That really makes no sense. You are shown how the curse works but it is only acceptable if some character looks at the audience and offers a lecture on the mechanics? To me that is like complaining that hyperspace engines are cartoon-physics mixed in with live action physics because Han Solo never pauses to explain how they work.

I also disagree that there is an explained underlying order to the Harry Potter world of magic. Maybe in the books there is, but not in the movies.

But it sounds like you're working yourself back into disliking Curse of the Black Pearl.

Was there an explaination during DMC of why all the pirates on DJ's ship are meshed together with sea creatures? I forget.

It was said that over the course of the 100 year oath of service you blend with the sea, eventually ending up like the guy who was just coral attached to a wall of the boat.

I've already stated that I am not too fond of the CGI effects in DMC, but I also find I am rolling my eyes everytime the hammerhead guy is brought up. I think it bothers me so much because it is soooooo out there. The other have attachments of sea creatures but it is concievable the shape of their head remains the same. The hammerhead guy was a cartoon and, each time he appeared, I was taken out of the movie.

I realize I don't see a lot of "fantasy" or "Super hero" films, so I have limited acceptance, but I can't be the only one who felt this way.

Or maybe I can. ;)

Totally, the hammerhead guy was the most distracting and outlandish of the bunch.

To me, Shell Head was more cartoony than Hammerhead Man. But Davey was right on the money for me.

I assumed the hammerhead and sea shell dudes were simply further along in their service, so they didn't bother me at all. I thought the CGI in this was flawless.

I agree, he was, but he appeared in a "comedic" part, so I didn't really have to take him seriouslt. The hammerhead guy should've been taken seriously. He was supposed to be menancing.

My only problem with hammerhead was that the shark eyes appear non-functional. I kept expecting something that would make use of the fact that he had four-eyes.

Sorry I only get to respond once a year. Shell guy and HammerheadMan were both way too distracting for my particular tastes.

Going back (sorry) to the Black Pearl curse, I must most forcefully disagree with Alex. The curse is explained by Barbossa as the moon showing how the crew really are. Am I to assume that the crew have no option but to dress in raggedy clothing? They have tons of pirate swag in their hold, but even Babossa cannot buy a new suit?

It's not a matter of what they demonstrated, or that they didn't stop to explain it. They did stop to explain it, but the explanation makes no frelling sense. Raggedy clothes is a cartoon concept we are asked to overlook, and to overlook despite the fact that a main character explained the curse otherwise.


As for the squid crew, the obvious cartoon element is that there's only one Hammerhead and one Seashell guy, etc. Are we to assume that the damnation functions in an elimination fashion? So that if a particular sea creature is already "taken," you are damned to choose someone else to either meld with over time or have on your dodgeball team?