The Libertine!!!

As readers will know by now, I'm usually a laggard in terms of people and infomation(think of Shakira) and once I fully get to know them, I will get obsessed with it. An example will be author Ben Elton whom I have not heard of in my entire life except for the popular authors like Agatha Christie, John Grisham and Jeffrey Archer and when one of my friends, Lester borrowed an Elton book, I borrowed one myself and I was not one bit disappointed. Elton's style mixes sarcasm with suspense and his mockery of social norms just makes for a good read. I will dare to say that he's better than Dan Brown or Sidney Sheldon as he uses unusual characters and incorporates interesting plots in his books. These elements endeared me immediately to his books and I was transformed into a loyal Elton fan. Once I had devoured the first book of Elton, I soon got hungry for more and had finished reading 4 books and gunning for more.

Another late guy I came to know was Johnny Depp late in 2003 when my army friend asked me to watch Pirates of the Carribean and I was sceptical of the movie as I felt that it will bore me but the movie was interesting and Johnny Depp was the star of the show. After watching a few J.D's movies, I was pretty impressed with him who dares to take on unusual roles and somehow looks good in those roles. I was anticipating his new movie, The Libertine which I first saw the trailer when I went to watch Brokeback in March and I soon fell in love with the movie.

Megan and I were eagerly anticipating the release of The Libertine and I started to sense something was amiss when I didn't hear any news of The Libertine which was suppossed to be shown in June. I checked up Wikipedia and I realised that the movie was actually released in the USA some months back and it grossed only 4 million. I guess cinemas are afraid to buy the rights to the film and Megan told me that being an art film, it could possibly be screened here. I can only hope for the best though as it will be a waste to watch a J.D movie on television!!