Today I treated myself to a movie and lunch, hoping to relieve the boredom of my unemployment.
I went to see "The Libertine", starring Johnny Depp. I'm not sure why so many reviewers give this show a thumbs down. I thought it was brilliant, provocative, and a refreshing change of pace from all the cookie cutter Hollywood type movies we see over and over again.
To be quite frank, the film isn't as gaudy and raunchy as I thought it would be. Sort of, "Clockwork Orange" with a regal twist. But it was tasteful, hardly pornographic. Only one lady got up and didn't come back...too bad for her. The second half of the movie was the best.
Depp as Wilmont is just phenominal. In all honesty, if it weren't for him, the movie would be nothing but a lewd story about a cynical man with syphillis. However, Depp jumps right into Wilmont's masochistic, hateful personality and makes it impossible for us watchers to turn away from him--sort of like a trainwreck kind of way. I'm convinced the man had a death wish. Why he chose liquor and a disease that slowly rotted his body parts off just blows my mind...
As the prolog of the story says, "You will NOT like me". Indeed, but we will certainly be intreagued by you.
Depp deserves an Oscar. As of late, his performances in films is astounding, right on par with the greats like Tom Hanks, Tommy Lee Jones, and Harrison Ford. Granted, he's not as old as they are, but that only gives him room to become even greater. I hope he succeeds.
Give the man a damn Oscar already!
And go see this movie. It's worth the money.
Posted by Zoso at March 19, 2006 08:46 PMDepp as Wilmont is just phenominal.
>>Depp is just phenominal.
Fix'd. XD
Posted by: J00kst3r at March 22, 2006 11:14 PMYes, yes. You're very very right. :P
Posted by: Zoso at March 23, 2006 09:38 PM