That was a great shot indeed. The esthetic reminded me of Tim Burton's Sleepy Hollow (full circle to Johnny Depp). I loved the uncompromising, unflinching approach that Eggers, who I'm not familiar with except for The Northman, took with the story material, going all Gothic and all seriousness without a hint of camp. A couple of times, I said to myself holy shit he "went there" despite the grotesque nature. And you're right Depp was a revelation. The contortions she made in some scenes were absolutely incredible. You say to yourself you've seen contortions a million times but there was something really different and disturbing with hers.
I struggled with it at times, but the break-contact scene at the end was very, very good
I thought that afterwards, but it's been too long for me to remember the details and I never finished it.
I didn't think he was "bad" per se on The Wire -- his concern for ziggy made him human to me. Of course, I could have a different opinion by the time I'm done with Den.
Never saw Orange -- like you, I never finished Weeds.
I see what you mean about struggling.....I've started this movie 3 times and I'm having difficult getting thru it. I watched about an hour last night....and when I got up today and decided to continue, I was not really sure what was going on -- and I'm debating whether to try and go back and refresh my memory.
