Argh.

I saw World's End but did not stay for the epilogue. Can someone whitefont? Or email.

t smacks head sharply

What was I thinking?

I totally agree that it was the monkey's best work. I liked the film more than I expected to and was struck by the political commentary, the existential sadness and unexpected lack of slapstick.

The performances were good though I felt Yun Fat was not given enough to do.

My favorite gracenote was a very small one...but in my favorite pirate history, Under the Black Flag, there is an entire chapter on female pirates including one of the most successful of ALL pirates, Madame Cheng, I believe her name was (need to find the book and check that) who appears in the movie! Very cool detail.

The credits end and a title screen comes up, "Ten Years Later" A (presumably ten-year-old) kid is running through a field towards a seaside cliff singing, "A Pirates Life." The camera draws back and we see Elizabeth Turner (she hasn't aged a day!) she puts her arm maternally around the boy's shoulder and looks out to sea. We follow her gaze to the mast of The Flying Dutchman. Will Turner hugs the mast staring towards the shore. The camera pulls back majestically and we fade out.

Finally saw Hot Fuzz. Oh, I barked with laughter--Jess, I don't know if I was the only one in the theatre that got the ref you mentioned, but I think I was the only one that cared.

First and foremost, though, I'm appalled by how well I remember Bad Boys and how much I want to see it again.

Still, clever and fun.

I can attest that Hot Fuzz is even better the second time. I'll let you know about the third.

Jess, I don't know if I was the only one in the theatre that got the ref you mentioned, but I think I was the only one that cared.

Ha! Then my work here is done.

Thanks so much Laga.

Actually, at that moment in the film when they are in that place doing that thing, I turned to my companion and described exactly what you described. Either I'm psychic, or that was wicked predictable!

Oh well, nothing will rival the monkey jumping out of the screen at the end of the first one.

If you haven't seen the interview with Rush, Nighy and Chow at moviefonedotcom, I highly recommend it. I'd love to have a dinner party with Rush and Nighy. They seem like such charming, erudite, courtly gentlemen.

A friend just worked as Nighy's dresser in the recent Broadway show he did with Julianne Moore and reports he was kind and charming and incredibly funny.

That is my sense of him. Nice to have it confirmed.

Oh, Beej, yay re the whitefont you mentioned from Under The Black Flag! Not that I've read it, but I did know about the whitefont from other pirate historians, and I'd been hoping like a mad thing that the whitefont would be part of the movie.

I don't suppose there's any chance that either Ann Bonney or Mary Reade puts in an appearance ? NO! Never mind! Don't spoil me!

Dear Loward, I am gonna be such an uncritical brainless mess of squealing fangurl when I see this thing. I can't think of anything that will ruin this movie for my poor addled self, short of (maybe) everyone bursting into movie-musical song. And even then it'd depend on the song. "Greased Lightning" would kill it for me. Anything from South Pacific or possibly "The Sadder But Wiser Girl" from The Music Man would just make me squee even harder. And if they wanted to bust out with a chorus of "The Good Ship Venus" (far too filthy to be a movie-musical number, but it was included on the POTC tribute sea shanty album last year) I might just ascend bodily into heaven.

Can someone remind me what Jessica said about Hot Fuzz? I can't seem to find it.

ION watched Hard Candy last night. I think one of the things I loved the most about it was that I had no idea what it was going to be about so every plot twist was a complete surprise. (OK I saw a couple things coming but mostly it was a dizzying ride.)