The Johnny Depp Tournament

[JCPhoenix]

Again, for the 2nd time, ripping off dh's idea, but there was one more actor who I think is one of the best working out there...and that's Johnny Depp.

Also, I think Johnny Depp's movies are more evenly spread, in that his movies are all generally good, solid movies, so hopefully the matches will be more even than they were before.

HOWEVER, I've decided to do this a little differently and try a new way of voting...because the normal way we vote for movies can easily take movies out that should have made it into the second round (example, for a kevin spacey tournament, american beauty vs l.a. confidential, both should make it into the second round i would think, but one has to go), this way we are just rating movies basically. There will not be a second round.
Bear with me here:
Basically, we will just rate one movie at a time out of 10. When the number of responses reaches around 15-20, then we'll move onto the next movie. (I'll tally them up, and find the average. At the end, i'll just tally all of the movies up, and whichever movie has the highest average will win, and the rest of the places, 2nd, 3rd, etc should all be fairly accurate)

Here is the list of movies...hopefully this system will work out!


The Astronaut's Wife
Chocolat
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Blow
Arizona Dream
From Hell
Benny & Joon
Dead Man
Before Night Falls
Platoon
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Ed Wood
Don Juan deMarco
The Ninth Gate
Nick of Time (current match)
Sleepy Hollow
Donnie Brasco
The Man Who Cried
Lost in La Mancha
The Brave
Edward Scissorhands
Cry-Baby
Pirates of the Caribbean
What's Eating Gilbert Grape

[JCPhoenix]

First up...

THE ASTRONAUT's WIFE:
http://i.imdb.com/Photos/Ss/0138304/3

I give it 4/10

[dh1989]

2/10. Johnny is an incredible actor, but this was his worst film, if you could call it that. The word mess would seem more fitting. It is VERY hard to make Depp and Theron look bad, but this flick pulls it off!

[A.J. Hakari]

5/10

[idealdiscountdude]

I actually enjoyed The Astronaut's Wife. It was a silly, fun, little thriller. Plus Charlize Theron is in it, so it scores a bonus point for that! :)

6/10

[bowieee]

3/10

[Ren Hoek]

The Astronaut's Wife is just a mediocre Rosemary's Baby in Space.

4/10 ...and that's VERY generous ;)

[Raoul Duke]

5/10

[Hannibal21]

6/10

[charliebobo]

4/10

[Damned Martian]

N/A

I'll wait for the next movie, if you don't mind;)

[Nate6]

5/10

[JCPhoenix]

Any more responses?
I'll wait a couple more hours just in case anyone else has a rating/vote for this movie

[screamer581]

5/10

[JCPhoenix]

49 total points/110 possible points = 44.5%

A failing grade for The Astronaut's Wife...

next up we have Chocolat:
http://home.t-online.de/home/Johannes.W.Beilharz/qs/binoche.jpg
http://www.bikkit.com/bikkit/images/chocolatscene.jpg

I give it a 7/10. Perhaps not a worthy Oscar contender, but nonetheless, a very good and enjoyable movie.

[idealdiscountdude]

I have not seen it yet! :rolleyes:

[screamer581]

6/10

[Nate6]

6/10

[Annie Hall]

7/10...not Oscar worthy, but a cute, harmless, adorable, luscious movie to boot. Plus...his accent is lovely...

"I'll be back later to get that squeak out of your door."

[Ren Hoek]

Well, I can be a sucker for romantic movies... but Chocolat was so sweet that it almost hurt my teeth. However, entertaining.

6/10

[A.J. Hakari]

7/10

[dh1989]

8/10.

[charliebobo]

5/10

[Damned Martian]

Originally posted by idealdiscountdude
I have not seen it yet! :rolleyes:

Neither have I

[screamer581]

Originally posted by idealdiscountdude
I have not seen it yet! :rolleyes:

Oh Ideal, have you seen anything? Honestly.;)

[idealdiscountdude]

Originally posted by screamer581
Oh Ideal, have you seen anything? Honestly.;)

Haha.....I see lots of films, but try to stay away from one's that don't appeal to me.....coughcoughCHOCOLATcoughcough....;)

[Hannibal21]

7/10

[dh1989]

BUMP

[POLYDISTORTION]

8/10

[Horror whore]

I haven't seen it yet!

