Any reviews/news related articles on Pirates Of The Carribbean?
06-11-03, 08:03 PM
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Any reviews/news related articles on Pirates Of The Carribbean?
I'm a little scared of this flick since JB is producing. Not a fan of his stuff. But I love Johnny and I'll check out any flick with him. Geofrey Rush is great and Orlando Bloom has been impressive, and I loved the Ring(Verbinski) - so the scale is tipped in my favor for loving this movie.
But JB... really, really scares me.
But JB... really, really scares me.
06-12-03, 11:19 AM
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I totally agree. I was pretty interested when I saw a piece on the film on one of those preview DVDs you sometimes get with your popcorn at a movie, but as soon as Bruckheimer's name went across, I lost my appetite. I may have to break tradition and see this in the theaters though, for all the reasons you mentioned.
06-12-03, 12:43 PM
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It is interesting that when Bruckheimer has his name attached to a good movie, you don't hear peep about him...but when it's a bad movie, it's all his fault.
I've read a lot of praise on this board about Black Hawk Down - but nobody ever mentions that Bruckheimer produced that...yet, when something like Pearl Harbor comes along - jump on the bandwagon - it's time to bash the guy! All his fault.
I guess it's just become one of the trendy things to do - like writing Luca$ or Di$ney.
I've read a lot of praise on this board about Black Hawk Down - but nobody ever mentions that Bruckheimer produced that...yet, when something like Pearl Harbor comes along - jump on the bandwagon - it's time to bash the guy! All his fault.
I guess it's just become one of the trendy things to do - like writing Luca$ or Di$ney.
06-12-03, 12:48 PM
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Originally posted by ToddSm66
It is interesting that when Bruckheimer has his name attached to a good movie, you don't hear peep about him...but when it's a bad movie, it's all his fault.
I've read a lot of praise on this board about Black Hawk Down - but nobody ever mentions that Bruckheimer produced that...yet, when something like Pearl Harbor comes along - jump on the bandwagon - it's time to bash the guy! All his fault.
I guess it's just become one of the trendy things to do - like writing Luca$ or Di$ney.
It is interesting that when Bruckheimer has his name attached to a good movie, you don't hear peep about him...but when it's a bad movie, it's all his fault.
I've read a lot of praise on this board about Black Hawk Down - but nobody ever mentions that Bruckheimer produced that...yet, when something like Pearl Harbor comes along - jump on the bandwagon - it's time to bash the guy! All his fault.
I guess it's just become one of the trendy things to do - like writing Luca$ or Di$ney.
06-12-03, 01:23 PM
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Originally posted by ToddSm66
It is interesting that when Bruckheimer has his name attached to a good movie, you don't hear peep about him...but when it's a bad movie, it's all his fault.
It is interesting that when Bruckheimer has his name attached to a good movie, you don't hear peep about him...but when it's a bad movie, it's all his fault.
I've read a lot of praise on this board about Black Hawk Down - but nobody ever mentions that Bruckheimer produced that...yet, when something like Pearl Harbor comes along - jump on the bandwagon - it's time to bash the guy! All his fault.
I guess it's just become one of the trendy things to do - like writing Luca$ or Di$ney.
"Bru˘khŁim€r"
06-12-03, 02:16 PM
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Originally posted by morf
Dissing a movie before you've seen it. Intelligent.
Dissing a movie before you've seen it. Intelligent.
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Originally posted by ToddSm66
It is interesting that when Bruckheimer has his name attached to a good movie, you don't hear peep about him...but when it's a bad movie, it's all his fault.
I've read a lot of praise on this board about Black Hawk Down - but nobody ever mentions that Bruckheimer produced that...yet, when something like Pearl Harbor comes along - jump on the bandwagon - it's time to bash the guy! All his fault.
I guess it's just become one of the trendy things to do - like writing Luca$ or Di$ney.
It is interesting that when Bruckheimer has his name attached to a good movie, you don't hear peep about him...but when it's a bad movie, it's all his fault.
I've read a lot of praise on this board about Black Hawk Down - but nobody ever mentions that Bruckheimer produced that...yet, when something like Pearl Harbor comes along - jump on the bandwagon - it's time to bash the guy! All his fault.
