![]() ![]() In Depp’s latest collaboration with Burton, he once again donned pale white makeup and portrayed a strange, gothic character.īut because of its context, it worked a bit better here. There’s nothing wrong with Depp’s performance, it just feels like it doesn’t contain as much as his other ones did. To be fair, Corpse Bride is not a very long movie, and the attention is mostly on the visual style. There’s a subtle longing to his character, but other than his sense of poignant tragedy, we don’t really get to know him very well or see much of him. Unlike many of the other characters Depp has played, Victor Van Dort is very soft-spoken, and very much a product of the uptight Victorian London era. Using only his voice, Depp portrays a character that’s quite the nervous wreck. He’s unpredictable in many scenes simply because we aren’t sure how Depp and Burton will decide to play this particular scene, all resulting in a lack of tonal consistency. He runs a wildly successful chocolate empire, and is shrouded in mystery.ĭepp’s Wonka certainly has that right level of manic weirdness, but it all just comes off as more gimmicky than deep.ĭepp shows the childlike wonder and lack of maturity in Wonka, but doesn’t really demonstrate the larger than life eccentric part. Wonka is meant to be a larger than life eccentric personality. That said, this performance still has reasons as to why it’s low on this list. Out of fairness to Depp, we’re going to refrain from doing such. Remaking a beloved classic like this is no easy task, as everyone automatically compares it to the original. Willy Wonka ( Charlie and the Chocolate Factory) It’s not a bad performance by any means, it’s just not a very interesting or memorable one.ħ. The Hatter’s costume is the most visually vibrant (or obnoxious) of Depp’s career, but Depp himself very much feels like he’s on autopilot by now.Īt this point, it’s clear that he was out of new things to bring to a Burton film, and just sort of let the costumes, and CGI environment do everything for him (which went the same for the rest of the movie too). Just to be clear, we’re not ranking the movies themselves, just Depp’s performances.Īfter a while, the Depp/Burton pairing started to feel more like a tired out gimmick, and this is the movie that really solidified that. ![]() So, in honor of Johnny Depp’s birthday today, we thought it would be fun to take a look back and rank his 8 different collaborations with Tim Burton. Spanning 8 films and 22 years, the two of them have produced cinematic magic, particularly in the horror and gothic subgenres. Many directors are known for frequently collaborating with the same actors, but no actor/director pairing is as iconic in Hollywood as that of Johnny Depp and Tim Burton. ![]()
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