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Hi, everyone. "Moriarty" here with some Rumblings From The Lab...
Lots of screenings of this one this week. I’m amazed to see that PG-13 on a Walt Disney Pictures film, but I guess it had to happen eventually, and this seems like a good title to have it happen to.
Pleaseletthisbefunpleaseletthisbefun...
Hi Harry,
Yo ho! Yo Ho! The Pirates life for me. I just got to see one of the first screenings in LA of Pirates of the Carribean. Hooray for good Pirate movies. It's long over due. While supposedly not quite finished there weren't too many things that needed to be tweaked for final distribution. This movie was exactly what it needed to be, everything that I had hoped for it to be. It was a fun and fantastic story that calls back to the ride that inspired it. These call backs are brilliantly funny and avoid being cheesy which would have been so easy. As for the writing, there was only one line in the movie that is really quite bad, I think it's in the trailor, but that is forgiveabe what with the rest of it being so good.
The entire cast is excellent, but Johnny Depp is brilliant. He is a master at playing quirky, something I usu ally hold against him in his choices of roles...I wonder what he could do with a "normal" character. But, I digress, Johnny Depp is Captain Jack Sparrow. I can imagine no one else pulling him off so perfectly. Kira Knightly is everything you could hope for in a spunky damsel in distress.
I don't want to go into spoilers but just wanted to let everyone know that this flick doesn't disappoint. It is a total romp. If you want more detail I can give it, but first I'm off to buy an eyepatch and a parrot.
Call me "alphabet soup".Okay, that was a quicky. This next one’s a bit more in-depth. Let’s see if it’s good or bad.
Hey Harry,
I noticed that no one else had written in about the preview screening of PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN that Bruckheimer held (and hosted) on Saturday night, so I thought I would weigh in.
First of all, it was a kick and a nice surprise to have Bruckheimer there, and speaking about the film. He explained that the print we were seeing was incomplete, etc. (looked pretty good to me though).
What we had the opportunity to see was some of the most shameless fun I have had at the movies in a longtime. Dictionary definition popcorn flick. I won't go into plot specifics (mostly b/c it's not worth it...the script is sometimes surprisingly convoluted for this type of film) But the story of how the titular curse came upon the Black Pearl - the pirate's ship – and the effects of the curse itself are pretty unique.
The obligatory romantic subplot (along with it's main players) is the most boring aspect of the film. I realized watching this why Orlando is so great as Legolas: it's b/c being stony and docile works for the elves that Tolkein created, but not so much as a scallywag. Oh well.
The action set pieces aren't always unique, but they all work, and are fun to see (especially when there is a skeleton at the other end of a sword), and Johnny's first escape attempt, segueing into his sword fight with Orlando are the epitome of action as humor.
The strongest elements in the film are Depp and Rush as the 'good' and 'bad' pirates, respectively. It is clear that both actors had loads of fun with these roles, and are hysterically funny (the first shot of Depp's Jack Sparrow still has me giggling two days later). Personally, I love both of these actors in almost anything and as far as "surprising commercial vehicles" go, this was a smart move for both of them.
I hope this film is successful, b/c it was just a good time. It played wonderfully with the audience I saw it with, but the last twenty or so years of movie-goers have not been kind to pirates in the cineplexes. I'm interested to see how this one plays with the crowds.
Drink up me hearties, yo ho.
In'n'OutCooooooool. I’m sure we’ll hear more about this one in the days ahead.
"Moriarty" out.
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Jun 24, 2003 7:41:27 AM CDT
God, I can't wait to see Keira Knightley, the ORIGINAL sexiest t
by atticus finch
Whew!
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That wore me out
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by of all things...a monkey
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1966 - The Smugglers.
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Sorry.
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Everyone, and I mean ABSOLUTELY EVERYONE is FORBIDDEN to use the words sexiest,tomboy,beanpole and planet in a single contiguous sentence for the rest of FUCKING ETERNITY!!!. Anyone who violates this ban is cursed. I promise you.
