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Johnny Depp to Play Mad Hatter in Burton's "Alice"
#50re: Johnny Depp to Play Mad Hatter in Burton's 'Alice'
Posted: 6/22/09 at 10:18am
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JudasIscariot
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/20/05
#51re: Johnny Depp to Play Mad Hatter in Burton's 'Alice'
Posted: 6/22/09 at 10:53amThis actually looks really cool/creepy. I can't wait to see it.
#52re: Johnny Depp to Play Mad Hatter in Burton's 'Alice'
Posted: 6/22/09 at 11:58am
Fool me once (Planet of the Apes) Shame on you
Fool me twice (Big Fish) Shame on me.
Fool me Thrice (Sweeny Todd, Thank you GG!).... I must be an idiot
Fool me four times (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory).../ wait I AM an idiot!
He will not be getting my movie going dollars!
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#53re: Johnny Depp to Play Mad Hatter in Burton's 'Alice'
Posted: 6/22/09 at 12:17pmVisually, he's a genius. Otherwise, let's have him stick to the set/costume departments and have him work under a different director who will let Burton have complete control over the visual world.
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
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ShbrtAlley44
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/1/03
#54re: Johnny Depp to Play Mad Hatter in Burton's 'Alice'
Posted: 6/22/09 at 12:17pm
Dear Tim Burton,
There are other actors alive besides Johnny Depp and your wife, many of whom do not have as much money as said individuals. Employ them.
Much love,
ShbrtAlley44
#55re: Johnny Depp to Play Mad Hatter in Burton's 'Alice'
Posted: 6/22/09 at 12:31pmI would love to see Burton tackle an original idea like Bettelejuice or Edward Scissorhands again. Remakes are really pissing me off these days.
'There are three sides to every story. My side, your side, and the truth. And no one is lying. Memories shared serve each one differently'
-Robert Evans-
#56re: Johnny Depp to Play Mad Hatter in Burton's 'Alice'
Posted: 6/22/09 at 1:15pmAlan Rickman's in it, and that's enough for me.
JudasIscariot
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/20/05
#57re: Johnny Depp to Play Mad Hatter in Burton's 'Alice'
Posted: 6/22/09 at 6:46pmI don't understand why people think Burton should cast others. Helena and Johnny have been right for all of the roles that he's cast them in. Furthermore, I think of theme as a sort of troupe, and whatever they are doing is working.
ghostlight2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/5/04
#58re: Johnny Depp to Play Mad Hatter in Burton's 'Alice'
Posted: 6/22/09 at 7:18pm
I'm with you, Judas. If they fit the role, it's one hell of a lot easier to work with an actor you know. I like the look of this so far.
And to whoever posted that snippet of the Alice movie (borstal, I think?) thanks. Haven't seen that in years.
#59re: Johnny Depp to Play Mad Hatter in Burton's 'Alice'
Posted: 6/22/09 at 9:55pmI don't if they have been perfectly for all of their roles. I could think of a bunch of other actors I would've rather seen as Sweeney and Mrs. Lovett.
A little swash, a bit of buckle - you'll love it more than bread.
#60re: Johnny Depp to Play Mad Hatter in Burton's 'Alice'
Posted: 6/22/09 at 10:18pm
Fool me twice (Big Fish) Shame on me.
Bite your tongue!! Big Fish is an amazing movie.
I'm listening to Ewan McGregor sing 'My Time of Day' right now. He he!
I would love to see Burton tackle an original idea like Bettelejuice or Edward Scissorhands again.
I agree, I love both of those movies. But sadly these days those kinds of movies aren't given much consideration.
#61re: Johnny Depp to Play Mad Hatter in Burton's 'Alice'
Posted: 6/22/09 at 10:40pmI agree about Big Fish. What a great movie.
A little swash, a bit of buckle - you'll love it more than bread.
#62re: Johnny Depp to Play Mad Hatter in Burton's 'Alice'
Posted: 6/23/09 at 2:18am
I too am a fan of BIG FISH, and I think that while there are a few other actresses I wanted to see as Mrs.Lovett, Helena Bonham Carter did a brilliant job with the part, played it incredibly well and gave an Academy Award-worthy performance.
Depp was a great Sweeney as well.
I love their collaborations even if at this point a lot of it can be predictable.
Those photos look fantastic, I just love the photos of Anne Hathaway and Carter, can't wait to see this!
"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"
#63re: Johnny Depp to Play Mad Hatter in Burton's 'Alice'
Posted: 6/23/09 at 6:51am
I too am confused by the hate for Burton and his constant casting of Depp/Carter. While I completely agree that there are others out there to cast, so what? It's not like he's constantly casting Paris Hilton or someone lacking talent. Each and every role both actors have been cast in they were completely perfect for. Pitch-perfect singing aside, was Helena not a great new take on Mrs. Lovett? Does she not look FANTASTIC in these photos they have released with her as The Red Queen? I mean come on! Every role she plays, regardless of Burton, is completely different. Can you really say her takes on Marla Singer, Nellie Lovett, Elizabeth, or Ari the Ape are all the same?
Johnny Depp is known as being this transformative actor for a reason. Although I do agree he sometimes looks similar in that same Burton pale manner, every person he plays comes from a completely different place. This month's Variety even talks about how Depp gets so in character that his retreat to his private island is the only way to really "recover" from the people he becomes (he also says how he always gets sick after a production because his body is just so completely exhausted). Just counting his Burton collaborations, Edward (Scissorhands), Ichabod, Sweeney, Willy, and Ed (Wood) are about as different from each other as you can possibly get.
People need to realize that this Burton is an actual auteur and not just some director who can churn out endless crap without some sort of signature. People don't complain when Scorsese casts Robert De Niro, Tarantino casts Tim Roth, or Woody Allen casts Diane Keaton/Mia Farrow/Scarlett Johansson.
And what of Christopher Guest? He has been using more or less the same troupe of actors for a number of films now and if anything it makes them that much stronger and funnier. In fact, seeing the same set of actors in similar films playing new characters adds an entire dimension to the art that would otherwise not exist. Marilyn Hack (Catherine O'Hara) is ridiculous, biting, and tragically hilarious (or is that hilariously tragic?), in part because we have seen her Sheila, her Mickey, her canine-obsessed Cookie Fleck. It all works so well because Guest knows what he needs from his actors and knows how to get it. I'm just not sure why the Burton/Depp/Carter collaboration seems to bother so many. To me they fit rather perfectly into the various magical worlds he so perfectly creates.
Updated On: 6/23/09 at 06:51 AM
JudasIscariot
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/20/05
#64re: Johnny Depp to Play Mad Hatter in Burton's 'Alice'
Posted: 6/23/09 at 8:02am
Well said, Mormon.
Johnny is really up there with the best of the best. Why he hasn't received an academy award thus far is shocking. He's a fantastic actor and if Tim has the pull to have Johnny play any role from Ichabod Crane to Sweeney Todd, why not have him? I'm sure Burton also picks some projects based around the fact that he CAN have Depp, and hell, I would too if I could work with one of the best actors of this generation and therefore guarantee that I'll always get a stunning leading performance.
As for Big Fish, that is one of my favorite movies of all time. A masterpiece in my opinion.
#65re: Johnny Depp to Play Mad Hatter in Burton's 'Alice'
Posted: 7/5/09 at 12:40pm
More pics
http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=56868
'There are three sides to every story. My side, your side, and the truth. And no one is lying. Memories shared serve each one differently'
-Robert Evans-
#66re: Johnny Depp to Play Mad Hatter in Burton's 'Alice'
Posted: 7/5/09 at 5:47pmDid they seriously shave her head to put the hair up higher?
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