Everyone said, "It's so fun!" They said, "Johnny Depp is great!" They emphasized, "It's so much better than I expected!"
I shouldn't have listened! By the end of the movie, I was miserable. It was an hour too long. For 90 minutes, I thought, "Well, this is decent for a popcorn throwaway movie" and then the popcorn was gone and it wouldn't let me throw it away because it just. kept. going. Until the 2 hour 25 minute mark.
And, also, I'm sorry, but flitting around and constantly swaying one's head does not a tour de force make. I like Johnny Depp just fine, and think he's a good actor (I think I'm one of only a couple people who both saw and liked Blow), but he didn't do anything special here beyond the effeminate gestures and a sort of "this movie is stupid so I'm hamming it up" twinkle in his eye. Bah.
Posted by waking slow at January 2, 2004 12:10 PMI saw Pirates this weekend, and I was similarly underwhelmed (I did a lot of household chores while watching, if that tells you anything). Depp really did have some laugh-out-loud line deliveries, though, with my favorite being "Mr. Cotton's parrot--same question." Definitely way too long, though.
Posted by: Max on January 5, 2004 06:46 PM