped that 2 of the 4 members came from Butthole Surfers).

not to be a prick but I could've sworn this was my idea.

Johnny Depp is an excellent actor. He's not my favorite though. My favorite actor is R2-D2.

"Can your HEART withstand the shocking facts about...GRAVE ROBBERS FROM OUTER SPACE?"

Still haven't seen From Hell yet, though....

Ned: Can you prove that it DIDN'T happen?!

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I feel asleep in From Hell too (at home).

I agree, but I prefer it because I think it produces more open-ended, less determined results.

I'll admit I find Depp fascinating, because of his narcissism, which he never seems comfortable with. He goes out of his face to efface "himself" (whatever that is; if you watch an interview with him he's lost in his own haze to the point of being bad-mannered). He loads up on tics and extraordinary makeup, it's like self-flagellation. Thats why DiCaprio will never be Depp: DiCaprio is totally at ease with his own self-regard.

Actually, Ally, I think I got the Tom=HST, and I certainly didn't come up with F&LNYC. It's an easy mistake to make, a simple way to tell the difference is

Johnny Depp fans paid $3k to unseal the court documents just to get dirt on Amber, but ended up unintentionally exposing Depp and information he tried to keep private instead. A thread 🧵🪡 pic.twitter.com/NzH8eD1yJI

— chateau bunny (@cocainecross) July 30, 2022

An interesting (?) resolution to this case:
- settled by Heard (she was going through the appeal process with some very high profile 1st amendment lawyers and the case was thought to be strong)
- only has to pay $1m but is free to speak ???
- the resolution threads two themes that you see in a lot of cases like this: she was being put through the ringer financially and subject to such grotesque harassment that this is the result

Amber Heard settles with Johnny Depp and speaks out: "I will not be threatened, disheartened, or dissuaded by what happened from speaking the truth. No one can and no one will take that from me. My voice forever remains the most valuable asset I have." https://t.co/m6xTr4nwJA

— Variety (@Variety) December 19, 2022

My heart goes out to Amber Heard as she has made the decision to settle the defamation lawsuit against her by her abusive vindictive ex-husband, Johnny Depp. He and his team used misogyny, victim blaming, and lies to further abuse her on the stand. I hope she heals from this… pic.twitter.com/DdCKpQnVSu

— 𝝠sh (@starfallgoddess) December 19, 2022

Heartbreaking, the worst person you know, etc

The Sun is still calling him a violent wife-beater. #CannesYouNot pic.twitter.com/ePVgLq7CgP

— Xandra 39 (@carriecalista) May 19, 2023

fuck Johnny Depp

and Cannes for that matter.

hate teh stupid 'narrative' that won out thanks to Depp's abusive legal tactics