how cool is johnny depp?

[tweeds]

i recently caught the first pirates of the carribean again (i don't like the second one it's too canned slapstick for me) and i was blown away all over again by the talent this man has, and the undoubtably cool way he has of taking a character and wearing it inside out. so i'm going to revisit some of his older movies and feed myself:

edward scissorhands

a bit role in platoon

donnie brasco

fear and loathing in las vegas

corpse bride

and of course pirates.

[Servo2000]

I'll one up your admittedly decent films, and give you an

Ed Wood

and Dead Man

in return.

[mike lowrey]

I'm probably the only one who f'in hated Fear and Loathing, and dead man too.

Johnny is pretty good though, that I can agree on.

[evisu 2000]

21 jump street filmed at my elementary school quite a few times!

[viv1984viv]

Although he always looks great, Ive been going off him recently, I like F&L and ed wood but I allways think he overacts a bit, so im allways concious that its an act.

[kikidark]

Servo2000

ed wood is problably the best movie from burton. fare better from the new one like big fish or corpse bride anyway.

and dead man is my favourite jarmush's movie. I surprised myself hating broking flowers.

[tweeds]

viv - that's true his recent stuff has been a bit patchy. but i'm not sure he overacts - he's always given me the impression he knows exactly how much he's coming across to the audience, and if (in the case of capt jack sparrow) he crosses the line between believability and farce, he's fully aware of it and in control. it's the mastery of his talents that he possesses that makes me his fan.

i get that same feeling watching older actors/actresses - anthony hopkins, judi dench - who have had their skills mature, flourish and ripen through years of experience.

just my thoughts.

[denimdestroyedmylife]

cry baby feat. selvage

[minya]

Ricki!!!!...

[keri]

he was oh so hot in charlie and the chocolate factory, mmmm

[ally fu]

I was dreading Fear and Loathing when it came out, as the book had been my favourite ever read as a teenager and I was convinced the movie would ruin it. However, even though Depp played the characted quite different to how I had him in my head, I thought it was brilliant, in fact this thread has made me want to go out and rent it again ...

[sybaritical]

What about Johnny Depp's cameo as the Dead Man poster in "LA without a map"?

I laughed.

[Iambic_9]

His performance in fear and loathing in las vegas is the best i've seen him. So talented.

[BrokenGlass]

Johnny depp is certainly one of the coolest around. great actor, mostly good movies, and he's usually one of the few well dressed celebrities you always see pics of.

[Servo2000]

He's also pretty goofy / self-deprecating, which in itself might be an act, but I'd rather that than the rank pretentiousness that never ceases to irritate that flows out from within Hollywood's ranks.

[tweeds]

He's also pretty goofy / self-deprecating, which in itself might be an act, but I'd rather that than the rank pretentiousness that never ceases to irritate that flows out from within Hollywood's ranks.

well said - a wicked sense of humour certainly sets the brilliant apart, and depp has bucketloads of it

as a matter of fact i'm not sure i'd call him well-dressed in the conventional sense, he does strange sartorial things that make you raise an eyebrow, an example is his suit at the oscars

but it definitely is original and eyecatching. i guess that's his appeal - boyish and dashing without seeming "hot" like many other celebs try to look?

[rome1]

Great movie, great avatar nuf' said.

[Oldboy]

His rolls his own cigarettes, it doesn't get much cooler than that.

[Servo2000]

I've always wondered that if you roll your own cigarettes using just tobacco or whatever Depp uses if it's "better" for you than normal cigarettes.

[Oldboy]

There was an episode of "Inside the Actors Studio" a few years back with Depp as the guest. I remember at one point he pulled out a pack of rolling tobacco and papers and then proceeded to roll and smoke a cigarette while James Lipton was interviewing him. I always thought that was pretty cool, lol.

[sybaritical]

I've always wondered that if you roll your own cigarettes using just tobacco or whatever Depp uses if it's "better" for you than normal cigarettes.

http://www.tobaccomkt.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=IS0038&Product_Code=262&Category_Code=HANDROLL_A_L

[viv1984viv]

good point tip, he certainly is very good at "farce control", I thought he was good in charlie and the chocolate factory despite the original being my favourite film. Of all the real mainstream actors hes certainly one of the coolest and best imo.

Rollies are harsher than cigarettes to me but there is something less chemical about the taste of rollies, and now i dont smoke id rather be around someone smoking a rollies than a cigarette. People say rollies satisfy more so you dont smoke so much.

[red]

i once considered getting reconstructive surgery in order to look like him. but i dont know. it just never happened.

[echoepidemic]

People used to tell me I looked/acted like him and I thought that was the best compliment anyone ever gave me.

He's my favourite actor. Most actors usually end up playing the same character over and over but each time he plays seems to play a different person which is amazing.

[red]

so i guess i wanted reconstructive surgery in order to look like you. hows that for a compliment.

[echoepidemic]

so i guess i wanted reconstructive surgery in order to look like you. hows that for a compliment.

that's just creepy

[echoepidemic]

You guys forgot Secret Window

[Servo2000]

No.

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[echoepidemic]

Are you sure? I think you guys forgot it.

[Servo2000]

Some of us have chosen to forget it, I believe.

(although I love those glasses, and I like the way he continues to wear them offset)