Pirates of the Caribbean star Johnny Depp stars alongside Aaron Eckhart and Amber Heard in the new film "Rum Diary".

Brief synopsis from IMDB.

Paul Kemp (Johnny Depp) is a freelance journalist who finds himself at a critical turning point in his life while writing for a run-down newspaper in the Caribbean. Paul is challenged on many levels as he tries to carve out a more secure niche for himself amidst a group of lost souls all bent on self-destruction.

As we can see in the trailer, Johnny Depp is featured wearing a classic pair of semi-rimless sunglasses.  Unfortunately we're unable to identify who the designer of this stylish pair is although there are rumours on the internet that they are by a French designer from the 1950's called "Raleigh".  Looking at the style I can see a brand like Oliver Peoples offering a very similar style in the future, we'll have to wait and see if they bring anything similar to the table.

If you're looking for something very similar to the style Johnny Depp wears, why not try these Ray-ban RB4109 Olympian Sunglasses.

View the trailer to Johnny Depp's new film, Rum Diary, below.

It's great to see that one of our films of the year – 127 Hours has picked up 6 nominations including a well deserved Best Actor nod for James Franco who has really put himself in the limelight with his brilliant yet lonely performance as Aron Ralston in this true story directed by the Oscar winning director of Slumdog Millionaire – Danny Boyle.

James Franco (on the left) plays the adventurous risk-taker Aron Ralston (on the right) who can be seen here on one of his many climbs wearing Snow Goggles by Smith Optics.

James Franco can be seen wearing sunglasses during several scenes in the movie including this early scene below where he takes a tumble from his mountain bike in Blue John Canyon, Utah, USA.  It's very likely that the sunglasses worn by Franco in the film are the same model worn by the real Aron Ralston at the time – such is the attention to detail in this film.  Unfortunately its very hard to tell what model they are from the footage we have, so if anyone can help ID these sunglasses, please let us know in the comments below.

The sunglasses seen in the shot below seem to have lenses suitable for High Altitudes with Infrared protection, much like some of the models provided by brands such as Cébé, Bolle, Rudy Project or Oakley, but again, its very hard to precisely ID these sunglasses too.

James Franco Wears Ray-Ban Sunglasses

In real life James Franco has been spotted wearing these Ray-Ban RB4125 Cats 5000 plastic Aviator sunglasses in colour 601/32 with a graduated tint (above).

James is also seen wearing the ever-popular Ray-Ban RB2140 Original Wayfarer as above.

James Franco in Prescription Glasses

James Franco can be seen wearing slightly nerdy looking glasses in the recent film Howl – a biopic in which he plays the writer/poet Allen Ginsberg.  Interestingly the nerdy look has been making a bit of a comeback recently with these styles of glasses being worn by many including high profile celebrities such as Johnny Depp.

James was also seen in these low-profile wire framed prescription glasses in the Spider-Man movies.

See the trailer for 127 Hours below…

Anyone who has read this blog before knows that we like to make the odd trip to the movies and shame on us if we are also big fans of Megan Fox too (as mentioned in our Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen post), after all, which red-blooded male isn’t?

Personally I was also a massive fan of the movie Juno, written by Oscar winner Diablo Cody and starring Ellen Paige, so I was looking forward to see what she (Cody) would come up with next.

To find out that the aptly named Megan Fox would be the star of Cody’s next film script made me very happy, and yet a little bit sad at the same time, since Megan Fox is not famous for appearing in Oscar nominated movies, but seeing as she is Megan Fox I will let her off on this occasion.  But even that didn’t end my concerns, as Jennifer’s Body is a movie in a completely different genre to the adorably uplifting Juno.

I still wanted to see Jennifer’s Body regardless (don’t we all), although I did lower my expectations when I found out it was going to be a teen horror.  Its not that I don’t like horror’s, I love them, Alien and John Carpenter’s The Thing are probably my favourites of all time and there are some real classics from the 70’s and 80’s and Japanese Horror is generally brilliant too, but it’s the whole ‘Teen’ sub-genre horror that I have a problem with normally.

Despite my regularity of cinema visits over the years I don’t think I have ever been inspired to see a Teen Horror Movie (or maybe even a Teen Movie at all) in the cinema.  So when I eventually saw Jennifer’s Body (just the movie sadly) I was in for a bit of a movie-going experience surprise.  It was quite a different experience to what I am used to and haven’t really experienced since I saw The Matrix in a large crowded American multiplex ten years ago while on Holiday in Florida!