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Oh please let this be good, old-fashioned swashbuckling fun! If you haven't checked out the website yet, its quite worth it. You can even create your own customized pirate flag. Works for me!
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The Hulk was great until the last 20 minutes.What a let down ending...
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I liked the character jonny depp played in 'Sleepy hollow' and 'From Hell', they should have somehow worked that guy into this movie.
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Does she have a bomb in her ribcage?
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I'm not sure why this movie appeals to me, but I was hoping it would turn out to be good fun. I'm looking forward to seeing it.
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He is probably the only reason to see this movie. Oh, I forgot about Keira Knightly, the sexiest tomboy beanpole on the planet. I wonder if Depp will put on a dress in this movie.
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No matter how many times I watch that film I can still never quite get a decent look at Daryls tits. Bummer.
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"The Black Hole" was Disney's first PG film. I can't think of any PG-13 ones, though, so "Pirates" may be the first. It won't be as good as "The Black Hole," though, because it doesn't feature Academy Award Winner Ernest Borgnine.
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Surely one of you geniuses will call one of these people a plant?!
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I said it once in the last "pirates" TalkBack.... I'll say it again. If I do not hear those magic five words from the ride during the new movie, I will demand my money back. For there would be the PROOF UNDENIABLE of a faithful adaptation. *snort*
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Although ILM is known for CG character animation and digital wonders, for this film they went back to the tried and true modelwork for the "at-sea" battle scenes.
The film does have some CG animation, but for the ships, Supervisor John Knoll and his team built ships at different scales and shot them in a water tank. The also blew some pyro-rig stunt models for some of the spectacular shots in the flick.
Unfortunately, alot of this stuff is not being covered anywhere. I guess it's just not hip and "cutting-edge" enough. Forget the fact it may LOOK BETTER and WORK BETTER than CG. Modelwork just doesn't have the media hype and hoopla around it like digital.
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I was hugely disappointed by this crap. Verbinski should learn to appreciate the theme park origins and not stray from the source materials. I was under the impression that the film was going to consist of only ONE spooky skeleton, driving the boat at the beginning, with rain and stuff. These pirates are dumb, of course, letting a skeleton drive the boat, because dead men make no good driving decisions, let alone tell tales. Anyway, I then expected the film to become a giddy musical romp, with pirates looting and pillaging a wee town while drinking heavily and getting chased, to hilarious effect, by a heavyset schoolmarm. Of course, when I first went to the ride I was similarly disappointed, as I had mispronounced the name and I thought it was about a Greek philosopher named Pirates (PEE- ra -TEES). Nonetheless, this film was a shit sandwich. I expected my ass to get soggy from splashing water and that one moderately-sized drop at the beginning, and instead my ass was truly bone-dry. This injustice will not stand.
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Marvel title. Bad credits. sleep, sleep,sleep Hulk appears. Smash shit. Be all gay with daddy. sleep, sleep Hulk dogs. Ass kicking poodle asskicking Roc naked Eric Bana sleep, sleep, sleep ass kicking army sleep weird Nick Nolte speech. Short dark battle that I don't understand, sleep credits. A all around good movie.
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I'm pushing thirty and I can't remember one being released in my lifetime. I can remember a few atrocious ones (The Pirate Movie, Pirates!, and Cutthroat Island) but no good ones. Is this a "In Every Generation" thing? I'm amazed that this looks like it might be a quality flick.
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Jun 24, 2003 2:40:46 PM CDT
I'm sorry, but Jerry Fuckhimer's involvement won't make this any
by mbaker
And what's with all the hatred towards X2! It's the best thing to come out so far this summer!!! You people should at least be happy about that! Di$ney can suck my johnson for all i care!
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That's one of the first films to come from Disney's Touchstobne Pictures division. (I could be wrong, but feel free to correct me on that one.) Now if only Di$ney would let Touchstone form it's own animation studio...
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Jun 24, 2003 2:45:42 PM CDT
"keira Knightley is a perfect spunky damsel in distress"
by smokey leonard
He said "spunky".
