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imwaldeSaw Pirates this weekend. Which, I just read, had the biggest opening weekend box office in Hollywood history. Also? First film in history to top $100 million in 2 days.
So, I liked it. I thought it was glorious, silly fun. But, it wasn't really very good, was it? The first movie, I think is genuinely good. This one was just fun, and depended very much on my considerable good will towards the franchise as its basis. It's very much a middle. I don't mind some threads needing to carry over to Pirates 3, but I think there were a few too many. I mean, I'm going to see it again and all, so I clearly wasn't that bothered.
That said, I love Johnny Depp, but Bill Nighy and Stellan Skaarsgaard stole the movie this time around. Keira Knightley was better this time around, I think. They gave her more to do. Also, Norrington got HOT. Mrrrorw. Desperation and rock bottom are quite tasty on him.
Can I ask for a plot clarification from someone who has seen the movie? It's about the dead man's chest. Ok, I get that it's Davy Jones heart, and why various people are after it (to control the seas, or for leverage, etc). Here's what I don't get, and I think it is because I found the gyspy queen, or whoever she was, a little hard to understand. Ok, so he loved a girl...and then he tore his still-beating heart out. Why, exactly? What was the connection? Did he get his heart broken, or was it to prove his eternal love, or what? I totally missed that. Please please someone explain it to me!
My favorite part about the whole thing was the bad guys. Y'all have seen how awesome Davy Jones looks, right?
I loved just thinking about how some production designers and costume guys and makeup artists and special effects guys and set designers got together and just got to let their imagination loose and ended up with something SO FUCKING AWESOME as Davy Jones and his crew. I mean, as far as I know, they had nothing to base it on, so it was just something they thought up. And I cracked myself up thinking about the set designer telling his crew, "This looks great, everyone, we're on the right track, but we need more barnacles. MORE BARNACLES!"
In World Cup news, I completely forgot the game was yesterday and didn't watch. I would have rooted for France, so oh well. In case anyone is wondering, France is totally not mad at Zizou as far as I can tell from the TV news and the French newspapers. They still worship him. Some people are saying that it just makes him human, and that he had nerves of steel most of his career, so he was due for a little fraying. Most people are speculating about what the Italian guy must have said. The most common theories after racism is that he said something about his mom. And you know what? I kind of love that no matter where you go in the world, a good "your mom" joke is never too far away. It's a small world after all, indeed.
So, I liked it. I thought it was glorious, silly fun. But, it wasn't really very good, was it? The first movie, I think is genuinely good. This one was just fun, and depended very much on my considerable good will towards the franchise as its basis. It's very much a middle. I don't mind some threads needing to carry over to Pirates 3, but I think there were a few too many. I mean, I'm going to see it again and all, so I clearly wasn't that bothered.
That said, I love Johnny Depp, but Bill Nighy and Stellan Skaarsgaard stole the movie this time around. Keira Knightley was better this time around, I think. They gave her more to do. Also, Norrington got HOT. Mrrrorw. Desperation and rock bottom are quite tasty on him.
Can I ask for a plot clarification from someone who has seen the movie? It's about the dead man's chest. Ok, I get that it's Davy Jones heart, and why various people are after it (to control the seas, or for leverage, etc). Here's what I don't get, and I think it is because I found the gyspy queen, or whoever she was, a little hard to understand. Ok, so he loved a girl...and then he tore his still-beating heart out. Why, exactly? What was the connection? Did he get his heart broken, or was it to prove his eternal love, or what? I totally missed that. Please please someone explain it to me!
My favorite part about the whole thing was the bad guys. Y'all have seen how awesome Davy Jones looks, right?
I loved just thinking about how some production designers and costume guys and makeup artists and special effects guys and set designers got together and just got to let their imagination loose and ended up with something SO FUCKING AWESOME as Davy Jones and his crew. I mean, as far as I know, they had nothing to base it on, so it was just something they thought up. And I cracked myself up thinking about the set designer telling his crew, "This looks great, everyone, we're on the right track, but we need more barnacles. MORE BARNACLES!"
In World Cup news, I completely forgot the game was yesterday and didn't watch. I would have rooted for France, so oh well. In case anyone is wondering, France is totally not mad at Zizou as far as I can tell from the TV news and the French newspapers. They still worship him. Some people are saying that it just makes him human, and that he had nerves of steel most of his career, so he was due for a little fraying. Most people are speculating about what the Italian guy must have said. The most common theories after racism is that he said something about his mom. And you know what? I kind of love that no matter where you go in the world, a good "your mom" joke is never too far away. It's a small world after all, indeed.
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