The cinema was ram-packed full of teenagers, most of whom were probably younger than the 15 certificate of the movie, which worried me a bit as I haven’t really enjoyed the company of that many modern-day teenagers in recent history; in fact I didn’t even enjoy being round them when I was one myself, but that says more about me than them.  I’m sure they’re all perfectly fine in reality and its just the press that gives them all a bad name the poor little blighters.

As a child of the 80’s myself I have seen my fair share of horror movies (most of which I was underage at the time), so I’ve become quite desensitised to them, but I enjoy a movie that tries to scare me, although its much more difficult nowadays and quite honestly the environment has to be right.  A dark, quiet room, late at night all on my own seems to work best.  So a crowded cinema probably wasn’t going to do it for me on this occasion, but in spite of that I had a good time.

It was hilarious for me to witness a cinema full of screaming kids scared out of their wits!  They were literally screaming and jumping out of their skin like they’ve never been scared before.  I got the impression that most of the audience had never seen a horror movie before, and its not even as if its that scary really.  The film has a number of clichéd jumpy moments, but anyone who’s seen a movie at all before knows how these things work surely?  Except perhaps the audience I was sitting with.  Not that it detracted from my enjoyment of the movie, in fact it probably made it even more enjoyable to see all their terrified little faces, bless them.

But I couldn’t help but think the film would have been better still if it was an 18 certificate.  Then we could have had even more and better on-screen deaths which were a bit lacking for a film of this type thanks to the child-friendly rating.

On the whole though, and just speaking for myself, it was a fun movie going experience.  I particularly enjoyed Diablo Cody’s witty dialogue and writing style, which is pretty unique right now but I’m sure that many screenwriters will soon be mimicking.

Amanda Seyfried’s Geeky Glasses Fascination

“What does all this have to do with a blog about glasses?” I hear you ask.  Well okay, maybe you didn’t even know this was a blog about glasses at all and just stumbled here through your never-ending search for Megan Fox goodness.  But since that’s what we do here we couldn’t pass up on the opportunity to talk a bit about the real star of the movie Amanda Seyfried and her love of geeky glasses, not just in the film but in real life too!

Amanda Seyfried who plays nerdy schoolgirl ‘Needy’ in the movie Jennifer’s Body wears the stereotypical geeky glasses that all nerds in movies have to, but that doesn’t stop Needy from having a boyfriend like it would in most films (until she takes the glasses off of course – ‘She’s All That’ anyone?).   Needy even manages to keep her glasses on (albeit on the top of her head) during a passionate and steamy make-out/kissing session with Megan Fox’s character Jennifer.

In the movie, Amanda Seyfried’s glasses remind me a little of the kinds of styles that Johnny Depp likes to wear in everyday life, but Amanda has been seen enjoying a spot of Grand Slam Tennis at the US Open in September with her boyfriend Dominic Cooper in some pretty large and equally geeky looking glasses.  Not to mention the dustbin-lid sized frames she’s worn in photo-shoots like the image below.

The fact that she can wear such large glasses and still look stunning is testament to how beautiful she really is; Amanda Seyfried really can wear geeky glasses and pull it off.  And it’s thanks to people like Amanda, Nelly Furtado, Zachary Quinto and Johnny Depp that the ‘Geek Look’ is becoming so popular right now and we love it too.

Amanda also seems to like the large style glasses when she out in the sunshine too, here she’s seen out and about and on the set of Jennifer’s Body wearing the ever popular Wayfarer style sunglasses.

Set in 1933, it was a time before glasses and sunglasses were truly fashionable in the way they are today, or available in hundreds of different styles from various designers.  Refreshingly, there are no Wayfarer or Aviator style frames to be seen!  Instead, many of the characters from Public Enemies are wearing simple round metal or plastic rimmed (or rimless) vintage frames.

Johnny Depp stars as outlaw John Dillinger in Public Enemies and is seen wearing several vintage style frames during outdoor scenes throughout the film, the first is a simple acetate tortoise shell frame while the other sunglasses are a thin wire-frame in silver/gold with red-tinted lenses, similar in shape to a style worn in a previous Johnny Depp film, The Ninth Gate.