[dannywalker17]

I also have not seen it.

[mrdeeds]

8/10

[Horror whore]

BUMP!

[screamer581]

I say we end this one pretty soon.:D

[ColinM]

Haven't seen it.

But...BUMP

[Horror whore]

This thread is about to fall onto the dreaded page 2! Where are you JCPheonix?

[MickeyKnox]

4/10

[scottish-movie-freak]

8.5/10

Such a sweet movie!

[screamer581]

I say we end this round before this thread is gone forever.

[happy OUT here]

8/10

[JCPhoenix]

glad yall missed me ;) lol

like i said in the other tournament that i was "hosting", sorry bout that whole gap in between, our school had it's big production this year (marvin's room) and i'm assistant stage managing so i was really busy with that + kiwanis music festival = no time to go on the computer.

but i am finally here, and this round is FINALLY finished.


95.5 total points/140 possible points = 68.2%

Not a bad grade altogether for Chocolat.

Next up we have

A Nightmare on Elm Street
http://www.horrordvdtalk.com/nightmare%20on%20elm%20street%204S.jpg

So wuddya all think?

[A.J. Hakari]

9/10

[Ren Hoek]

8/10

Great pic, JC! My favourite moment in the movie ...and I'm glad you're back (we need as many Miyazaki fans here on the board as possible ;)).

[screamer581]

8.5/10

[dh1989]

7/10. Glad to see you back JC!

[SubMethod]

8/10

[bowieee]

9/10

nice picture choice by the way :)

[RickySlade]

7.5/10

[idealdiscountdude]

6/10

[Hannibal21]

9/10

Welcome back JC! :)

[BadCoverVersion]

9/10

:):):)

[Damned Martian]

7.5/10

[Nate6]

Hope the play and the festival went well, JC!

As for this: 9/10

[Sugar Magnolia]

7.5/10

[JCPhoenix]

BUMP!

Thanks Nate6, it did go very well (except for the darn fog machine which just wouldn't work until the lsat two nights lol.)

Oh and thanks to RenHoek, dh1989, Nate6, and Hannibal21 for welcoming me back to the boards :)

that pic i found in google image search and i was just like, wow, awesome pic from the movie, so i had to use it...

anyway, i'll leave this up for an hour or two longer just in case there's any last minute voting.

[MikeyB]

Nightmare on Elm Street 8/10

[JCPhoenix]

104 total points/140 possible points = 74.2%
for A Nightmare on Elm Street

A very good grade, and this makes it the leader out of the three we have done so far.

Next up we have...


Blow
http://i.imdb.com/Photos/Ss/0221027/7145.jpg

;P great image don't u think :D

Let the voting begin!

[Mick]

6/10

Depp was the only really good thing about it.

[Ren Hoek]

Good movie... not great, but good. However, on a second thought it's... uhm... well, it's still good. ;)

7/10

[Damned Martian]

7/10

[The Claw]

7/10

Good show old chap, good show.

[MikeyB]

8/10, good flick

[MickeyKnox]

8.5/10

[Horror whore]

8/10

[bowieee]

6.5/10

[idealdiscountdude]

5/10

I was very disappointed! :(

[A.J. Hakari]

8/10

[SubMethod]

8/10

[Hannibal21]

7/10

[Outlaw_x]

6/10

[dh1989]

9/10

[Addi88]

9/10

[RickySlade]

7/10

[screamer581]

7.5/10

[mrdeeds]

7.5/10

[charliebobo]

7/10

[JCPhoenix]

139 total points/190 possible points = 73.1%

So currently Blow is in 2nd place rite now, with A Nightmare on Elm Street first...

