Get It Off Your (Dead Man's) Chest: Pirates Movie Reviews - Page 5

LSPoorEeyorick · 07-08-2006, 11:43 PM

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Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

I shouted out "throw me a roll" during the dead-on, firefly-filled bayou swamp scene, but I didn't get a laugh.

You got laughs from both of us in this abode!

Oh, re: Jennie's thought about raising the dead being "no problem," I bet that it won't turn out to be easy-peasy. There are always strings attatched when reanimation is involved.

blueerica · 07-09-2006, 01:40 AM

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Gemini Cricket · 07-09-2006, 04:40 AM

Yes, but was there any product placement in this film?

Ha ha.

I haven't seen it yet. Maybe tonight.

innerSpaceman · 07-09-2006, 07:50 AM

Well, I for one wouldn't think Dead Man's Chest a good film if I'd seen it before Black Pearl. As I've said before, I think the Pearl story construction was tight, the characters more noble and pleasant and funny.

The Chest story was the dictionary definition of convoluted, and the characters cruel, annoying, boring and barely humorous - in no particular order.

Cadaverous Pallor · 07-09-2006, 08:25 AM

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Originally Posted by LSPoorEeyorick

Oh, re: Jennie's thought about raising the dead being "no problem," I bet that it won't turn out to be easy-peasy. There are always strings attatched when reanimation is involved.

Well sure, it will take "great pains" but if you can bring anyone back to life with "great pains" then danger and death still don't mean much.

innerSpaceman · 07-09-2006, 09:33 AM

^ C.P. is right again in this thread.

Great Pains? What, you have to explain it with some more boring expositionary dialogue? Oh, that will be tough. Feh.

They perfected the technique in Dead Man's Chest. There was exposition every 10 minutes about moving the characters around like chess pieces to get them from place to place. Alas, barely enough was expositioned about the actual story points. Bah.

(I'm hating Dead Man's Chest more and more ... but it can't hold a candle to how much I hate what they've done to the ride.)

Gemini Cricket · 07-09-2006, 11:44 AM

$132 mil for 'Pirates 2' this weekend. New record.
Wow!

(Haven't seen it yet...)

Moonliner · 07-09-2006, 08:00 PM

Seeing the wreck Disney made of the script (or lack there of) for Dead Mans Chest, it makes me wonder what ever happened to Royce Mathew who was suing Disney for, as I remember, some not so subtle coincidences between a pirate movie he made and the first PoTC. His website seems to have gone blank...

wendybeth · 07-09-2006, 11:00 PM

We just got back from seeing the movie, and first things first: Damn you, Alex! I waited through interminable credits for a three second spot at the very end of the movie. That made me cranky.

I liked it. It's a good mid-trilogy movie, plain and simple. I didn't love it like the first, but I was prepared for major disappointment and was pleasantly surprised. This is an action flick, and nothing more- I doubt the producers, writers or anyone else were working under the delusion that this was 'art'. On that level, it totally delivers. I was thrilled to see Barbossa again- he was such a great villain that it promises to make the third movie all that much better. Same with Norrington- I kept thinking about how he derided his role in the first movie, calling his character a pompous ass, etc, and longing to get down and scruffy with the rest of them. Well, he does scruffy quite well and I was pleased (for him) that he got to play pirate in this turn.

Tia was cool- looks like she needs to lay off the licorice ice cream, but she was a fun character. I was tempted to yell like iSm during the Bayou scene, but I'm fairly certain few would have understood the call for rolls in our little burg. It was fun to see so many Pirates allusions in this film, but I agree with GC- the dog thing was overkill. Anyway, that's my take on it- but keep in mind my attention was tempered by the disturbing fact that our neighbor next door had just been taken away in an ambulance prior to our leaving for the movie- his wife had come home and discovered him on the floor, with no pulse and his young toddler climbing on him. We phoned as soon as we got home and his MIL said he'd suffered a major heart attack and was in very critical condition. We don't know these people very well, as they are very quiet and reserved, but they are very nice and too young to have to go through this.

Alex · 07-09-2006, 11:40 PM

Sorry, I should have mentioned that the reason people were asking me what the post-credit scene was is because my review said to just skip it and if they were curious to email me and I'd tell them what it was.

Definitely not worth 10 minutes of credit sitting. I was credits anyway so it wasn't a big deal.

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07-09-2006, 07:50 AM	#44
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Well, I for one wouldn't think Dead Man's Chest a good film if I'd seen it before Black Pearl. As I've said before, I think the Pearl story construction was tight, the characters more noble and pleasant and funny. The Chest story was the dictionary definition of convoluted, and the characters cruel, annoying, boring and barely humorous - in no particular order.
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07-09-2006, 09:33 AM	#46
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	^ C.P. is right again in this thread. Great Pains? What, you have to explain it with some more boring expositionary dialogue? Oh, that will be tough. Feh. They perfected the technique in Dead Man's Chest. There was exposition every 10 minutes about moving the characters around like chess pieces to get them from place to place. Alas, barely enough was expositioned about the actual story points. Bah. (I'm hating Dead Man's Chest more and more ... but it can't hold a candle to how much I hate what they've done to the ride.)
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07-09-2006, 11:44 AM	#47
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07-09-2006, 08:00 PM	#48
Moonliner 8/30/14 - Disneyland -10k or Bust. Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 9,022	Seeing the wreck Disney made of the script (or lack there of) for Dead Mans Chest, it makes me wonder what ever happened to Royce Mathew who was suing Disney for, as I remember, some not so subtle coincidences between a pirate movie he made and the first PoTC. His website seems to have gone blank... __________________ - Taking it one step at a time.
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07-09-2006, 11:00 PM	#49
wendybeth Nevermind Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,847	We just got back from seeing the movie, and first things first: Damn you, Alex! I waited through interminable credits for a three second spot at the very end of the movie. That made me cranky. I liked it. It's a good mid-trilogy movie, plain and simple. I didn't love it like the first, but I was prepared for major disappointment and was pleasantly surprised. This is an action flick, and nothing more- I doubt the producers, writers or anyone else were working under the delusion that this was 'art'. On that level, it totally delivers. I was thrilled to see Barbossa again- he was such a great villain that it promises to make the third movie all that much better. Same with Norrington- I kept thinking about how he derided his role in the first movie, calling his character a pompous ass, etc, and longing to get down and scruffy with the rest of them. Well, he does scruffy quite well and I was pleased (for him) that he got to play pirate in this turn. Tia was cool- looks like she needs to lay off the licorice ice cream, but she was a fun character. I was tempted to yell like iSm during the Bayou scene, but I'm fairly certain few would have understood the call for rolls in our little burg. It was fun to see so many Pirates allusions in this film, but I agree with GC- the dog thing was overkill. Anyway, that's my take on it- but keep in mind my attention was tempered by the disturbing fact that our neighbor next door had just been taken away in an ambulance prior to our leaving for the movie- his wife had come home and discovered him on the floor, with no pulse and his young toddler climbing on him. We phoned as soon as we got home and his MIL said he'd suffered a major heart attack and was in very critical condition. We don't know these people very well, as they are very quiet and reserved, but they are very nice and too young to have to go through this. __________________
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07-09-2006, 11:40 PM	#50
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Sorry, I should have mentioned that the reason people were asking me what the post-credit scene was is because my review said to just skip it and if they were curious to email me and I'd tell them what it was. Definitely not worth 10 minutes of credit sitting. I was credits anyway so it wasn't a big deal.
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