Yo Ho Ho and a Bottle of ... GAH!

[the_gneech]

Saw Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest ... 'tis excellent. Don't know what those reviewers are thinking.

It's definitely an Act II (i.e., a "middle chapter") and unable to stand on its own -- it requires the first one to establish the context, and the next one to finish the story.

But that's not a bad thing ... it's just as true of, say, The Empire Strikes Back.

I particularly like that it just picks up where the first one left off and addresses the ramifications of the first movie's ending; you can't just let a condemned man walk and not get heat for it, even in a Disney movie. ;) This transforms PotC from a one-hit wonder into a very cool piratey epic, which the world has needed badly for years!

I will also say that the big surprise at the end was a very good twist. Usually I can see movie surprises coming a mile off, but this one got me. It works perfectly well, it's not so far out of left field that it makes you want to say "I Call No Way!" -- but it was something that I just would not have thought of.

So yeah, it's good, go see it! Just wear plenty of eye protection, 'cause there's a ton of plot threads flying around!

-The Gneech

PS: The trailers before the movie were decidedly disappointing. The only one that didn't leave me hostile to the movie in question was Transformers, and all I have to say about that one is that they seem to be taking it awfully seriously for a movie about robots from space that disguise themselves as cars.

Comments

[duke-otterland.livejournal.com]

So, is there a major plot twist in PotC2 a la Empire Strikes Back?

[the-gneech.livejournal.com]

You mean like Jack Sparrow getting frozen in carbonite?

Um ... sorta. ;)

He doesn't turn out to be Will Turner's father, tho, although he is important too.

-The Gneech

[frostdemn.livejournal.com]

Sorta? more like really! I think .XD

I only saw a poster for Transformers. The trailers I saw were for that College Rejects movie and the Monster House (AGAIN). I forget just what else.

I wanna go to Disneyland now, though. See the updated Pirates of the Caribbean ride. >.>
And the updated Tiki Room.

[maus-merryjest.livejournal.com]

I hated the updated tiki room, some of the best numbers were left out >_

[octoberscorpio.livejournal.com]

I agree on all counts. I'd also like to add that eye protection is necessary for the sudden shifts from dark to bright!

[usagiweaver.livejournal.com]

I saw the trailer for Transformers and it got me even more stoked over that movie than the mere movie poster. I hope they don't um.... how to put it politely... mess it up.

I also saw the trailer for the new Rocky movie. *boggle*

As for Pirates itself, I thought it was long and kind of uneven. But it was pretty decent. Even though some characters actions made them unlikeable in certain spots. And I didn't see the end coming either. We were all "WTF???" when the credits rolled.

[jim-ghote.livejournal.com]

I saw the trailer for Transformers and it got me even more stoked over that movie than the mere movie poster. I hope they don't um.... how to put it politely... mess it up.

You are not alone in the hopes of next years Transformers movie, all the changes in the animated versions through the years have left me, if you'll pardon the expression, cold to anything other than a movie that just "Wows" my imagination.

[jamesbarrett.livejournal.com]

Believe it or not, I wasn't surprised by the ending. I knew it had to be that the moment it came up. I did have all of 3 seconds to dwell on that fact though. -Frisk

[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

There is a brief Portent about half way through the movie, but I couldn't work it out until just before the Event.

[the-gneech.livejournal.com]

I assume you mean the boots?

-TG

[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

Big boots

[c-eagle.livejournal.com]

Thank ya for the gingerly and carefully phrased review! ^v^

[kylet.livejournal.com]

"all I have to say about that one is that they seem to be taking it awfully seriously for a movie about robots from space that disguise themselves as cars."

You've never seen how seriously the majority of mecha anime take themselves? They make Transformers look like Teletubbies.

[the-gneech.livejournal.com]

Well, I don't watch the majority of mecha anime, either! ;)

But that's sorta my point ... the trailer was heavy doom and gloom; I associate Transformers with bright colors and lots of action.

-TG