Black Mass (2015, D: Scott Cooper) S: Depp, Edgerton
04-23-15 | 01:44 PM
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Black Mass (2015, D: Scott Cooper) S: Depp, Edgerton
I thought there was a thread already...
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In 1970s South Boston, FBI Agent John Connolly (Joel Edgerton) persuades Irish mobster James “Whitey” Bulger (Johnny Depp) to collaborate with the FBI and eliminate a common enemy: the Italian mob. The drama tells the story of this unholy alliance, which spiraled out of control, allowing Whitey to evade law enforcement, consolidate power, and become one of the most ruthless and powerful gangsters in Boston history.
04-23-15 | 02:33 PM
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Re: Black Mass (2015, D: Scott Cooper) S: Depp, Edgerton
I thought Depp was great in the trailer.
I'm stoked for this.
I'm stoked for this.
04-23-15 | 05:04 PM
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Depp looks weird with blue contacts
04-23-15 | 06:14 PM
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04-23-15 | 06:28 PM
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As a side note. the documentary about Whitey Bulger is fantastic.
04-23-15 | 07:28 PM
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Shows confidence to do a trailer like that -- basically 1 scene of magnetic psychoticism.
Good stuff.
Good stuff.
04-23-15 | 08:48 PM
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Depp seems like he's doing an impersonation of Jack Nicholson's character in The Departed doing an imitation of White Bulger.
04-23-15 | 08:50 PM
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04-23-15 | 09:12 PM
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Yeah, I got Walken.
04-23-15 | 10:25 PM
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There are too many good performances in Depp's back catalog for me to write him off after all of his post-POTC junk. If he has a proper director standing over him again saying "do this, not that Johnny, stop doing drunk karaoke singer and be an actor again," I'm convinced he's still capable of proper acting.
04-23-15 | 11:33 PM
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I keep on thinking the thread says BLACK ASS
Need to step away from the porn
Need to step away from the porn
04-24-15 | 07:58 AM
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There are too many good performances in Depp's back catalog for me to write him off after all of his post-POTC junk. If he has a proper director standing over him again saying "do this, not that Johnny, stop doing drunk karaoke singer and be an actor again," I'm convinced he's still capable of proper acting.
04-24-15 | 08:53 AM
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I say 5 good performances. Everything after The Ninth Gate he's been on autopilot.
He had Michael Mann for Public Enemies and I thought Christian Bale gave the better performance.
You could be right. Sometimes those high paid stars do whatever the hell they want.
You could be right. Sometimes those high paid stars do whatever the hell they want.
04-24-15 | 08:56 AM
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I'm sorry but his role in the original Pirates of the Caribbean film was fantastic. Sure, he was on auto-pilot by the time the third movie came around, but it is — for better or for worse — an iconic performance.
04-24-15 | 08:59 AM
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Come on... He was good in Blow. And even if the role is now stale, Jack Sparrow was a great character in the first Pirates. I loved that first film. The small role OUATIM was fun too. I also liked him a lot in Sweeney Todd. But yes... he really has been on "autopilot" for the last 10 years or so, starting with the sequels.
04-24-15 | 09:03 AM
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04-24-15 | 09:24 AM
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04-24-15 | 01:39 PM
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dex14
This thread did not show up in search last night so I thought I was the first to post it. I put "Johnny Depp" in search and nothing showed up. I put "Black mass" and nothing showed up.
This thread did not show up in search last night so I thought I was the first to post it. I put "Johnny Depp" in search and nothing showed up. I put "Black mass" and nothing showed up.
04-26-15 | 09:09 AM
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Just watched the clip provided in the first post.
Without seeing anything else and knowing that it's way too early to predict - I think it's a guarantee that Depp will get an Oscar nod. And unless the film get bashed critically, this is probably his best chance at winning an Oscar too.
Without seeing anything else and knowing that it's way too early to predict - I think it's a guarantee that Depp will get an Oscar nod. And unless the film get bashed critically, this is probably his best chance at winning an Oscar too.
04-26-15 | 10:35 AM
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Just watched the clip provided in the first post.
Without seeing anything else and knowing that it's way too early to predict - I think it's a guarantee that Depp will get an Oscar nod. And unless the film get bashed critically, this is probably his best chance at winning an Oscar too.
Without seeing anything else and knowing that it's way too early to predict - I think it's a guarantee that Depp will get an Oscar nod. And unless the film get bashed critically, this is probably his best chance at winning an Oscar too.
04-26-15 | 11:09 AM
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I can only imagine the people who will go to see Black Mass expecting a horror film and get mobsters instead.