Lee, I went alone. Wouldn't have missed it just to go with other people. Plus, I totally want to see it again.

Oh, and there is something at the end of the credits. . . so wait 'til the bitter end.

YAY. That's what I going to do tomorrow then.

eta: or maybe I'll go see it with Hec and JZ, now that I've read my email.

I just got back from PotC. It was so much fun. My favorite scene was the threeway fight between Norrington, Jack, and Will.

This one gets a little more gruesome.

I agree. I was quite surprised. There was a little kid sitting behind me and I was a little worried he'd get frightened. He seemed okay though.

Scruffy Norrington is very hot. He's already being refered to as Scruffington. Is it wrong that I wanted a foursome between Norrington, Elizabeth, Jack, and Will? I also really wanted to giveGovernor Swann a hug.

Arrrr! You people are killing me! It doesn't open here until the 24th, and I'll be in another country then!

But after I get back, I'm totally hiring a babysitter.

Question: Did they have shout-outs to the ride like the first one?

Raq -- Yes. One's a riff on something in the first movie, and there's at least one new location that is from the ride. (There's probably more, but it's been quite a few years, so those are the ones I caught.)

There was a little kid sitting behind me and I was a little worried he'd get frightened. He seemed okay though.

Yeah, I don't think it's really gorier, just... feels less cartoony. I think it struck me when the second ball/cage of pirates falls into the chasm.

I forgot to mention the part where the cannibal pops out at Will. I knew something like that was about to happen, but yikes. It was fun to feel the whole audience jump, though.

I thought the fishy pirates ROCKED. The effects and general art direction were pretty outstanding--except, sadly, for the kraken where I felt that whole water tension thing that makes the scale differences more apparent. But I really really liked Davy's face, and the way it all heaved and moved. I didn't get as much chance to look at all of the rest of the posse, and came away with different favourites like the echidna guy from the friend I saw the movie with (he said something about a pirate whose head came out back...I have no idea... crack of some sort might have been involved). I also appreciated the decline of Bootstrap Bill.

Coolness.

Dave and I went to see PotC last night with Victor and Myainsel. We tried to get into the 9:30 showing, and couldn't get in until 11:00. It was worth the wait. I loved it. I thought that the fishy pirates were so well done and realistic looking, except for the starfish on Bootstrap Bill, which was just kind of lame. I loved how there seemed to be different stages of fishiness depending how long they had served under Davy Jones. I loved scruffy, nothing left to lose, Norrington. I loved everything about the three-way fight, including how over the top it was and Elizabeth throwing a tantrum about it and being ignored. I thought the dramatic scenes were more dramatic than the first one and that the comedic scenes were more over the top than the first one as well. I missed the lady pirate from the first film. There was clapping in our theatre when Geoffrey Rush's character appeared. Dave totally called what the after the credits scene was going to be as we were waiting for the endless credits to end.

Yay pirates! I am pleased to hear about the terrifying space monkeys. I can't wait to see it--hopefully tomorrow.

And thought about AU Jack/Dead!Will. I feel like such a Buffista.

Heh. Along these lines, I have to confess that I went to a production of Amadeus at the Berkshire Theatre Festival last night, and was totally ashamed to find myself wondering if there was any Mozart/Salieri fic. (It was a good production, although Amadeus isn't my favorite play, but Mozart was played by Randy Harrison (Justin Taylor on Queer as Folk)! Very exciting.)

Robert Downey, Jr is writing his memoirs.

Well, those memoirs should be interesting.