Lorne ,'Smile Time'
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JZ, you wanna go see POTC3 with me? We can squee in the losers corner together.
OOH OOOH. I want to be in the loser's corner too! That actually came up this weekend, since Pete started talking about POTC3, and I said I should start making plans for a movie outing.
I should start making plans for a movie outing.
It'll definitely be playing at the Metreon, but this weekend is bad for me. Next weekend, maybe? (And Saturday nights are bad for me. Because I suck.)
I thought the sword fight in the mill wheel was one of the most beautifully choreographed ever.
It ended up feeling to me like an exercise in choreography, and not an important part of the film.
I thought the sword fight in the mill wheel was one of the most beautifully choreographed ever.
It ended up feeling to me like an exercise in choreography, and not an important part of the film.
Both!
It made it worse that it came so late in the film. As if the parkour sequence in James Bond were at the end-- two hours in you're thinking come on, get to the big finish!
The set pieces in Potc3 all gave me the impression that they were staged with the new ride in mind. Yawn.
Let me state for the record that I love the characters of PoTC.
I especially the non-leads like Bill Nighy, the bumbling pirates and the snobby EIC dude who is so fun to hate. And Norrington...okay, the list goes on.
eta: What Jessica said! The set pieces in 2 felt exactly like that to me. I remember leaning over during the water wheel deal and saying,"Coming to a Universal Studios ride any day now."
Did we know about the Golden compass teaser?
It's taking forever to load for me. Why can't all trailers go immediately to Apple's trailer page, which never gives me any troubles?
ETA: OOH PRETTY
For all you Death Proof fans who might have thought about renting Dirty Mary Crazy Larry : I have done it for you. The car chase parts are numerous and very entertaining and Crazy Larry is pretty cool but Dirty Mary is one of those skanky dishwater blond types whose idea of showing emotion includes a lot of screeching. The word "harpy" comes to mind. It's worth renting if you love car chases more than you hate whiny bitches.