Personal life is irrelevant to this thread. What are your favorites amongst Johnny's performances?
For me, Ed Wood and J.M. Barrie rise to the top. I love both of the films and the performances.
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I loved his performance in 'Sleepy Hollow'. It's layered with a sense of paranoia his character developed growing up in a controlled and hostile environment. He see that he is a good man with quirks and oddities that make him an outsider, no matter where he is. We see him learning to face his fears and overcoming the pain he has endured in life. Most of all, he is not perfect and strives to make sense a phenomena equally bizarre as him.
I have not seen the two you've mentioned but am fascinated with this Ed Wood fella I hear so much about.
You must see Ed Wood and Finding Neverland, they're so damn good. I also love Sleepy Hollow, everything about it.
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Probably Edward Scissorhands.
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Ed Wood
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
Transcendence
Ed Wood.
The first Pirates movie.
Black Mass.
A Nightmare on Elm Street
shareNo love for "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas"? I thought he and Benicio were incredible in that.
shareOh crap, how could I forget that?!?!?!
I even looked over his IMDb profile trying to remind myself of his best roles, and I must have skipped past that.
Yes, Fear & Loathing is my #1. Thanks!
That scene where Dr. Gonzo has "the fear" and is trying to decamp from the bar/carousel is one of the highlights of '90s cinema.
"Look ... there's two women fucking a polar bear."
"Don't tell me those things. Not n -[hiccups] now.
One problem I was hitting was that I kept thinking my favorite Johnny Depp role was in Bram Stoker's Dracula.
I had to keep reminding myself: "No, John, that's Keanu Reeves. The difference is subtle, but they are indeed two separate people."
I think "Bram Stoker's Dracula" might be my Reeves' movie.
shareIt's also easily my #1 Coppola movie, yes even beating Godfather.
It's one of those movies that really defines what cinema can do to create an experience. It's not just a straightforward narrative, it's a multilayered visual, aural, and emotional immersion.
It's also a great example of how to be extremely loyal to a book that was never meant to be anything but a book, which takes full advantage of the ink & paper medium.
To top it off, the special effects are amazing, the score is one of the best ever written for a movie, and it has Gary Oldman vs. Anthony Hopkins in a battle to see who can chew up the most scenery!
And it doesn't take itself too seriously which is something I always appreciate in a film like this.
shareYes, it has its fun moments, it has a bit of silliness, and it indulges in truly pretentious theatrics in the best ways possible. Plus it has Monica Bellucci's boobs at their prime.
When I was in Forensics in high school (competitive acting), my duet partner and I did the entire dinner scene from Dracula, after Harker arrives to the castle. I played Dracula, and he played Harker, which was perfect because I have very vampiric teeth and he looked even more like a Harker than Reeves did.
Okay, I promise that's my last post about Dracula!
Being a huge fan of the book I also like how it replicates the epistolary structure of the novel. And that it offers a glimpse into the dawn of cinema, utilizing archaic film techniques to underscore that fact.
shareYes that was amazing. He's given some great performances, more than readily comes to mind at first thought.
shareHe certainly had one of the more iconic death scenes in all of horror cinema.
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