Johnny Depp has had so many good roles in the movies that it is hard to select just one or two as his best. He is capable of playing comedy roles, and dramatic roles, and is especially good at sinister roles. Choosing my favorite of his movies is really not so hard, I suppose. I believe the best movie he has done was Finding Neverland, which came out in 2004.
In that movie Depp portrayed a playwright, J. M. Barrie, who produced the timeless children’s classic Peter Pan. Maybe my love for Finding Neverland is based on the fact that one of the first movies I ever saw, nearly 60 years ago, was the animated Peter Pan from Walt Disney. I still love to watch it with my grandsons But in Finding Neverland, I was especially moved by the scenes of Depp playing with and developing the imaginations of the Davies boys, with whom he had fallen in love, as well as with their widowed mother. He taught the boys how to believe, and through the tragedy that beset his beloved, Barrie also learned to believe.
While I did not particularly enjoy the character of Jack Sparrow, I thoroughly enjoyed Pirates of the Caribbean II, because it was set in my favorite place in the world, the island of Dominica. So I loved watching Sparrow run across beaches being chased by natives upon which I have bathed, and run across coconut groves through which I have walked. It made the movie really alive for me.
Depp's new movie, Sweeney Todd, is coming out this week. From the trailer that I have seen, it appears that Depp is going to play another somewhat sinister character who is out for revenge over the injustices done him and his loved ones. It looks like quite a thriller! To watch the trailer, you can visit the official Sweeney Todd movie site. And to gain more in depth information about the movie, you are invited to visit Sweeney Todd on MySpace.
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