As most of you may know, I think Johnny Depp is one of the most overrated actors ever. That is not to say he is awful like Hilary Swank or Ben Affleck,. It’s just that from his illustrious body of work, not many stand out to me. He was in the first Nightmare on Elm Street, and Freddy’s Dead, as well as Platoon, 21 Jump Street, Edward Scissorhands, Ed Wood, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (I have to rewatch this because everybody tells me how great this movie is), Sleepy Hollow, and Blow. Not a bad career, but how many of these are considered his masterpiece performances that make all the panties wet? Not many. Too many bad choices in the past decade as he became that guy that as soon as a movie was announced, somebody in a forum would suggest how versatile Depp was and how he could play that role. You need a new Fat Albert, Johnny Depp can do it! You need a brand new Mother Abigail in the Stand remake, well fuck, Johnny Depp can do that. You want a per-pubescent girl, why not give it to Johnny. But seriously, although I agree he is diverse, diverse doesn’t mean he is great at many of these roles. With that being said, this may be my favorite Johnny Depp role ever. I can’t imagine many people have ever said that. Well, you should.
So aside from Depp playing an amazing character, he’s like this author dude who is divorced from Maria Bello’s fine ass. One day John Turturo shows up at his door complaining that Depp stole his story for a magazine or novel, I can’t recall. Turturo’s character is straight up bad ass, thing the bad ass dude from No Country for Old Men. And yes, John Turtoro was Jesus in Big Lebowski, and Joey Knish in Rounders, which are 2 of the 10 most influential films of the 90’s. If you want to argue against me, go ahead. Also add in, he was in Raging Bull, Do The Right Thing, Barton Fink, He Got Game, Quiz Show, Summer of Sam, O’ Brother Where Art Thou, the Trasformers franchise and many more. Yes, I am clearly a fan. Anyway, from now on, when I say John, I am referencing Turturo, and when I say Depp, that’s Johnny Depp. So John makes more and more threats and does some fucked up shit to fuck with Depp, and it slowly all culminates BEAUTIFULLY. This is a severely underated, and should be included in most of Stephen King’s top film lists. Also, timothy Hutton as Ted is a fun dickhead role. Is this Misery good? To be honest, it is damn closed. I’m going 7.9 and I highly recommend it.
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