I guess it's just become one of the trendy things to do - like writing Luca$ or Di$ney.
Well, I thought that BHD was great eye candy and that's it. Knowing it came from JB made sense to me. I mean, if you can't tell JB slo-mo from John Woo slo-mo what can you tell?
It's been a while since we've seen a good pirate movie, so we have to give it the benefit of doubt.
06-12-03, 11:38 PM
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[old joke] I heard this movie was rated RRRRRRRR [/old joke]
06-13-03, 01:54 AM
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[old joke] I heard this movie was rated RRRRRRRR [/old joke]
[old joke] I heard this movie was rated RRRRRRRR [/old joke]
And do you know why it's rated RRRRR?
Spoiler:
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ain't it cool has early reviews today. pretty much what i was expecting: fun summer movie.
http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=15529
http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=15529
06-24-03, 02:56 PM
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it's good to see those reviews coming in. I'm getting really excited about this movie. Johnny's doing a suprisingly high amount of press for this movie. In the past week I've seen him on E!, Letterman, Extra, and 20/20. I think that's more in seven days than the last seven years.
07-08-03, 09:24 AM
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Saw this at a sneak peak last night and I thought it was a good popcorn movie. While I found the ending very JBish, I enjoyed it.
On a interesting note as we entered the theater they searched bags and ran metal detectors over everyone, and they had a guy with Night Vision Goggles look at the audiance during the movie. My friend I got the ticket from goes to this theater for sneak peaks about 1-3 times a week and this is the first time they have ever done any of these security precautions before.
On a interesting note as we entered the theater they searched bags and ran metal detectors over everyone, and they had a guy with Night Vision Goggles look at the audiance during the movie. My friend I got the ticket from goes to this theater for sneak peaks about 1-3 times a week and this is the first time they have ever done any of these security precautions before.
07-08-03, 09:45 AM
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Originally posted by Cusm
Saw this at a sneak peak last night and I thought it was a good popcorn movie. While I found the ending very JBish, I enjoyed it.
On a interesting note as we entered the theater they searched bags and ran metal detectors over everyone, and they had a guy with Night Vision Goggles look at the audiance during the movie. My friend I got the ticket from goes to this theater for sneak peaks about 1-3 times a week and this is the first time they have ever done any of these security precautions before.
Saw this at a sneak peak last night and I thought it was a good popcorn movie. While I found the ending very JBish, I enjoyed it.
On a interesting note as we entered the theater they searched bags and ran metal detectors over everyone, and they had a guy with Night Vision Goggles look at the audiance during the movie. My friend I got the ticket from goes to this theater for sneak peaks about 1-3 times a week and this is the first time they have ever done any of these security precautions before.
07-08-03, 01:35 PM
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Some early reviews look promising:
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/Pira...Pearl-1123873/
75% as of 7/8/03 11:41am PDST
UPDATE
WOW! As of this second, it's up to 91%!
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/Pira...Pearl-1123873/
75% as of 7/8/03 11:41am PDST
UPDATE
WOW! As of this second, it's up to 91%!
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07-08-03, 04:05 PM
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I wonder if they ever play the pirate song that you hear on the ride? YOu know...
"Yo ho! Yo ho! Pirates' life for me!"
I wonder if they ever play the pirate song that you hear on the ride? YOu know...
"Yo ho! Yo ho! Pirates' life for me!"
I'm sure it'll be in there somewhere.
