lithographette said:
Ahhhhhhhhh Johnny Depp, there is a man I can get a little crazy about. Senor Rickman does have that mezmerizing voice, but I would venture to state IMHO that Mr Depp has far better taste in the films he chooses to appear in (with the very possible exception of that soon to be released pirate movie) and all sorts of charm. Sorry this is a bit off topic, but I get a little excited when I hear his name
*sigh*
Welcome back, Lith --
High Octane Eye Candy, that Johnny Depp!
I never watched 21 JUMP STREET, so the first time I saw him was in EDWARD SCISSORHANDS, which will always be a five-handkerchief movie for me. (I've got a weakness for "misunderstood outsider" films, fact or fiction -- e.g., THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH, THE ELEPHANT MAN, MASK [with Eric Stoltz, not Jim Carrey], BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, POWDER, SPIDERMAN, all the way back to THE BOY WITH THE GREEN HAIR.) IMHO, JD's image is similar to Kyle MacLachlan's -- handsome, noble, well-intentioned, intelligent but naïve, and somehow always alienated from the mainstream.
Regarding JD's choice of films: I don't know whether he's had better luck with that than AR. From what I heard, FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS was pretty stinky. BLOW got mixed reviews -- though oddly enough there was a consensus that
Paul Reubens gave an Oscar-worthy performance as "Derek Foreal"! I saw FROM HELL and JD did an excellent job in it, but the film itself was overblown. (Maybe I can't be objective about that, because I get really pissed-off when people blame all the problems of the world on the Freemasons.)
On the other hand, EDWARD SCISSORHANDS, ED WOOD, and SLEEPY HOLLOW were all exceptional! The only negative thing I can say about the latter is that it took an enormous number of liberties with Washington Irving's story -- not the least of which was transforming Ichabod Crane from a dull, homely schoolmaster to a handsome, brilliant constable. Nevertheless, Tim Burton made his broad interpretation of the story work superbly -- and BTW Christopher Walken, without speaking a word, was the scariest damn Headless Horseman I've ever seen.
So yeah, Johnny Depp.... nice!
Say, I hope we're not driving the guys away with all this fannish drooling.... maybe we'd better take this discussion to the Members-Only Board, before they retaliate by starting their own thread about Milla, Gwyneth, Liv, Halle, Drew, J. Lo, Catherine, Renée, etc.
Melissa said:
Hey Melissa --
You're on! PM or e-mail me and we'll try to set up another Aquarium trip, dinner, and/or golden turkey cinema nite. I haven't seen CRAB MONSTERS but it definitely sounds awful enough to qualify. (Reminds me of a Japanese flick -- I think it was DESTROY ALL MONSTERS -- that featured a "jumbo shrimp" named Ebirah.)
I never had Zima, but I believe I could handle it. Back in the pre-Cambrian when I was a teen, the drinking age here was 18 and we were all weaned on high-class apéritifs like Boone's Farm Apple Wine and Pagan Pink Ripple (about $1.98 a gallon each). How my liver made it through the late '60s / early '70s, is still one of the great mysteries of the cosmos....
Ditto to Melissa's invite -- if you're a TONMOer in good standing and plan to be in the NYC area, send one or both of us a PM, and if our schedules permit we'll all try to get together for a day.
Squidly salutations,
The Tanster