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Jun 24, 2003 2:47:13 PM CDT
Disney created the "Touchstone" name back when it wanted to make
by frankdrebin
...and the "Hollywood" name as a dumping ground for its disasters. But, these days, with bloodfests like The Mummy and Lord Of The Rings being considered suitable for kids (as well as skinfests like Blue Crush and boozefests like Coyote Ugly), they don't have to shelter the Disney name anymore.
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........ someone asked before.... and that's the obvious answer.
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Standards have changed since the '80's and what not, when you could utter the word "shit" numerous times in a PG flick and it'd be fine. I'm sure I'm not the only one that noticed Disney was taking a long ass time rating this thing, like they couldn't decide whether to actually make a movie with the Magic Kingdom logo PG-13 for the first time in history, or to make it PG a la the Star Wars flicks.
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Jun 24, 2003 3:15:19 PM CDT
The last good pirate film made was "Count of Monte Cristo."
by christopher3
It was too a pirate film. On land.
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its filthy....my grandpa got montezuma's revenge from it just from washing his pants with it to remove an ice cream stain....i remember laughing at him throwing up...you havent lived until youve seen a 73 year old man whine like a little bitch.........good times!
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I do hope this is a fun-filled high seas adventure! From the trailers it seems to be fun... but you can never trust a trailer! For me the best Pirate Movies were the two Errol Flynn flicks...Sea Hawk and Captain Blood and of course the fun romp Crimson Pirate with the toothy Burt Lancaster. All the Pirate movies since that come to mind pale against these three! As for the two reviews here... well the first one I do not trust... the 2nd one seems more genuine. And folks my two cents on this Matrix thingy... Wait until the Third installment to judge this one.
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For example: Planet of the Apes (1968) was rated G. Could you imagine a movie being released today with the same amount of violence that was in the original Planet of the Apes? it would almost certainly be rated PG-13.
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I'm interested in the modelwork. Tell me what they did, I'll listen. I can't wait to see this movie and the more I know about the effects going in the more I'll be able to appreciate them. I'd appreciate the movie anyway of course, pirates rock and Johnny Depp is always worth watching. You ought to see CRYBABY if you haven't, just cuz it's so bizarre. It's excellent. Anyway, if you have any more to share about any of the effects, that'd be cool.
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sucks
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ARRRRRRRR!!!
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Captain Blood is the greatest movie ever! I've been raised on the thing, and in my opinion pirate films are now the most screwed-over subgenre (now that comic films are being given their dues). I sure hope that Pirates of the Caribbean is good and financially successful, hopefully so we can see more swashbucklers in the future.
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Jun 24, 2003 6:05:34 PM CDT
That POTC trailer has shown me one thing, and that is that Johnn
by t-mack 1.01
"I may have deserved that." Honestly, I've seen that trailer dozens of times in front of other movies and the only thing that keeps me from getting bored is Depp's presence. I just hope the absence of the skeleton-pirates doesn't hold true to the final product.
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I just bought the "Atlantis" dvd and noticed all the adult touches in it ( Helga's form-fitting t-shirt, the fight to the death between Milo and Commander Roarke, the death of the Atlantean King and so on ) and realized that this may be Disney's first PG Cartoon. It had no singing and dancing, no cute animals and was pretty much just a straight adventure story. I liked it, but then I noticed that it was a LOT like "Stargate." Milo and James Spader's character play experts in old languages ( Milo in Atlantean, Spader in Egyptian ) they both are hired ( during a storm!! )by a mysterious benefactor to join an expedition. On the expedition they are treated with disdain by the military, they meet and fall in love with a Girl from Another Culture ( Milo with Kida, Spader with the beautiful Milli Avital ) in the end they defeat the bad guy with a mixture of human, current technology and alien technology ( Milo kills Roarke when he converts him to a crystal creature and he is shattered by the blades of his ballon, Ra is killed by an army bomb carried to him by his teleporter.) In the end, the young scholar stays with the girl from the Other Culture and GIVES BACK A NECKLACE to his benefactor! ( didn't Spader give a pendant to Kurt Russell to take back to Viveca Lindfors? ) Freaky no? Yeah, I know...off topic, but I've seen talkbacks about movies degenerate into Bush vs. Gore so this should be no problem for ya.
