"You ignored the rules of engagement. In a fair fight, I'd kill you."
"That's not much of an incitement for me to fight fair, is it?"
- Pirates of the Caribbean
Besides being funny, it's a good example of how we all expect others to obey by the rules of logic and behavior that we are used to.
By the way, Johnny Depp surely looks dashing as Captain Jack Sparrow, but what's up with the black eyeliner? What need for that on the high seas?
Update: Another by the by: Johnny Depp is another near-contemporary of mine: born on June ninth, 1963. David Pogue was born on exactly the same day as myself: March ninth, 1963. (And TTL on May ninth, 1963.)
13 comments:
"... what's up with the black eyeliner? What need for that on the high seas?"
I think Depp's idol, Keith Richards, uses it on stage and photos.
Reportedly there was a fight between the studio and Depp regarding Sparrow's character. The studio thought he was ruining the movie. Depp kept doing his Keef thing. And the rest is history.
I could believe it.
Similar story with his Ichabod Crane, he basically played it "like a little girl" to quote the director.
He takes chances, which is a good thing. It means that you're always going to get it right. Whether he gets it right is down to opinion. I do not know why people thought his Willy Wonka was like Michael Jackson. The flaws in that movie were not to do with his or anyone else's performance, but with Tim Burton.
Carabian?
Ooops. Let's call it Danish spelling.
For the flaw with Chocolate factory, old or new, is that the story sucks. It has no point, it's not funny or interesting, and it's mean-spirited.
Wrong on all counts. Anyone who would say that hasn't read it.
Just seen the movies.
It sounded like you meant the book too. I'd agree with you about the movies. The first one I probably wouldn't have liked anyway because of all the singing. At least it led to some good parodies.
Quentin Tarantino was born March 27, 1963. I'm betting you're not a fan of his, though.
I heard that Johnny Depp was on cocaine for his role in the first pirate movie. I dunno if it's true, just something I heard. :P
I liked Pulp Fiction a lot. But like Frank Miller, Quentin seems to have come to believe that violence is the most important part of his work, which makes it just boring.
I'd say that's something he decided from the get-go because Reservoir Dogs was his first movie and it was pretty violent.
I'd say that the humour and dialogue is what matters most to him.
The way to understand him is to watch (if you can stand it) a ton of old B movies and kung fu movies. When you're a kid watching those you can watch tons of people get offed but it doesn't seem real for a second. And it doesn't make you a psycho or desensitize you to the real thing because the real thing makes even the most realistic movie look fake.
I would agree with you about Frank Miller, though. Making a sequel to The Dark Knight Returns was the worst move he could have made.
I don't think I've ever read a Dahl which wasn't dark and menacing, but with a great sense of fun.
With Burton's Wonka we kept asking "what's with the teeth". I saw WW on stage when I was a kid, it was great fun.
Anyway, the Burton movie kept to the basics, be bad and bad things will happen to you. Wonka seems amoralistic in his childish exactitude in discipline, and apparent lack of empathy. One could almost see it as a study of high functioning autism.
I think though, the best way to see Wonka is through the eyes of Quentin Blake. His solo work is good too, but his RD illustrations are fantastic in a scratchy sort of way.
"One could almost see it as a study of high functioning autism."
Undoubtedly. The conclusion of the Burton version all but stated it explicitly, with that "dentist father" issue.
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