That's an anagram of "Pirates of the Caribbean", by the way, as is "absorbent artifice heap". You can get "captains" out of it too, but the left over letters don't really make much sense.
Anyway, let's leave out the fact that the Flying Dutchman is a myth of the Cape of Good Hope, nowhere near the Caribbean. Pirates of The Caribbean has been watched and mostly enjoyed. It is however at least half an hour too long with inessential bits that could easily have been cut - the most obvious contender being the first quarter of the film. It badly lacks the narrative drive of the first movie, i.e. each scene leading on logically from one that has gone earlier and contributing to the story. All we needed was to get our heroes back on the Black Pearl; everything that happened beforehand was dispensable.
This first quarter also featured a gag which was repeated as a variant later on in the movie. This meant the repetition was a bit old, which is a shame because it was much funnier.
The bad (human) guy was suitably slimy and reptilian. Davy Jones was excellent, though never with the same calculated overacting that Barbossa had in the first one. A relatively minor character from the first one reappears halfway through to assume a much more important role, and though it carries on his story I didn't like what they did with him. In the first one he showed honour and courage; now they've just cheapened him.
By the end, I was quite frankly ready to give part three a miss ... except for the trick they pulled in the last thirty seconds, which suddenly means I'm really looking forward to it.
So, pretty good as sequels made for the sake of it go. Wiped the floor with the Matrix Redundant. Only 5/10 as good movies go generally, though.
Anyway, let's leave out the fact that the Flying Dutchman is a myth of the Cape of Good Hope, nowhere near the Caribbean. Pirates of The Caribbean has been watched and mostly enjoyed. It is however at least half an hour too long with inessential bits that could easily have been cut - the most obvious contender being the first quarter of the film. It badly lacks the narrative drive of the first movie, i.e. each scene leading on logically from one that has gone earlier and contributing to the story. All we needed was to get our heroes back on the Black Pearl; everything that happened beforehand was dispensable.
This first quarter also featured a gag which was repeated as a variant later on in the movie. This meant the repetition was a bit old, which is a shame because it was much funnier.
The bad (human) guy was suitably slimy and reptilian. Davy Jones was excellent, though never with the same calculated overacting that Barbossa had in the first one. A relatively minor character from the first one reappears halfway through to assume a much more important role, and though it carries on his story I didn't like what they did with him. In the first one he showed honour and courage; now they've just cheapened him.
By the end, I was quite frankly ready to give part three a miss ... except for the trick they pulled in the last thirty seconds, which suddenly means I'm really looking forward to it.
So, pretty good as sequels made for the sake of it go. Wiped the floor with the Matrix Redundant. Only 5/10 as good movies go generally, though.
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