Next up is

Arizona Dream
http://lili.net/lili/images/arizona16.jpg

Start voting!

[Nate6]

Never seen it. I'll go with the IMDb grade...7/10.

[Horror whore]

7/10, I guess.

[screamer581]

6.5/10

[Ren Hoek]

A whooping 7/10!

[A.J. Hakari]

Originally posted by Nate6
Never seen it. I'll go with the IMDb grade...7/10.

My thoughts exactly. The same for me.

[Sugar Magnolia]

Originally posted by Nate6
Never seen it. I'll go with the IMDb grade...7/10.

Yeah, me too...

[Hannibal21]

6/10

[Damned Martian]

N/A

I prefer not to vote if I haven't seen it. It'd be different if I had to choose between two films...

[Ghostface 2000]

7/10

[Nate6]

Originally posted by damned martian
I prefer not to vote if I haven't seen it. It'd be different if I had to choose between two films...

Oh come on, have some fun :p

[ColinM]

Blow is a 7/10.

[Nate6]

Originally posted by ColinM
Blow is a 7/10.

Which would be nice, if only we weren't rating Arizona Dream...

[dh1989]

4/10.

[MickeyKnox]

7.5/10

[The Claw]

Originally posted by Adam J. Hakari
My thoughts exactly. The same for me.

me too. 7/10

[BadCoverVersion]

6/10

[JCPhoenix]

79 total points/120 possible points = 65.8%
for Arizona Dreams

Next up:

From Hell:
http://image.pathfinder.com/time/daily/2001/0110/hell1023.jpg

btw, there was a great picture at the IMDb of this that looked awesome first time around, but second time around i noticed the dead guy seemed to be umm naked ! so i didn't post it...but the rest of the picture looks great

here it is if any1 wants to see it lol
it seriously is a very cool shot tho besides that lol...
http://i.imdb.com/Photos/Ss/0120681/73-13a_R.jpg

Start voting!

[Hannibal21]

8/10

[Horror whore]

2/10

[A.J. Hakari]

7/10

[dh1989]

7/10.

[Damned Martian]

7/10

[arto_j]

8/10

[ColinM]

5/10

I want to see it again, but I found it very disappointing.

[Nate6]

Excellent, very atmospheric and mysterious film.

8/10

[screamer581]

7.5/10

[bowieee]

8.5/10

This movie was visually fucking Awesome and the story and acting was great to boot.

[Ren Hoek]

A whooping 8/10 ...great visuals, atmosphere and some very fine actors (Depp, Robbie Coltrane, and Ian Holm).

[idealdiscountdude]

I loved this film...heck, even Heather Graham was good in it.

9/10

[BadCoverVersion]

7/10

[JCPhoenix]

91 total points/130 possible points = 70.0%
for From Hell...

Next up we have:
Benny & Joon (Johnny Depp, Aidan Quinn, Julianne Moore, Mary Stuart Masterson, Dan Hedaya, William H. Macy, Oliver Platt, dir. Jeremiah S. Chechik)
http://customht.buffnet.net/posters/images/93_bennyjoon.jpg

[Damned Martian]

3/10

[charliebobo]

5.5/10

[Nate6]

5/10

[screamer581]

6/10

[dh1989]

7.5/10

[bowieee]

8.5/10

[ColinM]

Wow, what a wide range of ratings...

I haven't seen it. :(

[Hannibal21]

6/10

[mrdeeds]

6.5/10

[BadCoverVersion]

6.5/10

[paul calf]

6/10

[Invincible]

6/10

[Doc Holliday]

5/10

[Ren Hoek]

Hey, why all the low ratings? :confused:

8/10

[bowieee]

Originally posted by RenHoek
Hey, why all the low ratings? :confused:

8/10

I wondered the exact same thing *sigh*

[mrdeeds]

7.5/10

[Nate6]

Originally posted by RenHoek
Hey, why all the low ratings? :confused:

Because it's not a good movie? ;)

[JCPhoenix]

With 87 total points/140 possible points, Benny & Joon gets a final mark of 62.1%

Next up we have Dead Man:
http://www.moviemaker.com/issues/37/images/Jarm.Dead.jpg

Start voting!

