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Thursday, March 04, 2010
Johnny Depp! You Don't Have to Put on the Pasty Makeup!
"There's no denying Depp's gifts and abilities, but this performance feels both indulgent and something we've all seen before."
"Johnny Depp brings doom and gloom to his role as the Mad Hatter."
"There isn't much to him, really -- he's just a smiling Johnny one-note with a secret hip-hop dance move -- and so we start to react to him the way that Alice does to everything else: by wondering when he's going to stop making nonsense."Look, Tim Burton is not my cup of tea and never has been. Fine. He does his zany-nightmare visual thing and he has his audience. He doesn't need my approval.
But does he have to take Johnny Depp down with him?
Johnny, break free! Enough with the pasty-faced Edward Scissorhands, pasty-faced Willie Wonka, pasty-faced Sweeney Todd, pasty-faced (animated!) Corpse Bride husband, pasty-faced Mad Hatter! You could be doing so much more with your time than putting on pasty white makeup and acting crazy for Tim Burton!
Life is short. Less dolor and more Dillinger, please.
Labels: Johnny Depp, Tim Burton
Posted by Mr. Holznagel at 4:42 AM0 comments 
Saturday, February 20, 2010
The Life of a Celebrity: Johnny Depp
Actor Johnny Depp signs photos last night after making a "surprise" appearance at the "Alice In Wonderland Great Big Ultimate Fan Event" in Los Angeles. Whew.
Alice in Wonderland, starring Depp, directed by Tim Burton, and based on the book by Lewis Carroll, is due for release in March.
Another angle on the signing:
Photos: WENN
Labels: Alice in Wonderland, Celebrity Life, Johnny Depp, Lewis Carroll, Tim Burton
Posted by Mr. Holznagel at 7:12 AM0 comments
Thursday, November 05, 2009
Tim Burton at the MOMA
Filmmaker Tim Burton will be the subject of a five-week exhibition at New York's Museum of Modern Art, beginning November 22nd.
Burton got into the movie business in the early 1980s as an animator for Walt Disney, doing drawings that never made it into The Black Cauldron. The MOMA show will highlight his drawings and paintings -- all in a style that moviegoers will recognize.
The link to MOMA is here. An Indiewire story with more details about the show is here.
Labels: Tim Burton, Walt Disney
Posted by Mr. Hehn at 1:49 PM0 comments