07-08-03, 05:27 PM
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Here's a positive review from The Onion:
Pirates Of The Caribbean:
Curse Of The Black Pearl
With hobbits and superheroes now dominating the public imagination, could it be that all of yesteryear's heroes will soon have their moment in the spotlight? It might be early to start plotting a comeback for Doc Savage: The Man Of Bronze, but Pirates Of The Caribbean: Curse Of The Black Pearl makes a good case for bringing back a genre that's been mostly neglected for a couple of decades. Maybe the blame belongs to 1982's The Pirate Movie, a disastrous one-time HBO staple in which Kristy McNichol and Christopher Atkins lip-sync soft-rock love songs and mangle The Pirates Of Penzance. Maybe not, but Pirates Of The Caribbean comes swinging back as if such offenses had never taken place and only advances in special effects stood between it and Errol Flynn. Keira Knightley plays a free-spirited daughter of colonial governor Jonathan Pryce, whose success at ridding his island port of uncivilized elements doesn't stop her from dreaming of pirates, or the castaway she helped rescue from a pirate ship as a young child. He grew up to be Lord Of The Rings' Orlando Bloom, a blacksmith who has learned to brandish swords with the same skillfulness he uses to forge them. Both Knightley and Bloom make for appealing leads, but Johnny Depp, sporting the best facial hair since Daniel Day-Lewis in Gangs Of New York, easily steals the film as the colorfully named Captain Jack Sparrow, a down-on-his-luck pirate introduced posing majestically on a dilapidated dinghy. Flouncing, bugging his eyes, and speaking in an indescribable accent when not engaging in feats of derring-do, he finds a balance between the comic and the heroic perfectly aligned with a script written in part by the Shrek team of Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio. Similarly, The Ring director Gore Verbinski knows when to break out the stunning action sequences and when to let his characters dominate the film, and he handles both modes expertly. In a rare bit of successful corporate synergy, Verbinski even finds a way to incorporate gags from the Disney theme-park ride that lends the film its name, and he keeps the proceedings fun once Depp, Knightley, and Bloom get drawn into a special-effects-heavy plot involving cursed gold and ghostly pirates captained by a perfectly over-the-top Geoffrey Rush. Rush even has a monkey sidekick (the traditional parrot belongs to someone else) and says "Arrr!" without a hint of self-consciousness. Pirates Of The Caribbean is that sort of movie, and though no one seemed to be clamoring for pirate adventures, it still seems long overdue. —Keith Phipps
Pirates Of The Caribbean:
Curse Of The Black Pearl
With hobbits and superheroes now dominating the public imagination, could it be that all of yesteryear's heroes will soon have their moment in the spotlight? It might be early to start plotting a comeback for Doc Savage: The Man Of Bronze, but Pirates Of The Caribbean: Curse Of The Black Pearl makes a good case for bringing back a genre that's been mostly neglected for a couple of decades. Maybe the blame belongs to 1982's The Pirate Movie, a disastrous one-time HBO staple in which Kristy McNichol and Christopher Atkins lip-sync soft-rock love songs and mangle The Pirates Of Penzance. Maybe not, but Pirates Of The Caribbean comes swinging back as if such offenses had never taken place and only advances in special effects stood between it and Errol Flynn. Keira Knightley plays a free-spirited daughter of colonial governor Jonathan Pryce, whose success at ridding his island port of uncivilized elements doesn't stop her from dreaming of pirates, or the castaway she helped rescue from a pirate ship as a young child. He grew up to be Lord Of The Rings' Orlando Bloom, a blacksmith who has learned to brandish swords with the same skillfulness he uses to forge them. Both Knightley and Bloom make for appealing leads, but Johnny Depp, sporting the best facial hair since Daniel Day-Lewis in Gangs Of New York, easily steals the film as the colorfully named Captain Jack Sparrow, a down-on-his-luck pirate introduced posing majestically on a dilapidated dinghy. Flouncing, bugging his eyes, and speaking in an indescribable accent when not engaging in feats of derring-do, he finds a balance between the comic and the heroic perfectly aligned with a script written in part by the Shrek team of Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio. Similarly, The Ring director Gore Verbinski knows when to break out the stunning action sequences and when to let his characters dominate the film, and he handles both modes expertly. In a rare bit of successful corporate synergy, Verbinski even finds a way to incorporate gags from the Disney theme-park ride that lends the film its name, and he keeps the proceedings fun once Depp, Knightley, and Bloom get drawn into a special-effects-heavy plot involving cursed gold and ghostly pirates captained by a perfectly over-the-top Geoffrey Rush. Rush even has a monkey sidekick (the traditional parrot belongs to someone else) and says "Arrr!" without a hint of self-consciousness. Pirates Of The Caribbean is that sort of movie, and though no one seemed to be clamoring for pirate adventures, it still seems long overdue. —Keith Phipps
