Black Mass, Whitey Bulger story + Johnny Depp

UncleEd · Apr 23, 2015

Just noticed a trailer for Black Mass, the story of infamous Boston
mobster/killer Whitey Bulger who only recently was caught after being on the lam for decades.

Johnny Depp is like I never saw him before. Excellent.

Benedict Cumberbatch plays his brother, a pivotal figure
in helping Whitey as was a crooked FBI agent who grew up
with him.

Looks mighty good based on the trailer.

shouldazagged · Apr 23, 2015

I'll need to see that one.

dmar · Apr 23, 2015

Sounds like a good movie. I like Johnny D, he does a good job acting. I just don't like how so many of these movies tend to glamorize these ruthless, immoral criminals. Whitey was a bad, bad guy; a treacherous, murderer, nothing more. When he dies, he's going where no man wants to be...

Rustyt1953 · Apr 23, 2015

dmar said:
Sounds like a good movie. I like Johnny D, he does a good job acting. I just don't like how so many of these movies tend to glamorize these ruthless, immoral criminals. Whitey was a bad, bad guy; a treacherous, murderer, nothing more. When he dies, he's going where no man wants to be...

There's no way I could improve on that.

UncleEd · Apr 23, 2015

If the trailer is any indication, Whitey is portrayed without any redeeming virtues.

What I got a laugh at about his story (I've read several books on him), he was the rat betraying his own people who believed in him.

By the way, The Departed was loosely, very loosely, based on Whitey with Nicholson as the "Whitey" character.

gunnails · Apr 23, 2015

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cag8GSlJCec[/ame]

Watchdog · Apr 23, 2015

UncleEd said:
Johnny Depp is like I never saw him before. Excellent.

When Johnny Depp first started out, a lot of people thought, "So what?" They saw the pretty boy image and that was all.

Then along came What's Eating Gilbert Grape?, and people thought, "Hey, wait a minute now..." Later on there was Edward Scissorhands. If you don't know what you're looking at, you'd think it was just another weird film from Tim Burton, but you wouldn't have been further wrong.

Years later, we saw a grown up Depp top everything playing that Indiana farm boy gone wrong in Public Enemies, and he just nailed that part, even if he is lots better looking than Dillinger ever was...and I never thought I'd see a better Dillinger than Warren Oates in 1973's Dillinger (see video clip below).

So I'm thinking he ought to be great as Bulger. Can't wait to see it.

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oX72ZdOJh3o[/ame]

Watchdog · Apr 23, 2015

UncleEd said:
If the trailer is any indication, Whitey is portrayed without any redeeming virtues.

Well, Bulger doesn't have any redeeming virtues.

UncleEd said:
By the way, The Departed was loosely, very loosely, based on Whitey with Nicholson as the "Whitey" character.

The Departed was another really good film. When people think of organized crime, they usually think of the Mafia and Italian gangsters. A lot of people don't realize how powerful and totally ruthless Irish gangs were.

UncleEd · Apr 23, 2015

The Irish Westies in NY did a lot of heavy work for the Mafia.

Bajadoc · Apr 23, 2015

More silly Hollywood nonsense. Bulger was a mass murderer who is costing society a fortune. He lived bringing misery to others.

shouldazagged · Apr 23, 2015

Bajadoc said:
More silly Hollywood nonsense. Bulger was a mass murderer who is costing society a fortune. He lived bringing misery to others.

Sounds to me as if that's exactly the way this flick portrays him, so I'm doubting it will be "silly Hollywood nonsense". I certainly hope they'll do it right.

Whitey is an amoral monster and sadistic killer. I hope Depp captures that, as well as the man's well-known ability to charm.

I also hope they accurately portray Whitey's brother, who was politically powerful and apparently unscrupulous as hell.

wuluf · Apr 23, 2015

Sounds good. I believe that actor's name is actually Cummerbum Bandersnatch. Many people make that error....

e3mrk · Apr 23, 2015

I saw a interview with Whitey Bulger a year or two ago and even as old as He was then He still could give You the creeps.
The things He talked about with no remorse was outrageous.

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