libertine or johnny depp has sex with
Sunday, 17 February 2008 | | |
"The Libertine" or "Johnny Depp Has Sex With Everything"
Charlotte and I ordered The Libertine on demand last night after much
vacillation between several of channel 1000's featured films. I won't
lie to you, Johnny Depp had a lot to do with our decision.
That admitted, we situated ourselves on the couch and began to watch
Depp deliver the opening monologue as the hedonistic Earl of
Rochester. He outlined his distaste for others, his homeland, the
monarchy, and life in general, declaring, "You will not like me." Well
Johnny, we're going to try.
Now let me start by saying I haven't entirely made up my mind about
this movie; the plot is extremely hard to follow, and while I could
watch Johnny Depp seduce both men and women all day, the eroticism
tends to shout over the storyline at times. But, the acting is very
well done (Samantha Morton plays Depp's passionate and strong-willed
love interest) and if nothing else the viewer gets a sense of the
decadence that was 17th century England.
I remember seeing the preview in theatres, and then as soon as it had
arrived it was gone. Odd, I thought; who doesn't like Johnny Depp in
period pieces? But now I see that even long hair, lace, and fabulous
trench coats can't carry a movie on their own. They help, but
somewhere between John Malkovitch's prosthetic nose and the overly
phallic play for the French Ambassador, I became irreversibly
distracted. I recommend this movie only if you have a taste for