Pirates of the Caribbean, ahoy!
Aug. 28th, 2003 03:46 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
applecameronSo, I blew a whole six bucks and went to see Pirates of the Caribbean at a matinee. (When did matinees become so expensive?)
It was good. Maybe I've read too many Hornblower books this year (and seen it as well)...but I wanted the Navy to be the heroes!
Anyway, great cast, medium movie, IMO. Definitely a fun, blockbuster-type, and I do enjoy those. So, I wouldn't mind seeing it again, but the only thing that took my breath away was the undead pirates walking on the seabed and the skeleton/flesh transistions during the final fight scenes. Now that was friggin' cool.
I do, however, *adore* Geoffrey Rush, and Jack Davenport, and Johnny Depp, and Orlando Bloom, and Jonathan Pryce, so seeing them all In! One! Film! was a real treat. And I liked that the one female character of any import had brains, balls, and beauty, and a good half the adventure to herself. Always a plus.
Anyone else notice that 'lobsters' (ship's Marine detachments) seem to be as much cannon fodder as Star Trek redshirts?
It was good. Maybe I've read too many Hornblower books this year (and seen it as well)...but I wanted the Navy to be the heroes!
Anyway, great cast, medium movie, IMO. Definitely a fun, blockbuster-type, and I do enjoy those. So, I wouldn't mind seeing it again, but the only thing that took my breath away was the undead pirates walking on the seabed and the skeleton/flesh transistions during the final fight scenes. Now that was friggin' cool.
I do, however, *adore* Geoffrey Rush, and Jack Davenport, and Johnny Depp, and Orlando Bloom, and Jonathan Pryce, so seeing them all In! One! Film! was a real treat. And I liked that the one female character of any import had brains, balls, and beauty, and a good half the adventure to herself. Always a plus.
Anyone else notice that 'lobsters' (ship's Marine detachments) seem to be as much cannon fodder as Star Trek redshirts?