Johnny Depp: Cool or Fool?

Maybe he had just watched Giant and thought it would be fun to act like a drunk James Dean?

I saw a trailer for whatever the hell that Mortdecai movie is

i saw the poster and immediately thought, "who was this movie made for?"

i saw the trailer and the answer appears to be, "nobody"

Edelstein: The badness settled over the audience like nuclear ash.

i read a review that positively compared it to hudson hawk

David Edelstein is Opus
http://boardgamegeek.com/camo/5479a11e309d8728b49e4c3360b8bf1c20af0fb9/687474703a2f2f7777772e61726768696e6b2e636f6d2f77702d636f6e74656e742f75706c6f6164732f323031312f30322f626c6f6f6d2d636f756e74792d312e676966

An Interactive Guide to the Many Faces of Johnny Depp

Each rectangle corresponds to a role; the color bars (see the key toward the top) display the point distributions. Mouse over each rectangle to see the movie title and year of release; click on each rectangle to see a detailed points breakdown, character name, and image or GIF of Depp’s appearance in the film.

http://grantland.com/hollywood-prospectus/an-interactive-guide-to-the-many-faces-of-johnny-depp/

http://www.avclub.com/article/scarf-less-and-accent-free-8-times-johnny-depp-pla-214075

this movie is one of those once-a-year debacles where a bunch of talented folks somehow get roped into something that's truly DOA

i'd assume depp and koepp, maybe paltrow as well, were coming from a place of genuine enthusiasm - it's not like the STUDIO cared about adapting a cult '70s comedy mystery for the screen

http://www.denofgeek.us/movies/david-koepp/243011/david-koepp-interview-mortdecai-jurassic-park-indy-4

Johnny sent me the script. (Screenwriter) Eric Aronson had found them in a used bookstore in London some years ago and responded to it, and he’d written a few drafts of the script. Johnny had read it and just loved the character. He just said “I know how to play this guy, I think we could have a good time.” I read it, and within about two or three pages, I knew why he wanted to do it, and I knew that he was probably the only person who could do it. It was such a particular part, and he is such a particular actor.

http://www.vulture.com/2015/01/what-the-hell-is-mortdecai.html

oh i'm sure they all did this film for the best of reasons--that's usually the case with these kind of debacles.

i dunno, maybe it isn't that bad? but somehow the word "misbegotten" keeps coming up.

yeah that ad campaign underscores that the studio was probably the one roped into something truly DOA, not the creative side

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b7/Town_%26_Country.jpg

funny this is that where a movie like town & country had its budget explode after numerous reshoots and creative changes, this is actually one of the cheaper-by-default movies depp has made of late (in the last 10 years, only the rum diary - still a flop - cost less). so financially it can't be a fiasco on the level of the lone ranger or dark shadows or even transcendence. people are just super fucking annoyed with depp after all those.

it's inexplicable that town & country cost so damn much.

yeah when i saw it was like "ok, there are a lot crane shots but not NINETY MILLION'S worth." but it sounds like they basically shot a $40m movie - a number that already gave too much to beatty et al - twice.

http://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/johnny-depp-famous-actors-who-pursue-music-careers-are-sickening-2015211

um, how does he not see the irony here? probably not bringing the cole slaw to the Mensa picnic anytime soon...

well he wouldn't be the first person to forget that P happened

lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npAePoctvOw

he's doing a jack nicholson thing, cute

So he seemed extra weird and kind of terrible on Graham Norton a couple weeks back, and now the restraining order. Sad?

it's a shitty bad situ from the looks of it, photo is horrible

sidebar - more and more I am exhausted by how immediately ppl come down on a "side" with this stuff tho. like it's horrible, but do i need to have an opinion NOW?

i'm okay with coming down on the side of a victim of domestic abuse right out of the gate

yep

i didnt mean it like that jfc

forget it

sorry for the misread Veg

classic

So how many movies will he be suspended for for domestic violence

more and more I am exhausted by how immediately ppl come down on a "side" with this stuff tho. like it's horrible, but do i need to have an opinion NOW?

― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, May 28, 2016 9:51 PM (Yesterday)

yeah, often feel the same. internet turns everything into an opinion-having/judging race, fosters hostility to anything more thoughtful & measured. in this case, tho, i'm happy to be of the opinion that johnny depp sucks and fuck him.

Well taking anything other than that position seems like it automatically puts you in trenchant troll challops camp
I still say it's a little sad if nobody got in touch with him after his Graham Norton appearance to ask "you okay, man?"

someone should have got in touch after fear and loathing in las vegas to ask "you okay, man?" cuz it's all been downhill since then tbh

yeah i dunno why i even brought up my whining about the internet, it was misplaced here - it doesnt have anything to do with this depp horribleness. no question he's a piece of shit.

We just got back from seeing 'Alice through the looking glass'

I like him okay, but Tracer's point upthread is good. He's also Hollywood's reigning 'cool guy' which is pretty lame.

― g--ff c-nn-n (gcannon), Tuesday, 15 July 2003 19:41 (12 years ago)

Terry Gilliam covering himself in glory:

https://mobile.twitter.com/TerryGilliam/status/737227132594720768

Doug Stanhope's girlfriend appears to be called Bingo. The censoring of the sweary words in the Doug Stanhope article is pretty weird.

Have never understood what people see in this guy and his self-regard. I like Dead Man despite him.

He's hot

As they say of some people, the camera loves his face.

Kinda feel like the unambiguous monsters in this sitch are Depp's "friends" who are more clearly more comfortable denigrating his accuser and championing his undeniable awesomeness than they are with saying, "Hey, guy who is my actual friend, this thing you did is majorly fucked up and now we're going to get you help with your various issues."

The crazy thing about anyone taking that comedian's stupid "Heard was the REAL abuser" thing is that he leads with admitting that his greatest fear was alienating Depp and getting cut off.

well apparently now Depp's daughter and his ex-wife are also taking his side. this is awful and sad.

Other ppls lives are routinely awful , but this one involves a celebrity, wow

can hardly blame depp's friends & loved ones for taking his side. they're invested and have seen things we haven't. i would prefer, were i accused of who knows what, that mine stand by me.

There's standing beside and then there's publicly calling the other party's claims and reputation into question.

That's one way of standing beside him.

in the case of vanessa paradis and his daughter, i think they genuinely believe he is being blackmailed. i wouldn't blame them for being in denial/wanting to defend someone they love.

i don't personally doubt heard's testimony fyi but i can see why they might.

i think doug stanhope just wants to be in the news.