Pirates of the Caribbean 2

[juldea]

Just finished watching it for the first time, and I've gotta say, I am NOT a fan. I'd say it had a shitty ending, if it had one at all.

Comments

[tpau]

it ddin't though, it is a middle-of-things epic sort of ending. the trailer for 3 is out, seemy lj

[juldea.livejournal.com]

I watched 2 because I had seen the trailer for 3 yesterday and a friend told me it would make more sense and be more exciting if I had seen 2. It didn't.

[tpau]

ah... meh i watch for the pretty nto for the story... one was good though

[rufinia.livejournal.com]

Tpau is right- it suffers from middle movie syndrome. I also felt that it was about half an act too long, and if you cut out the pointless crap on the island with the Jack-kebob (You know, that thing that didn't advance the plot one bit?) it would have been a MUCH better movie.

However, "We have an undead monkey!" is a great line.

[juldea.livejournal.com]

Middle movies should stand up on their own, too.

[rufinia.livejournal.com]

I have not acquired the DVD for my own use, because I really didn't like it. However, I have a few OCD-type habits, which includes having a full set of stuff, so if I like At Worlds End, then I'll probably feel compelled to get DMC just so I have the full set.

re: NOT a fan

[etherial.livejournal.com]

It sucked less in the theatres because it was big.

Re: NOT a fan

[juldea.livejournal.com]

It certainly had inventively-contrived action scenes.

[mdyesowitch.livejournal.com]

It was very MatrixIIesque. I like movies with a definitive end. And yet, I would see it again, just to support Jack Davenport.

[dirkcjelli.livejournal.com]

"empire strikes back, with pirates"

[juldea.livejournal.com]

But even Empire had more of a sense of finality at the end. This might entirely be because I don't remember a time when I DIDN'T know it to be immediately followed by RotJ, of course.

[freerange-snark.livejournal.com]

I'm with everyone else. It shoulda been 45 minutes shorter, it's really more the first half of a five-hour-long movie than a whole move in itself, and all the pretty CGI and whatnot is made cooler by a really big screen. But the Kraken was awesome, Jack got his hat back, and Keith Richards is going to be in the third one!

[alexx-kay.livejournal.com]

I overall agree, but I thought that the very last few seconds were an awesome (if cliffhanger-y) ending.

[juldea.livejournal.com]

Geoffrey Rush, or the dog? ;)

[alexx-kay.livejournal.com]

Rush. The dog bit was cute, but hardly worth sitting through those interminable credits for.

[juldea.livejournal.com]

Agreed.

[crolack.livejournal.com]

I haven't seen it yet...