I just watched this movie today for the first time.
I have to say as a Depp fan I was totally disappointed. This movie wasn't to my liking at all. The first few minutes of the movie are just scenes that fade to black with very little speaking. They get the point across but it felt like the director said "okay we've got all this great material now just cut some snippets of it, paste it all together and add a fade so it has some transition."
Johnny Depps character, while sexy, doesn't really seem to bring much to the story. We see him, we see them together, then she leaves and there's no resolution for his character at all. I was left scratching my head. Maybe you have to be an intellectual to get this movie, if that's the case, then I'll probably never get it. The story itself was a great story and the acting was amazing, but it seemed poorly executed. Johnny Depps character could have been taken out completely, there didn't seem to be a real need for him.
And if the movie got it's title from the scene where he's holding Suzie and crying, just before she leaves, then they should have given him some kind of resolution. I just didn't like the execution of the movie. I would have liked to have seen this with another director. But that's just my opinion. I will not watch this again.
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