Tuesday, July 11, 2006


For the second time this year I went to a movie on opening night, but unlike the ho-hum X3, Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man's Chest was awesome. Which isn't that big a surprise, but it did have quite a rep to live up to. I think it did okay though, wouldn't you say?

My man Johnny Depp was fantastic as he always is, especially in the odd, eccentric roles he plays so well. The storyline was great, with a lot of mark-out moment twists or turns. Nothing too complicated - it is, after all, a kid's movie - but thoroughly entertaining. Not quite as many snappy lines or fantastic moments as the first one though. Better action sequences though, including the great scene with the water wheel:



The villains in this one was just as good as the undead pirates, and even though we never really find out anything about the nameless henchmen, they had a lot of personality and distinction from their looks and behaviour alone - something that the undead baddies in the first one lacked.

There were very little boring moments, very few confusing moments, and very few overly cheesy moments (between Legolas and Knightley) which was much appreciated. Speaking of Knightley, I thought she was much better in this one because she wasn't as predictable as she was in the first movie. She was funny and creatively used, and didn't go all Buffy like heroines in some other movies.

The only thing I didn't get was that dice game. That was messed up. Did ANYONE understand that game? Geez.

I won't say anything spoiler-y about the ending, but fuck it was a great idea. Can't wait till the 3rd one.

10/10 +1 for Depp being awesome

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Also worthy of mention were the trailers. First up was Invincible, a feel-good, based-on-a-real-story football story starring Marky Mark. It looked okay but bleh for the title, although it did earn a "I am invincible!" comment from Jeremy. Next was The Guardian? Some really stupid looking deep-sea diver movie. Horrible. Next was A Night at the Museum with Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson and Robin Williams actually looked really good. Then there was that Nascar-ish racing one with Will Ferrell, which looked amusing but also pretty much like every other Will Ferrell movie.

The last one started out boring looking and I wasn't too thrilled. But then as soon as it continued I realized what it was because I had already seen it HOURS after it was released online. It was the trailer for the Transformers movie coming out NEXT JULY. Such a long time, it's going to be torture. The trailer was actually really bad, but once again Jeremy came through strong, with a "Not today, Galvatron!" quip. But a year? Man. That's way too long.


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