Comments on: Terry Gilliam Thinks Johnny Depp’s New Movies Suck.

By: R.J. Moore II

R.J. Moore II — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 03:01:24 +0000

I hate Johnny Depp. The personification of the pussification of the American Male. Between him and Orlando Bloom you’ve got three women. Ugh.

By: TotallyNotNick

TotallyNotNick — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 22:26:39 +0000

He just got done filmming it actually. Guess he’s a man now.

By: epodwolf

epodwolf — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 22:24:08 +0000

Depp should man up and finally do Rum Diary before he’s too old.

By: TotallyNotNick

TotallyNotNick — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 21:09:33 +0000

I too am a fan of the Pirates sequels. I thought they goofy and visually gonzo and I loved how the world had no rules. Its funny, I always said Parts 2 and 3 seemd like what would happend if you gave Terry Gilliam 200 million and asked him to make a summer blockbuster

By: Rusty James

Rusty James — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 20:39:03 +0000

I am baffled by the hatred of Pirates 3. The film is very inventive filled with many brilliant touches and very memorable use of visual effects. Depp continues to be awesome. Jack Sparrow really is the modern Indiana Jones.
I like that it’s a fantasy that’s not like all that Harry Potter and The Magic Ring movies. Those films are like later Star Trek. They’re so burdened by their own precious mythology that there’s no room for fun. The Fellowship of the Magic Ring movies are like visiting your grandparents. You know you have to go… but god, it’s such a choir.
Pirates feels like anything can happen.

I would actually say part 3 is my favorite.
And another thing. I can’t remember titles to movies anymore. Harry Potter’s magic Whatever. Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Two Kings. No Old Man Country. Transformables: Roflmao. Whatever. When I buy tickets for these movies I just go up to the window say words randomly until they give me a ticket: “Falling Salvationator Transformed Girlfriend Experience Trek”. That’s how I got a ticket for Hurt Locker.

But Pirates 3 is just called Worlds End. Nice and easy.

By: Jack

Jack — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 19:14:30 +0000

You think the Pirates movies are great, I’ll give youthe first one but the 2nd two are some of the worst excuses for blockbusters I’ve ever seen, just films for the sake of films. I do agree though, he would have been a great Stark. Ed Wood and Sweeney Todd are his best performances to my mind, I also really liked Cry Baby.

By: Russel James

Russel James — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 16:25:16 +0000

I can’t fault Depp for being loyal to Burton because Burton’s given him his two best roles; Ed Wood and Edward Scissorhands.

Depp coulda been a GREAT Tony Stark. I would also love to see him play Winston Niles Rumfoord in an adaptation of Sirens of Titan.

And I for one wouldn’t mind more Pirates movies cause I think they’re all great.

By: TotallyNotNick

TotallyNotNick — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 16:07:48 +0000

Okay, I LOVE Fisher King, its one my favorite movies. I’m really curious as to why you hated Sweeney Todd. I think Gilliam is being kind of a dick. I mean, his last two movies haven’t been that great (Tideland, Brothers Grimm.) And everyone’s saying Depp should be picking better projects; okay, which ones? Should Depp have replaced Emile Hirsh on Into the Wild? Would he have been better suited to play Randy the Ram instead of Mickey Rourke in The Wrestler? Even when Depp’s in movies that aren’t that great, like Public Enemies, he’s almost always interesting to watch.

By: Chris O'Connor

Chris O'Connor — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 15:25:05 +0000

Sweeney Todd was horrid.

I enjoyed the Pirates, but I can see what Gilliam’s getting at; Depp’s turning into the defacto figure head of Hot Topics everywhere, and continuing to star in all of Tim Burton’s movies isn’t helping him do anything new and interesting.

Mostly I don’t like Depp’s latest stuff because I can’t stand Burton any more.

Public Enemies was just kind of ok.

By: Jack

Jack — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 09:25:05 +0000

Dude, lay off Gilliam, the mans a master, Brazil is an amazingpiece of work and The Holy Grail is one of the finest comedies ever made. I love the Fisher King, I love Gilliam and whilst not all his films are great (The brothers Grimm) there are always some nice touches from the man to make them watchable.

By: Sunshineyness

Sunshineyness — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 04:30:29 +0000

Well, I’m not a fan of bashing other people but I will agree the man has a point. Was a time before the first Pirates when Depp wasn’t exactly the commander he was and was making these secretly brilliant movies and no one in a million years thought he was bankable. In fact, for many years he was considered slightly poisonous. Now that he has all this power and command… what exactly has he been doing? More Pirates movies? The Secret Window? Charlie and the Chocolate Factory? Finding Neverland was… okay, but it wasn’t exactly the best thing ever. Just saying, he could be picking better projects.

Though, personally, I’m surprised (and glad actually) that they aren’t trying to use Heath Ledger’s memory to sell this movie. (At least that I’ve seen. I’m sure they will soon…)

Also, Rusty dude… two words: 12 Monkeys. You don’t go around hating on 12 Monkeys or the man who brought us that little slice of brilliance. I will defend that movie within an inch of my life.

By: Rusty James

Rusty James — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 01:34:56 +0000

Well Rusty James thinks Terry Gilliam’s movies suck.

Depp’s been pretty supportive of Gillaim over the years, including a notorious trek into the jungle to film a movie that was never finished because of Gilliam’s incompetence.

I love a director with a big ego. I love cheap shots against Michael Bay. But Gilliam’s been lost in the wilderness for a decade. And I don’t even like his classics. Brazil is a tedious mess, and it’s literally unfathomable to me that anyone likes Fischer King.