I saw this photo for the first time yesterday and it scared the crap out of me. How is it possible to make JD look so incredibly unsexy? I mean, he was sexier as Edward Scissorhands.
Or another "Big Fish," which was so labored and boring I couldn't believe it was from the person who also made "Beetlejuice" and "Pee Wee's Big Adventure." Or another "Planet Of The Apes," which was completely "whaaaa?"
I think some of this scariness must be laid at Depp's feet, owing to his propensity (somewhat like Jude Law's) to uglifying or weirdifying himself depending upon the role. The prosthetic teeth mystify me completely, though, although he did tell Letterman that he was hanging on to the gold teeth he had put on for PotC. Maybe it's a personal fetish?
I think you're right about JD probably bringing some of the weirdness to the role, but ultimately the blame has to be laid at TB's feet, since he had to accept or reject whatever tics JD suggested.
OTOH I liked both "Mars Attacks!" and "Big Fish," though I realize that the former is, um...kind of like enjoying a peanut butter and pickle sandwich. But I hated "Sleepy Hollow" with a passion, and everyone else seems to wet themselves over it, so there's no accounting for taste.
SH had to grow on me. The first time I saw it, I thought it was idiotic. But thanks to cable's propensity for repeating everything hundreds of times, I kept seeing it, and eventually it grew on me. Possibly like mold, of course.
See, the thing about SH is that it's a very expensive, gorgeously filmed episode of "Scooby Doo." All it's missing is the villain snarling "And I'd've gotten away with it, too, if it wasn't for you meddling kids!"
Luckily I've never watched "Scooby Doo," or not enough that it made any impression on me (and I avoided the recent movies like the plague), so I didn't have that spectre looming over me.
See I really liked Sleepy Hollow. The art direction in it was just beautiful and Depp's character quite the unlikely "hero." HATED Mars Attacks. Never saw Big Fish.
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Date: 2005-01-04 05:00 pm (UTC)That has to scare kids. It scares the hell out of me!
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Date: 2005-01-04 06:12 pm (UTC)And again I say, ewww.
Tim Burton is just one sick fuck.
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Date: 2005-01-05 04:15 am (UTC)I agree. ::shudder::
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Date: 2005-01-05 04:03 am (UTC)I think some of this scariness must be laid at Depp's feet, owing to his propensity (somewhat like Jude Law's) to uglifying or weirdifying himself depending upon the role. The prosthetic teeth mystify me completely, though, although he did tell Letterman that he was hanging on to the gold teeth he had put on for PotC. Maybe it's a personal fetish?
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Date: 2005-01-05 04:47 am (UTC)OTOH I liked both "Mars Attacks!" and "Big Fish," though I realize that the former is, um...kind of like enjoying a peanut butter and pickle sandwich. But I hated "Sleepy Hollow" with a passion, and everyone else seems to wet themselves over it, so there's no accounting for taste.
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Date: 2005-01-05 08:52 am (UTC)This is kinda like Willy Wonka on acid and, well (as someone who never had that much fun on acid), not the good kind of on acid.
And, yes, they remove teh sexy from Johnny.
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Date: 2005-01-09 03:41 am (UTC)