Ticketverse Throwbacks #2: The Eenie-Meenie Cha-Cha Cheenie
Salutations, Ticketholders! In the last (and first) issue of Ticketverse Throwbacks, I retroviewed The Reckoning, a period murder mystery starring Paul Bettany and Willem Dafoe. Today, I feel inclined to stay with the period genre and bring you the following selection FROM July 24, 2006 (SW@ Ticket #53: The Eenie-Meenie Cha-Cha Cheenie)....
About the title: don't ask. Just know that it has something to do with a review of Johnny Depp's performance in The Libertine.
In said movie, Depp plays the highly controversial, beheading-worthy Second Earl of Rochester (who just so happens to also be named Johnny, when not referred to by number, title, and/or county). Rochester is a man ahead of his time; an 18th century Keith Richards, an extremely lude poet constantly probing the groins of prostitutes, thorning the side of the king (Charles II at the time, played exceptionally and unreckognizably by John Malkovich), and liquoring himself in such piratical fashion as to rival Captain Jack Sparrow.
Syphilis and exile follow, as do extramarital love and his sacrifice of self-pride for patriotism, and finally, death.
Based on the semi-biographical play of the same name, The Libertine has good talent in front of and behind the camera. If you watch in the hopes that something is going to happen, you may be disappointed. It is to some degree a chick-flick; that means you must turn up the volume to follow the British accents and watch for drama, romance, and the story of John Rochester. I fell victim to boredom several times, but never fell asleep or felt disappointed.
As for the special features, commentary and deleted scenes are usually boring, unfinished crap, so I skipped them. However, the making-of featurette is by far the most enlightening and entertaining of its kind (much more than an effects spoiler) that I have seen, and is as good as or better than the movie itself.
A-
SW@,
out.
Ticketmaster,
in.
If you've seen The Libertine and you agree or disagree, or this post made you go out and rent The Libertine because you enjoy watching Johnny Depp apply his lecherous persona to something semi-serious for a change, let me know in the comments, leave a like for this issue of Ticketverse Throwbacks, and click some ads so I can get Second Earl rich (accounting for inflation, of course).
Next time, the GFT Retrospective returns with more Pied Piper action--and things that aren't so much in the action category.... Ellipses are fun.... Goodnight....
Ticketmaster...,
out....
About the title: don't ask. Just know that it has something to do with a review of Johnny Depp's performance in The Libertine.
In said movie, Depp plays the highly controversial, beheading-worthy Second Earl of Rochester (who just so happens to also be named Johnny, when not referred to by number, title, and/or county). Rochester is a man ahead of his time; an 18th century Keith Richards, an extremely lude poet constantly probing the groins of prostitutes, thorning the side of the king (Charles II at the time, played exceptionally and unreckognizably by John Malkovich), and liquoring himself in such piratical fashion as to rival Captain Jack Sparrow.
Syphilis and exile follow, as do extramarital love and his sacrifice of self-pride for patriotism, and finally, death.
Based on the semi-biographical play of the same name, The Libertine has good talent in front of and behind the camera. If you watch in the hopes that something is going to happen, you may be disappointed. It is to some degree a chick-flick; that means you must turn up the volume to follow the British accents and watch for drama, romance, and the story of John Rochester. I fell victim to boredom several times, but never fell asleep or felt disappointed.
As for the special features, commentary and deleted scenes are usually boring, unfinished crap, so I skipped them. However, the making-of featurette is by far the most enlightening and entertaining of its kind (much more than an effects spoiler) that I have seen, and is as good as or better than the movie itself.
A-
SW@,
out.
Ticketmaster,
in.
If you've seen The Libertine and you agree or disagree, or this post made you go out and rent The Libertine because you enjoy watching Johnny Depp apply his lecherous persona to something semi-serious for a change, let me know in the comments, leave a like for this issue of Ticketverse Throwbacks, and click some ads so I can get Second Earl rich (accounting for inflation, of course).
Next time, the GFT Retrospective returns with more Pied Piper action--and things that aren't so much in the action category.... Ellipses are fun.... Goodnight....
Ticketmaster...,
out....
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