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

innerSpaceman · 07-13-2006, 07:20 PM

I'm with € on Jones ... none too Mephisto for my tastes. And even allowing for the sillyness of this film, stealing the key was absurd.

I just want pirates, not supernatural shenanigans. In the ride, there may be a curse ... but the pirates are not the ones affected by it. The ride depicts true-life pirate adventures (albeit cleaned up to delightful effect - - heheh, a happy townburning!). The curse happens to the audience.

If there were zombies and sea monsters in Walt's attraction, I daresay the silliness of it would have affected its popularity adversely.

Sure, they were wise to include creepy skeletons. Creepiness sure, silliness, no. Not that the comedy in the attraction isn't silly - - - it surely is. The tone goes from mysterious to lighthearted and back & forth from there. But there's no silly gimmicks in the depiction of pirate activities to detract from the actual appeal of pirates, real pirates, that the enjoyment of the ride is predicated on.

I'm sorry the film series had to go more gimmicky. They wanted their skeletons, so zombies it was. Instant skeletal zombies at that.

I'm hardly surprised the impulse I disliked in the first movie was amplified times seven in the sequels. That's what sequels are for: to accentuate all that is crappy and, by their bad example, demonstrate what a good movie really is.

"Dead Man's Chest" fulfills its purpose well.

07-13-2006, 07:20 PM	#1
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	I'm with € on Jones ... none too Mephisto for my tastes. And even allowing for the sillyness of this film, stealing the key was absurd. I just want pirates, not supernatural shenanigans. In the ride, there may be a curse ... but the pirates are not the ones affected by it. The ride depicts true-life pirate adventures (albeit cleaned up to delightful effect - - heheh, a happy townburning!). The curse happens to the audience. If there were zombies and sea monsters in Walt's attraction, I daresay the silliness of it would have affected its popularity adversely. Sure, they were wise to include creepy skeletons. Creepiness sure, silliness, no. Not that the comedy in the attraction isn't silly - - - it surely is. The tone goes from mysterious to lighthearted and back & forth from there. But there's no silly gimmicks in the depiction of pirate activities to detract from the actual appeal of pirates, real pirates, that the enjoyment of the ride is predicated on. I'm sorry the film series had to go more gimmicky. They wanted their skeletons, so zombies it was. Instant skeletal zombies at that. I'm hardly surprised the impulse I disliked in the first movie was amplified times seven in the sequels. That's what sequels are for: to accentuate all that is crappy and, by their bad example, demonstrate what a good movie really is. "Dead Man's Chest" fulfills its purpose well.
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