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11 Jul 2006 08:34 pmPirates of the Caribbean - Dead Man's Chest
The non-spoilers response is that - Jack Sparrow keeps up his inebriated flamboyance. Other characters flounder about bravely within a plot more concerned with...well, flaunting Jack Sparrow, than with any sort of structure. The slapstick, humour and action are top-notch...but even so, patience wears thin once it passes the 2-hour mark (although it does hurtle quite radiantly past the 2-hour mark).
The promotion boards and advertisements for the movie irked me. It seems to push the idea of "one for any taste" a little far, with each character taking up one individual board - Jack Sparrow for the multitudes who loved him, Keira Knightley for the squawking fanboys, Orlando Bloom for the squealing fangirls, and Davy Jones for the CG-loving geeks...ahhh, commercialism.
Don't get me wrong, I highly recommend this movie. Expect nothing deep, look for irony, and be prepared to laugh at everything. The gratuitous use of cliched gothic and horror film-type drama must be intentionally tongue-in-cheek. The villain holding his lonely concert with his grand pipe organ (what are the pipes filled with? Brine?)...played with aplomb by multiple rippling tentacles, by the way; the ominous thumping of Davy Jones's bad leg, and as he enters with a snigger, the obligatory crack of thunder.
Hearing Jack's voice reminded me again of Depp's aptitude. The low, throaty rolling of syllables is unrecognisable from Willy Wonka's nervously clipped and higher-pitched speech. No wonder my friend was in utter disbelief when I pointed to Willy Wonka (in all his deathly white makeup and primly trimmed wig) and said, "That's Jack Sparrow."
( Possible spoilers ahead )
In all, great fun, and definitely worth the ticket price. Refrain from drinking too much. It's a long movie, and the action doesn't wait for you.
Jenny also acquired at least 2 profitable ideas from the movie, which may or may not recompense for her house getting (nearly) burnt down.
(Her heroic neighbours broke into her house to save the day, if anyone wanted to know the ending.)
Damn, I really want that waltzing music.
The non-spoilers response is that - Jack Sparrow keeps up his inebriated flamboyance. Other characters flounder about bravely within a plot more concerned with...well, flaunting Jack Sparrow, than with any sort of structure. The slapstick, humour and action are top-notch...but even so, patience wears thin once it passes the 2-hour mark (although it does hurtle quite radiantly past the 2-hour mark).
The promotion boards and advertisements for the movie irked me. It seems to push the idea of "one for any taste" a little far, with each character taking up one individual board - Jack Sparrow for the multitudes who loved him, Keira Knightley for the squawking fanboys, Orlando Bloom for the squealing fangirls, and Davy Jones for the CG-loving geeks...ahhh, commercialism.
Don't get me wrong, I highly recommend this movie. Expect nothing deep, look for irony, and be prepared to laugh at everything. The gratuitous use of cliched gothic and horror film-type drama must be intentionally tongue-in-cheek. The villain holding his lonely concert with his grand pipe organ (what are the pipes filled with? Brine?)...played with aplomb by multiple rippling tentacles, by the way; the ominous thumping of Davy Jones's bad leg, and as he enters with a snigger, the obligatory crack of thunder.
Hearing Jack's voice reminded me again of Depp's aptitude. The low, throaty rolling of syllables is unrecognisable from Willy Wonka's nervously clipped and higher-pitched speech. No wonder my friend was in utter disbelief when I pointed to Willy Wonka (in all his deathly white makeup and primly trimmed wig) and said, "That's Jack Sparrow."
( Possible spoilers ahead )
In all, great fun, and definitely worth the ticket price. Refrain from drinking too much. It's a long movie, and the action doesn't wait for you.
Jenny also acquired at least 2 profitable ideas from the movie, which may or may not recompense for her house getting (nearly) burnt down.
(Her heroic neighbours broke into her house to save the day, if anyone wanted to know the ending.)
Damn, I really want that waltzing music.
