What Say Ye?

The next good thing to come is the real trailer - yay!

I know you have been talking about Sweeney Todd, which is a wonderful film, but I would like to put forward The Libertine for discussion it certainly is one of my favourites.  In ST you end up feeling sorry for a mass murderer, which is quite an achievement for any actor. In the Libertine the earl should be so unlikeable that it is impossible to have any favourable reaction to him.  However I ended up crying at the end of the film, and so sad for him.  Johnny Depps performance in this film was extraordinary, his accent, his mannerisms and his control, no over acting when it could so easily have become a cliche.  It was very dissapointing that it didn't get a universal release, and was not acknowledged by any of the award bodies, he deserved more.

I knew I wasn't the only one Mrs Sparrow. It is almost painful to watch sometimes but compelling all the same. He obviously put in so much effort, and seemed to lose himself in this character it must have hurt. At the end when he asks 'Do you like me now?'  I cannot stop myself from answering YES YES YES!!! 

Of course you are right it is aimed at a more adult audience, and weren't there problems with the distribution at the time so that may account for the non recognition, but I'm still not letting them all off with totally ignoring this film and Johnnys' performance.

I know he is not really interested in the awards and all that stuff, but he must be dissapointed sometimes when a film is just passed over, although he does seem to like the fact that a lot of his films become cult movies, and probably stick around for a lot longer than the daft blockbusters that seem to get all the gongs.  Still as you so rightly say we true admirers do appreciate it, and all of Johnnys' efforts.