Forget POtC. Check out The Libertine
Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 2:26 am
I rented The Libertine tonight. This zany pirate adventure took our hero (John Wilmot) and his rag tag crew of playwrights, actors, spoiled royalty and sex slaves on a wild ride through the depraved streets of Restoration Era London. Hold on to your popcorn as you watch the adorable Johnny drink, gamble, write witty lines of verse and act in plays. Laugh as he insults people then gasp as he
Watch with bated breath as he ignores his wife and clashes with the king.
It was dark, funny, raunchy, nasty and absolutely worth watching. Depp did an outstanding job portraying the debaucherous life of the arrogant, sex-driven, alcoholic poet John Wilmot (ah the life of an Earl
)
Oh, and John Malcovich was excellent as the king.
Spoiler
screws them.
Watch with bated breath as he ignores his wife and clashes with the king.
Spoiler
Then cry as he contracts syphilis
It was dark, funny, raunchy, nasty and absolutely worth watching. Depp did an outstanding job portraying the debaucherous life of the arrogant, sex-driven, alcoholic poet John Wilmot (ah the life of an Earl
) Oh, and John Malcovich was excellent as the king.