[A.J. Hakari]

6/10

[Damned Martian]

N/A

[charliebobo]

Haven't seen it

[Nate6]

Meh...7.5/10 because I haven't seen it but that's the IMDb rating.

[ColinM]

Dammit, another I haven't seen.

[Ren Hoek]

8/10 ...not Jarmusch's best movie, but very good. Depp's performance is excellent, and the Neil Young score is one of my favourite movie soundtracks.

[Annie Hall]

I have not seen this one...but...I'm disappointed Benny and Joon is so disliked...I adored it. Depp is brilliant.

[JCPhoenix]

Just to make sure every1 knows I'm not dead, I'm just posting to say that I'm gonna leave this one up for a couple more days, in hopes that some more schmoes on this board might have seen this movie :p

[rupert pupkin]

7/10

[BadCoverVersion]

7.5/10...but I should watch it again.

[screamer581]

8/10

[JCPhoenix]

Oh well...we'll move onto the next round.

With 44 total points/60 possible points, Dead Man gets a rating of 73.3%...

Next up we have Before Night Falls...hopefully more people have seen this one? I'm guessing more have since it's pretty recent and i'm sure we've all heard of it...right?

Anyway start voting!

http://www.austinchronicle.com/issues/dispatch/2001-02-09/screens_feature3-2.jpg

Depp in drag...interesting :p, at first i thought that was an actual girl in the picture LOL...

[A.J. Hakari]

8/10

Saw this film a couple years ago and loved it. I shoulda been rooting for Javier at the Oscars that year...

[charliebobo]

5.5/10

[screamer581]

8/10

[Damned Martian]

?/10

[MickeyKnox]

7/10

[Hannibal21]

7/10

[Nate6]

8.5/10

[mrdeeds]

7.5/10

[paul calf]

7/10

[JCPhoenix]

58.5 total points/80 possible points = 73.1 %

Well, I left it up for a long while hoping for more votes, but 8 is not bad...

next up we have:

Platoon (well at least more people should've seen this one...
http://ibelgique.ifrance.com/cinedestin/films/p/pl/platoon.jpg

start voting!

[Nate6]

10/10

[Sugar Magnolia]

10/10

[Ren Hoek]

8/10 ...very good, but one of Stone's lesser efforts IMHO :o

[ColinM]

9/10

[Mick]

7/10

[arto_j]

7/10

[charliebobo]

7/10

[Damned Martian]

7.5/10

[JCPhoenix]

65.5 total points/80 possible points = 81.9% for Platoon

Next up is:

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas:
http://optimusfilms.20m.com/directors/tg/bar.jpg

Votes please!

[screamer581]

7.5/10

[Ren Hoek]

8/10

[Sugar Magnolia]

8.5/10

[Damned Martian]

N/A

[A.J. Hakari]

9/10

[arto_j]

8/10

[The Claw]

8/10

[Nate6]

6/10

[RickySlade]

10/10

[betje]

3/10

[stevereno]

4/10

SHIVER ME TIMBERS

[Frank the Tank]

5/10

[BadCoverVersion]

8.5/10

[dh1989]

8/10

[JCPhoenix]

93.5 total points/130 possible points = 71.9% for FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS.

Next up:

(i'm skipping Lost in La Mancha for now and waiting a while since it came out not too long ago so hopefully this will give more schmoes time to see it)

ED WOOD:
http://members.aol.com/tauupsilon/img86.gif

Start your votes!

[A.J. Hakari]

8/10

[Damned Martian]

8/10


Like 90% of Tim Burton's movies i've seen:)

[arto_j]

9/10

[mattjk_17]

8/10

[Sugar Magnolia]

9/10

[Nate6]

8/10

[The Claw]

9/10

His best goddamn movie.