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Unbuhreevable. Oh, and Keira Knightly is the sexiest tomboy blah blah.
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Black eye-liner and and all.
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I thought the first PG Disney cartoon was "The Black Cauldron." But I may be wrong.
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I reeeaaly want this movie to be good. I mean, sure it's "a pirate movie", aaand it's a live-action Mouse flick, but c'mon, why not? They actually made a halfway decent gladiator movie a while back, and pirates are fun! All shit aside, Johnny Depp is just awesome in virtually anything he's in and Rush is always an interesting touch of class. Not so sure about th' plucky heroine and extreme elf Bloom, but if they bring the action, the funny, the "yo-ho-ho" high adventure that's required, I'm totally there.
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I read it in the paper today, so it must be true. Oh, and TARDIS, everyone rips off our adventures. It's no sense complaining about it. Jellybaby?
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Jun 24, 2003 11:02:42 PM CDT
I refuse to spend good money to see Drag Queens of the Caribbean
by bari umenema
Depp is a prancing flaming drag queen in this movie, that's what I get from the trailer and the commercials, he's practically wearing as much makeup as a Vegas showgirl. I'll see this one for free on TV in a couple of years when it airs as the Disney Sunday night movie. I won't even bother to sneak into it at the multiplex, that's how little I think of this piece of crap.
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....The Black Hole ! I remember as a little kid and it struck me as crap of the first order and I avoided at all costs. It was my first attempt at having any taste in movies and it worked! My older buddy took the bullet because a loser friend was paying. He came back with the gory details of it's suckage and I laughed. At the end spaced out Captn' Nemo bad guy is assed raped by his robot Maximillion. Ah recalling Disney's failures. It seems just like yesterday... and last week and two minutes ago. This pirate flick better not be a Treasure Planet load of dung. Being PG-13 is possibly a step in the right direction.
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Pirates is rated PG-13. Don't worry folks, I'll avoid repeating any "arrr..." jokes here. Sort of.
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Anyone who's been around the block knows that a REAL plant would have made sure that they mentioned how sexy Kiera Knightley looks in this movie. Duuuuhhh. Or is that what they want us to think? Or do I have them confused with everybody ELSE that posts on this site? Guuhhhh.....me confused. Aw, what the hell? Disney better prune the leaves on these PLANTS!
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Jun 25, 2003 12:51:00 AM CDT
I thought Lord of the Rings was the most homosexual thing I've e
by sea bass
....then I saw the trailer for this. Come on Depp, what are you doing?
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It would be a shameless popcorn movie, no doubt about it, but the trick is not taking yourself too seriously. Both Depp and Rush seem to be having fun with their roles, and the filmmakers obviously realize that this film is better suited as a mindless blockbuster; the dialogue seems awfully cheeky. In some cases that can be a bad thing (see: horrible "corset" line of Knightley's) but because they promise nothing more than adrenaline and escapism by choosing not to play it straight, the general public will probably have a lot more goodwill towards this than, say, 'Hulk.' As much as it sucks to admit it, most people don't go to movies to think. That's okay; not every movie has to tell you how to live your life, and because this movie looks to excel at everything else, it'll probably be a success. It'll be interesting to see if Harry loathes this as much as he loathed the Brendan Fraser 'Mummy' flicks because of what it stands for. Verbinski's visuals and the "cool" set and creature designs seem to have roped him in. I don't mean to be derogatory; I'm sure he'll explain for himself why he liked it, but I don't think I can go see another film that echoes 'The Mummy Returns.'
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please buy Disney stock. Skip the movies if you want, but please buy the stock!!!
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Thats the stupidest name I've ever heard! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
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But there was no alternative, really.
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That Hulk Hogan shit kills me! I love this stuff. This is gonna be the feel-good bucaneer epic of the summer. Oh. Goonies like a muthafucka!!
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