I'm Scruffington's bitch.

I'm glad I read the discussion on the racial aspects of the cannibals and ita's subsequent input because I went in there looking for it. However, I thought that that the cannibals were a mixture of Caribbean natives with some darker skinned folk--presumably a mixture of imported slaves, etc. And the pidgin language Jack Sparrow used with them didn't appear overtly racist to me. I could also understand the Obeah woman pefectly well, and the people surrounding her hut also looked like an Afro-Caribbean mixture (read typical for the time and place). So to sum up, it didn't ping me at all.

As for the rest, I loved the the Hamster Ball of Death, the Jack Sparrow Kabob of Death and the Hamster Wheel of Sword Fighting. All of these things were over the top but fun, fun, fun. I loved Bill Nighy's Davy Jones and the effects for him and his crew. Bootstrap Bill was awesome and heart-wrenching. I didn't care for the effects of the Kraken, though. I adored Orlando, Keira and Johnny. Their interaction and the addition of jealousy and doubt in Will and Elizabeth's relationship will add spice to the next film, I think. Keira's regrets and saddness over giving Jack to the Kraken were intrepreted as sorrow and loss by Will and I liked the mistunderstanding. Zombie monkey kicked ass. And I LOVED the return of Barbosa. Damn, I just like Geoffrey Rush more and more. In short, I loved it. And I need to see it again. And maybe again.

So, haven't seen POTC2 yet (to my everlasting shame, I haven't seen 1 yet either). But a friend who liked the first one, and his wife, who adored the first one, had plans to see it opening night (I think they had advance tickets). Said friend has little to no on-line experience in terms of interacting with people in a forum.

Conversation with friend:

Me: So, how was the Big Gay Pirate Movie?

Him: Um...what?

Me: Sorry, Pirates of the Caribbean 2

Him: t /crickets

Him: Big gay pirate movie?

Me: It's an on-line thing; you wouldn't understand.

Yeah, this movie, not as slashy.

I feel dumb for spending the whole movie trying to figure out where Bill Nighy comes in. I thought that was Davy's real accent.

I beg to differ.

The whole Norrington/Sparrow thing? With the bitterness and the obsession? So very, very slashy. And Sparrow can't flirt with Will because his time is fully taken up with Elizabeth and Norrington.

Maybe it's really an OT4.

I agree wholeheartedly with Betsy. The poor woman I went to see the film with looked a little confused when I said, "the slash just writes itself."

But she laughed when I expressed a sudden urge to go to Red Lobster, so she gets a pass.

Yeah, this movie, not as slashy.

I thought this movie was far slashier.

DH just forwarded me the article about how POTC2 blew away box office records for opening day and weekend. Very cool. Critics aren't loving it, though.

I'm living vicariously, since I was wrong about it opening here July 24. It opens August 24.

I'm Scruffington's bitch.

Too late. I already called dibs.

Saw PoTC 2 on Friday night. (Last showing. My friends got to the theatre at 6:15 to get tickets for everyone and all but the 10:30 showing was sold out.) Enjoyed it, though the three way swordfight just didn't work for me. It seemed silly, rather than dramatic.

The trailers beforehand were pretty blah (I can't even really remember what they were) though we did get a teaser trailer for Transformers, which got quite a few cheers from the audience.

I saw PoTC yesterday. A group of us met and we ended up going to a different showing becuase the first one didn't have any seats together. As I was leaving I heard an AMC employee say "that showing only has 35 seats left".

The trailers before the movie sucked. It was the new Will Farrell movie, some movie about kids making a fake college, the Kevin Costner rescue thing with Ashton Kutcher --which looked interesting if it weren't Costner (and the trailer was too long). The movie about stuff that comes alive in the museum -- that might be interesting.

PoTC started out slow, I didn't come away WOWed by it like I thought I would. Maybe if I hadn't been semis poiled.

But these were the things I loved -- Elizabeth betraying Jack. She's a much more interesting character than Will I think. Norrington, bitter scruffy Norrington, slightly like Wesley but a bit of Holtz thrown in. The creature make up was just AMAZING. Davy's octopus arms for a beard, the mussels growing on the side of Bootstrap Bill's neck and all the great emotion the actors showed through that.

The Kraken. Esp the shot of Jack, sword in hand, facing down the mouth of the kraken. I want that for wallpaper. The three way sword fight and the Hamster Wheel, but that could have been cut down a bit. nice bit with Will stumbling around dizzy.

Barbosa taking a bite of the apple! although at lunch after I got in a discussion, someone claimed that Barbosa and the cursed men couldn't eat when they appeared as skeletons but that's not right because none of them could enjoy anything at all.

My slight spoiling mildly ruined the surprise of Barbosa for him, but watching his boots walk down the steps was great. And I knew about Norrington, but I would have figured out as soon as I heard his voice.

Over all the movie was lots of fun.