I don't know about you but I found the moustache of Mortdecai a bit irritating. It does not do anything for Johnny Depp at all! Except that he's still a very good actor with good comedic timing. That weird looking moustache just looks gross to me!
Anyway, I watched Mortdecai today and I quite enjoyed it. It was juvenile fun and I enjoyed the lavish sets and locations used by the movie. Gwyneth Paltrow looks imposing and beautiful, Paul Bettany looks mysterious and hot, Ewan McGregor looked hot to me even if he was wearing suits most of the time, and I think it was Olivia Munn who came out rather weird in her role as a vixen. It's because I see her as that intelligent journalist in HBO's Newsroom, so to see her here in an unforgiving unfunny role, kind of vexed me!
It's very light comedy. You can bring your family and your kids to watch it. It would even be better if you just watch it at home! To save money on individual tickets and popcorn!
Tim Burton's movie universe is always a unique thing to experience - and he has done it movie after movie after movie. His new movie, Dark Shadows is no different. It is as quirky, funny and malevolent as all the other pictures he had done before. His homage to the 70s is spot on although frankly, it would take someone who actually lived in that period, to find out if he did everything right.
As for me, don't miss this movie! It's not slapstick comedy but it has many funny moments. It has vampires, werewolves and witches - well, even our TV has these characters nowadays - but they are nonthreatening and even have human virtues! You will surely enjoy it - and I'm sure by now, you won't be surprised by the little quirks that pepper a Tim Burton movie.
If you want to see a classic Tim Burton movie - I have two words for you - Edward Scissorhands!
It's not always that an A-list Hollywood actress (or actor for that matter) would perform on a TV sitcom, so Life's Too Short has been quite lucky to have had Johnny Depp last week, and this week, they had Helena Bonham Carter who played a more pompous version of herself! In today's episode though, I like the bit about the BBC interview where they totally cut out Warwick. Problem is, I don't know how long I can take any more insults heaped on Warwick though. This series is supposed to be about him, isn't it?