At one point he is also seen wearing some interesting looking prescription glasses which are quite angular (almost hexagonal in shape), but sadly the cinema we saw the film in wouldn’t allow us to take cameras in to take pictures.  Can’t think why!

Johnny Depp also Wears, in Films…

Not new to wearing glasses in movies, Johnny Depp has appeared in several other films wearing various glasses or sunglasses.

Johnny Depp wears Ray-Ban 3138 Shooter sunglasses in the film Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Johnny Depp wears Berkshire Chase Savile Row Beaufort Panto in the film The Ninth Gate

Here Johnny Depp is wearing these ridiculous glasses (goggles) for a scene in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory to “prevent light burning his eyeballs right out of his skull” in the TV room!

Johnny Depp also Wears, during Public Appearances…

We often see Johnny Depp wearing a pair of retro themed tortoise sunglasses called Lemtosh by Moscot Originals during his public appearances including to the premier of his new movie Public Enemies at Leicester Square, London.  The Lemtosh frames are based on the original designs that made Moscot Eyewear famous back in the 1930s and 1940s.

Lemtosh by Moscot Originals

Buddy Holly

In his short 22 year life, Buddy Holly made an unforgettable impression on the new music called rock ‘n’ roll in the 1950′s, but went on to influence several generations of artists including Paul McCartney, Bob Dylan, and Bruce Springsteen. Pictured wearing his big chunky plastic frames he has been quoted by John Lennon as “Making it OK to wear glasses” and also influenced Elton John to wear glasses during his performances.

John Lennon

A founding member of the band The Beatles and a successful solo musician with such acclaimed albums as John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band and Imagine and iconic songs including “Give Peace a Chance” and “Imagine”.  His round metal framed glasses are still popular today with many retailers offering Lennon ‘look-a-likes’.  The John Lennon influence is as strong today as it ever was with Oasis front man Liam Gallagher idolising Lennon to the point of wearing similar glasses himself.

Elton John

In his four-decade career, Elton John has been one of the dominant forces in rock and popular music, especially during the 1970s. He has sold over 200 million records making him one of the most successful artists of all time.  According to a recent servey carried out by Specsavers Elton John was named as Britain’s most iconic glasses wearer, admitting to buying over 20,000 pairs of glasses!

Sarah Palin

Governor of the US state of Alaska and more recently John McCain’s running mate for the 2008 presidential election.  Sarah caused a stir in 2008 after appearances on TV and in magazines wearing different pairs of stylish glasses including the square rimless pair displayed above right which saw members of the general public looking to buy similar Sarah Palin ‘look-a-like’ glasses.

Tina Fey

Creator and star of Emmy Award and Golden Globe winning US show 30 Rock, Tina Fey plays head writer Liz Lemon alongside Alec Baldwin for a late-night NBC comedy sketch show.  30 Rock has been a huge success Stateside and we at SelectSpecs are huge fans of the show which can currently be seen on Friday nights on Five USA (Sky channel 174 or Freeview channel 35).  Tina has also starred in Mean Girls (2004) and Baby Mama (2008). Tina doesn’t necessarily wear the same glasses in everyday life, but does wear glasses of a similar theme: Plastic horn-rimmed-esque frames.

Bill Gates

Founder of software giant Microsoft and ranked as one of the world’s wealthiest people, Bill Gates has worn glasses throughout his career opting for that stereo-typical geek look in the early days with big lenses before changing his appearance with a more fashionable square-shaped, semi-rimless wire-framed pair of glasses.

Johnny Depp

The star of the Pirates of the Caribbean series, Sweeney Todd, and Edward Scissorhands.  Girls love him and most men want to be him, Johnny Depp is often pictured wearing his trademark tortoise shell Horn Rimmed Glasses.  These sunglasses are called Lemtosh and are made by Moscot Originals.

Dennis Taylor

Dennis Taylor is best known for winning the 1985 World Snooker Championship, beating Steve Davis on the final black during the 1985 World Snooker Championship final.  Dennis Taylor is well known in the UK for his sense of humour and the over-sized glasses he wears while working his magic at the snooker table.

Gok Wan

Gok Wan who is well known in the world of fashion for working with celebrities including Brian Ferry and Vanessa Mae, and for his UK Channel 4 TV show “How to Look Good Naked”.  Gok Wan is one of the most stylish spectacle wearers around usually choosing to wear a stylish square plastic frames.