I was so glad I didn't read spoilers for the film. Very happy that the surprises, aside from the obvious lead-in to the next film, were kept safe.

A great summer movie, that's about all you can say, really.

I'll go ahead and be the one who goes against the grain and not like it. Copied from my journal-

Plot? Story? Character Development? Sub-characters? Cohesion? Who cares! CAPTAIN JACK IS BACK!

If there are two things this movie did right, it would be the two actual fun scenes in the movie, one occuring about 10-20 minutes in, and the other one 2 hours later. This movie is entirely too long at 2 hours and 30 minutes. There is too much NOTHING going on. There are no sub-plots that I gave a damn about enough to remember until the VERY FUCKING END. Sub-Characters? The only one with any substance is Davy Jones, and they only explain why through folklore. Give me a break.

Orlando Bloom is okay, but I really don't give a damn about Will Turner, or his father who he HAPPENS TO FIND ON THE FLYING DUTCHMAN OMG! Then they try to force this retarded father-son drama upon us and it just does not work for me. Keira Knightly is OVERRATED and a SHITTY ACTOR in this movie. I don't buy her as being a tough girl, I'm sorry. I don't buy many women being tough since they are not by default in real life. Don't worry, she does do something actually realistic by confusing drama for logic and ending up causing a huge brouhaha at the end that almost fucks everything up.

Captain Jack is the only decent thing about this movie, and he falls flat compared to his brilliant performance last time. I thought he was fantastic in the first one. This time, it's just more of the same, and less of the unique. I'll give him credit in that his first and last appearances in the film are nothing short of fucking brilliant, but other than that, it's just more of the same. We've seen it all before.

And don't worry, the third one will inherently suck since the whole movie will be...



This movie just sucked. I saw way too many things wrong with it to be enjoyable. It's another tragic example of trying to cash in on the trilogy marketing ploy. They could have easily cut this movie in half, making the crappy twist/cliffhanger ending the midpoint, and making At World's End the second half of the film, because I guarantee that will be just as overblown as this pile of celluloid shit.

4/10


Also, wow, broke some serious opening day records yesterday with $55 million. It will definitely beat Spider-Man's opening weekend numbers now, which is unfortunate.

Shit, I enjoyed it.

The Disney/Video game fanboy was disappointed with the lack of Sora/Luxord references/cameos, but that's just me being stupid.

It was a hella fun ride. Granted, I don't remember the original too well because of Kingdom Hearts adaptation, but...

Heh, Luxord... He of the goatee and weird-ass boss battle.

Honestly, I was waiting for more Monkey Island references. If you watch this movie as a more serious version of Monkey Island, it kinda makes up for the times when it drags. There's a voodoo lady, goofy cannibals, lots of fun random islands, swordfighting (not quite insult-swordfighting, but...), a rowdy pirate bar, "ghost" pirates (and I swear I remember LeChuck playing the organ at some point), quirky humour, and of course, good use of monkeys.

The Kingdom Hearts version sorta condensed the movie's more memorable scenes and core plot into 25 minutes, and added the aid of a kid who fights with a key. A lot of the major bits were still there. Though you wouldn't know it sometimes, since the NA version censored at least two scenes in the Pirates level for retarded reasons. I have the Japanese cut scenes to prove it.

Really? Which ones were those?

I thought that too. I thought some of the humor was pretty cheap. I remember at least ten or fifteen jokes that were play-offs of the "Why is the rum gone" scene in the first movie. Three or four of them were genuinely funny, but not that many. I felt like they were trying to hard to make us laugh, and just kept resorting to that scene.




I think that people worried about spoilers should not be reading three-page discussions of movies released days ago that they haven't seen yet, as there are bound to be spoilers in them. I mean, I don't read them. But there we are. :)

Jesus, man, use the damn spoiler box that vbulletin has.

It looks a hell of a lot cleaner, and it helps people avoid spoilers easier.

This thing has smashed weekend boxoffice records at least it's estimated it will at www.boxofficemojo.com

They're saying a 3 day total of over $132 million

Looking for opinions on the movie and looking for the whole thing to be ruined are concepts exclusive of one another.

Also "days ago" != free reign when a convenient and considerate alternative is provided for you jesus christ why do I have to explain these things.

I highly doubt the percentage increase in population is anywhere near the percentage increase in film sales.

That's about a 10% jump since a few years ago, is North America ten percent bigger?

Observe!



So by NA censorship logic, it seems that people killing themselves/each other is a-okay only as long as you don't actually see a conventional weapon involved. :rolleyes:

I really thought this movie was ok. For all the hype, its not THAT good.

The first movie was great, then again, it came out of left field with no expectations. It was such a fun and original flick, great music, good characters, funny while dramatic with good action. It had it all.

This movie has... well, stuff. It feels stuffed to the brim with nothing. The sword fighting was ok, but mostly ridiculous. The whole island thing early in the movie was full of scenes that were too goofy. Aside from the Ms. Swan/Cpt. Sparrow conversations, the dialog was pretty boring or predictable.

I enjoyed the movie, don't get me wrong. But this isn't a great movie. It is a tried and true summer flick. Nothing more. It aspires to live up to the original, but just pales in creativity, witty dialog, captivating characters, action scenes (what happens NOT the FX). I recommend seeing it because its fun but not nearly as great as it's made out to be.

Well we all know that the 2/3 year old demographic makes up for a huge percentage of box office sales.

me thought it was a decent movie. some of the old jokes are little over done.
i was told that there's gonna be a third one so i kinda expected a cliffhanger.
the second half of the story is fairly predictible.

but i definately did not see that ending comming (but i love it !!). i guess that kinda saved the whole story :D

6.5/10

LOL, I guess you're right. What makes it even more lame is that's what Will actually does in the 1st movie - I guess the kiddies just can't handle watching the same thing in video game format. *rolls eyes* But thanks for the info - definitely amusing.

Wouldn't the increase in box office money be attributed to the gradual inflation in ticket prices?

I mean, even over the past couple of years tickets have gone up at least 50 cents a piece.

Does anyone think the movie is racist? I keep reading journal entries about how the movie is very racist. I haven't been able to see it, but is it true? Or are they just blowing it out of proporation like "The Passion of the Christ" and "Dogma"?

It's not really Disney censoring it to be bastards so much as they're censoring it to make E10+ rating as to not lose sales.:lolsign:

I think the racist hoopla was the "misrepresentation" of the carib people. There are protest that say that caribs are protrayed excessively as cannibals.

For goodness sake, this is just a movie. They might as well protest that Davy Jones was misrepresented as a fish monster.

I guess Disney can expect an angry letter from all the Deep Ones offended by their insensitive portrayal of slimy fish monsters. And considering Davy's resemblance to Cthulhu, maybe an accusation of insulting their religious beliefs.

Best movie of 2006 so far.

And to some of the idiots DUR THE ENDING "DEFIES LOGIC" I GIVE IT A 2/4..

.. Defies logic? It's a fucking pirate movie with a 4000000 foot squid. . Will you just ENJOY a movie and not pick the damn thing apart?

I'm sure people said Natural Born Killers was just a movie too, but that doesn't mean it didn't influence individuals' behavior in unforseen ways. I'm sure you're familiar with the copycat killings surrounding the movie.

Now, does that mean this film will turn anyone or even a significant portion of people into racists? Not necessarily. But to say that it has no effect is false, because you're speaking for not just yourself, but everyone who goes to see it.

People tell themselves they won't be affected by things all the time, but they don't always follow up so well.