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I'll tell you why so serious

I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

I really wanted to like this movie. I feel terribly cynical trashing it, and that's why I'm giving it a middling 5. Actually, I'm giving it a 5 because there were some superb performances.

This is one of my all-time most hated films. The movie was really bad...and the electric guitar background just pushed it over the edge. Johnny Depp has made a lot of flops but this is probably the worst movie I have ever seen. I found the plot was dumb...the acting was lifeless and the overall production of the film was poor. In my opinion this movie is not worth the time to watch it.

Exactly what kind of journey is "Dead Man?" Filmmaker Jim Jarmusch's longtime fascination with finding and living the American Dream amidst a landscape of lawlessness and randomness takes a most exotic turn in his 1995 film starring Johnny Depp. Whether the main character is already dead and traveling to eternal rest or on an inevitable trajectory to death is just one of the film's big questions."Dead Man" gravitates between a spiritual plane and a firmly rooted, quite visceral Western landscape. Depp's William Blake anxiously awaits his arrival in Machine, at the farthest end of the Western frontier (sometime in the late 1800s), when he's confronted by the train's fireman (Crispin Glover), the line of questioning serves both an expository and foreshadowing poetic purpose, a clear first signal of the film's intention to straddle the line between reality and ethereality. With a foot firmly in each plane, "Dead Man" becomes quite an experience to grapple with as a viewer. We see clearly what's happening to Blake as he's denied the job he was promised, ends up killing a man and flees into the wilderness, where a Native American outcast named Nobody (Gary Farmer) becomes his guide. Yet his transformation is something else entirely. The poetry-quoting dialogue and score from Neil Young (yes, that Neil Young), featuring a pervasive distorted electric guitar motif, keep us on edge as a reminder never to quite settle into – or be fooled by – the Western genre trappings. Rarely does a film come across as both esoteric and gut-smackingly funny. Levity is an unexpected partner on Blake's journey, and at times in a blue collar sort of way. Just when Jarmusch suckers you into thinking seriously about the film, a line of dialogue or a particular character will pop out of nowhere, perfectly timed and with the perfectly complementary tone. Farmer, Michael Wincott as one of the bounty hunters after Blake, and the trio of Iggy Pop, Billy Bob Thorton and Jared Harris are among the comedy standouts. Jarmusch will simply not allow us to take anything too seriously, even though we do have to engage with his film intellectually at times to make the most of it. This contradiction ultimately serves Jarmusch's likely intent that his film can't be viewed in just any one, clearly interpreted way.Also countering the humorous tones are starkly violent ones. Some of the violent moments hit comedic notes whether intentionally or not, but many of them come across as brusque and disturbing. Fairness, or anything reminiscent of a moral arc, is far from Jarmusch's interest as a storyteller. Death in this film is an obvious byproduct of Blake's road to certain death or his soul's road through hell to peace, depending how you interpret things. In fact, each progressive death that Blake is involved in serves to transform him from stuffy accountant to outlaw. Discarded by the world, Blake's choice to keep stepping into the role falling into place before him is at the heart of the movie.Of all his early work, "Dead Man" is certainly Jarmusch's richest film. The Western genre was also a perfect match with the filmmaker's world view and themes of interest. His preference for vignettes and scenes of a shorter length bookended by fades to black makes a little less sense here because the trajectory of Blake's story is so sure-footed, but it serves as a nice way to organize and think about the film as it's happening. "Dead Man" might be a film that never fully makes sense, no matter how many times you watch it, but the right person in the right frame of mind can find moments that resonate and reach an interpretation that justifies its unusual dual nature.~Steven CThanks for reading! Visit Movie Muse Reviews for more

Arriving in a small town to discover that the position he was offered has since been given away, a young accountant ends up fending off bounty hunters after getting involved in the death of his would-be employer's son in this daringly different western from Jim Jarmusch. Deliberate pacing ensures a very moody ride; a lack of dialogue in the first five minutes and sporadic fades to black effectively capture how tiring lead actor Johnny Depp's journey is, and then when jobless and confused in the face of the local bureaucracy, echoes of Kafka's 'The Castle' emerge. The main dynamic driving the film though is the changes that Depp slowly undergoes; much like Roger Thornhill in 'North by Northwest', he gradually becomes the man that he is mistaken for being - in this case, a cold-blooded killer. The significance of the title is not to be overlooked either, with Depp sealing his fate from the moment he shoots his victim in self-defense, and with serious wounds himself, perhaps the events of the film are merely a death dream? There is additionally a lot of spiritual mysticism, not all of which necessarily fits in well, but some mild identity confusion as Depp shares the name of poet William Blake works divinely. This is certainly not a film for all tastes as it requires some patience during the slower sections, but had the film been any faster paced, the effect may have not been the same.

This movie immediately grabs you with it's first scene and keeps that grip all the way thru.There are definite flaws and weaknesses and it is at least a strange way of storytelling.It seems here there is more focus on the journey instead of the destination and the abrupt ending is the perfect example for that.There were a lot of good actors in this and the western settings looked very realistic.It being in black and white gave it something extra and it was all beautiful shot.Annoying was the overall loud soundtrack which got over played in too many scenes.Still a great movie that's close to a classic status.I recommend you at least see it once.Excellent performance by Depp.A strange and weird film.But...I like that.