[Mick]

Originally posted by The Claw
9/10

His best goddamn movie.

Agreed.

[charliebobo]

8/10

[Ren Hoek]

8/10

[JCPhoenix]

84 total points/100 possible points = 84.0%

And Ed Wood walks away with a very high score of 84.0%

Next up is...

DON JUAN DEMARCO
http://i.imdb.com/Photos/Mptv/1121/1872-0009.jpg

START VOTING!

[Nate6]

7/10. Highly entertaining.

[stevereno]

i hated that movie 3/10

SHIVER ME TIMBERS

[Hannibal21]

7/10

[charliebobo]

7/10

[screamer581]

7/10

[Damned Martian]

3/10


deeply lame

[A.J. Hakari]

7/10

I thought it was a pretty good one.

[Ren Hoek]

Originally posted by Adam J. Hakari
7/10

I thought it was a pretty good one.
Yup! 7/10 sounds good ;)

[The Claw]

10/10

[Moviefan1234]

FYI - JCPhoenix is on vacation and won't be able to update until July 2nd or 3rd.

[JCPhoenix]

58 total points/90 possible points = 64.4% for Don Juan

Next up:

THE NINTH GATE:
http://www.mediacircus.net/ninthgate1.jpg
start voting!

p.s. thanks a lot moviefan1234 for helping me out :D

[A.J. Hakari]

6/10

[Nate6]

That's The Ninth Gate, right? I think I can remember from when I saw the film.

If so, 6/10.

[JCPhoenix]

Originally posted by Nate6
That's The Ninth Gate, right? I think I can remember from when I saw the film.

Yeah sorry, i just added the title now.

Oh, and me says 6/10 as well.

(i love when she pulls out that book, "How to win friends and influence people" lol...we also used that book for our mini play at school, outsyder lent me his copy....hmmmmi wonder why he'd have one ...:confused: :D )

[Ren Hoek]

a solid 7/10 from me. Sure, the ending is a wee bit cheesy, but the other stuff is trés cool.

[ColinM]

I haven't seen all of it, but from what I have seen...

7/10

Perhaps higher.

[Hannibal21]

6/10

[arto_j]

6/10

[betje]

7/10

[charliebobo]

6/10

[Damned Martian]

8 total points/90 possible points = 64.4% for Don Juan What do you use for making this operation?:D

As for The Ninth Gate (who most of you surely don't know it's based on a spanish novel from Arturo Perez Reverte, and which is itself partly spanish), I give it a 6.5/10

[Damned Martian]

bump

[Ren Hoek]

another heavy BUMP!

[dh1989]

4/10.

[paul calf]

a generous 5/10

[JCPhoenix]

damned martian...LOL oops, i've changed it to what it should be - 58 total points. thanks for the bump, ditto ren hoek.

72.5 total points/120 possible points = 60.4%

for The Ninth Gate

****NOTE - Pirates of the Caribbean has been added to the list of movies that will be in this tournament, and if this tournament does last long enough that Once Upon A Time in Mexico is released, that will be added as well. (Ditto for Neverland, though that is highly highly unlikely since it comes out 2004 :p)


NEXT UP:

NICK OF TIME:
http://www.johnnydeppfan.com/not15.jpg

Start voting!

[Ren Hoek]

A generous 7/10

[A.J. Hakari]

9/10

Truly one of the most underrated thrillers of the '90s.

[Hannibal21]

7/10

[charliebobo]

6.5/10

[betje]

8/10

[Clarkey07]

7/10

[sarah1980]

7/10

[The Claw]

7/10

[ilovemovies]

* * * ( out of * * * * )

or since you all are going by the 0-10 scale then:

7/10

[Psychocandy]

7/10

[Nate6]

6.5/10

[ColinM]

Just saw it yesterday.

7/10

[horror junkie]

great movie

7/10

[Psychocandy]

Bump

[Scarface98.9]

6.5/10