Get It Off Your (Dead Man's) Chest: Pirates Movie Reviews

Jazzman · 07-16-2006, 10:42 PM

My sentiments regarding the film pretty much echo iSm to the letter, so I'll just add "ditto" there.

I will add, however, that my biggest disappointment wasn't any particular plot development, character, scene, prop or anything else along those lines. For me the thing that sucked kracken was the lack of anything even remotely resembling originality. When Black Pearl came out, sure it was fun and had great sets and characters which we all fell in love with, but the reason why everyone saw it several times and it became such a huge sleeper hit was because it was something new, something we hadn't seen before. While Hollywood repackages the same three films over and over and releases them again and again, Pirates came out of left field with an all new adventure, fresh and exciting. Now, Dead Man's Chest is released, and we get the same jokes, the same bits and the same everything else from the first film, just repackaged with a different name. I hate that about sequels more than anything, and I had sincerely hoped that the Pirates crew would avoid that trap. But alas, they did not and I'm sure that we'll have to hear more "Why is the rum gone" jokes in the third one as well. I now fear that it's going to turn out much like the Matrix trilogy: one amazing, timeless film and two other flicks that yeah, also happen to have the same characters in them.

:sigh:

07-16-2006, 10:42 PM	#26
Jazzman Sax God Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Portland's Tijuana Posts: 510	My sentiments regarding the film pretty much echo iSm to the letter, so I'll just add "ditto" there. I will add, however, that my biggest disappointment wasn't any particular plot development, character, scene, prop or anything else along those lines. For me the thing that sucked kracken was the lack of anything even remotely resembling originality. When Black Pearl came out, sure it was fun and had great sets and characters which we all fell in love with, but the reason why everyone saw it several times and it became such a huge sleeper hit was because it was something new, something we hadn't seen before. While Hollywood repackages the same three films over and over and releases them again and again, Pirates came out of left field with an all new adventure, fresh and exciting. Now, Dead Man's Chest is released, and we get the same jokes, the same bits and the same everything else from the first film, just repackaged with a different name. I hate that about sequels more than anything, and I had sincerely hoped that the Pirates crew would avoid that trap. But alas, they did not and I'm sure that we'll have to hear more "Why is the rum gone" jokes in the third one as well. I now fear that it's going to turn out much like the Matrix trilogy: one amazing, timeless film and two other flicks that yeah, also happen to have the same characters in them. :sigh:
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