Pirates!!!!! [Archive]

GrassDragon

07-06-2006, 12:18 PM

Seal

07-06-2006, 12:21 PM

pre-releases happen, on select theatres. generally they arent advertised, just invites or groups.

Mtank

07-06-2006, 12:31 PM

I still have to wait another fifteen days to see it here. And I think I may have to make some new friends to go see it with. Hm.

gordomay

07-06-2006, 12:35 PM

How did you see it? It's not released until midnight.

I watched it last night or I should say this morning. I'm a maintainence Tech at a local movie theater chain and I watched it, and got paid for it. Gotta love that!!!!:D

Seal

07-06-2006, 12:45 PM

I watched it last night or I should say this morning. I'm a maintainence Tech at a local movie theater chain and I watched it, and got paid for it. Gotta love that!!!!:D
testing the equipment eh?

gordomay

07-06-2006, 3:13 PM

testing the equipment eh?

Yep, gotta make sure everything is working!!!!!:)

mcflurry_1982

07-06-2006, 4:29 PM

my gf and i are seeing it tomorrow.

gordomay

07-06-2006, 5:01 PM

Get ready it's a dark one!:D

Modred

07-06-2006, 5:09 PM

Pirates of the Caravan? Wow, that sounds exciting. =p

Anyway, I liked the first movie much. Perhaps it did recieve a little too much hype, but there were some truly golden moments in the film, and the score was incredible. Quite possibly still one of the most fun movie scores I've played in orchestra (although Psycho reigns supreme in that category).

Ender

07-06-2006, 5:24 PM

I'm seeing the midnight showing tonight, and I'm pretty excited.

Seal

07-06-2006, 5:25 PM

i better be pirating some bootlegs yarrr.
assuming you return alive and well, maties.

ScottieIWU

07-06-2006, 8:12 PM

I dunno, sequels tend to let me down so I don't hold out much hope for it.

However, besides the movie Pirates! (which...well..was not what I expected when I was told to watch it) and the original Pirates of the Caribbean, there aren't many good movies about pirates that I know of.

Though, I guess most pirates didn't face the undead, so I don't know if I should even count PC.

Ktan

07-07-2006, 6:44 AM

A few other non-USers said they saw it today as well. I guess it was released worldwide before it was released here?

I thought the first one was overhyped, but this one looks like it might be good. Could be this weekend's movie for me.

pre-releases happen, on select theatres. generally they arent advertised, just invites or groups.

Time zones.

It is really good, worth a watch. It was also definitly funnier than the first one, as far as I can remeber and all the pirates looked pretty damned cool.

I really suggest you re-watch the first one again though if you want to fully understand it, it doesn't give you many reminders of what has gone before and carries pretty much straight on.

Demon_Child

07-10-2006, 1:08 AM

*spoiler alert for Pirates of the Caribean 3*

I am looking forward to seeing what Barbosa has to offer for the remaining crew of the Black Pearl as a protagonist (supposedly) this time. ;)

Kingscrab

07-10-2006, 7:14 AM

Saw it this weekend. Pretty entertaining. A little disjointed, but overall definately worth it. I'd see it again.

FYI: The first one beats it hands down though.

B+

kongurous

07-10-2006, 9:29 AM

I've got a jar of dirt!

If you don't get the reference, then don't delete this post. 7,700th post, btw.

Battlecruiser

07-10-2006, 4:49 PM

Not too good. Might be worth to see on DVD, but I wouldn't want to watch it in theaters if I knew it was going to be this bad. For those of you who haven't seen it, this movie and the original are not the same in terms of how good they are. The original is much better.

mcflurry_1982

07-10-2006, 6:31 PM

Theyre doing what the Matrix did. the 2nd movie is split into 2 and extended a bit so that they can get more money. but as long as they are entertaining i really dont care

Ender

07-10-2006, 9:41 PM

Don't say they're doing what the Matrix did...because the Matrix sequels were some of the worst movies ever.

BlackHawk

07-10-2006, 9:54 PM

Hopefully I'll be able to see it when I go back up to camp on a day off, if not before then. It looks pretty good, of course, there is the always apparent sequel desease.

Don't say they're doing what the Matrix did...because the Matrix sequels were some of the worst movies ever.

Really? I didn't think they were bad at all. Actually, I thought they were pretty good. Then again I'm not a really hardcore fan -- I know many of the hardcore fans were all 'zomg they are teh sucks' and stuff.

wa123

07-10-2006, 10:11 PM

Pirates of the Carribian has an adult version as well, not many people knew that I bet. even thus it has high level of sex scene, but the movie was well produced.

I will not post the triler up, as it might get delete anyway.

kongurous

07-10-2006, 10:22 PM

Pirates of the Carribian has an adult version as well, not many people knew that I bet. even thus it has high level of sex scene, but the movie was well produced.

Dude, I've seen it, and Jenna Jameson has nothing to do with Pirates of the Carribean.

Glad_2_bestoned

07-10-2006, 10:25 PM

I never liked pirates of the carribean, so i don't want to bother seeing the second one. :/

Ktan

07-11-2006, 4:47 AM

Don't say they're doing what the Matrix did...because the Matrix sequels were some of the worst movies ever.

Hate to say it, but it does smack of the way the Matrix sequels were done. Although invariably better, the seconds Pirates film does seem a little tagged on. They perhaps should have left it as a single film, leaving it more with a classic status, as opposed to a sour taste in the mouth if the sequels go badly.

Also, Johnny Depp wasn't as good as he was in the first one. When you analyse it after, you realise it was quite flawed in some other respects too.

Still worth a watch though.

Leosam096

07-11-2006, 5:01 AM

sucky matrix sequals wouldn't mean that this would suck too right? :(

it's coming out here in Manila tomorrow, and 13 in Singapore. :)

Ktan

07-11-2006, 5:21 AM

No, just because the Wachowski brothers can't pull it of, doesn't mean Disney can't.

But heed my warning! *Ghosty noises*

TinyDancer

07-12-2006, 2:27 PM

I wanted to go to a midnight release, because I could have seen it 2 hours before all the people at home, but my cousin wimped out last minute because she wanted to be all sappy and shit and go see it with her boyfriend. Bleh.

I've got a jar of dirt!

...Is the jar of dirt going to help?

GrassDragon

07-16-2006, 12:41 PM

I saw it yesterday. It was long. I thought it was good, but not my favorite movie, and it would be a while before I watch it again (if ever). I guess I just don't get the hype.

Dusty

07-16-2006, 1:29 PM

Ya it is a bit tacked on there. But at least its well done most of the time. Like the mill wheel fight scence. Don't see that evreyday>.> <.<

CrazyTom

07-16-2006, 3:20 PM

For you, it should be a dress or nothing....
... I happen to have 'no dress' in my cabin...

Ktan

07-16-2006, 3:22 PM

Ya it is a bit tacked on there. But at least its well done most of the time. Like the mill wheel fight scence. Don't see that evreyday>.> <.<

Agreed. That sequence was one of the funniest I have seen in a while.

JenJen

07-16-2006, 6:37 PM

I recently got back from vacation and saw pirates during it. Since i was in a relatively small town the screen in the theater was much smaller than most. maybe that had to do with how i took the movie. Personally i thought it was entertaining, but much worse than the first. I guess this could also be because it really sets up the third and maybe is just one of those boring middle movies. meh.

TinyDancer

07-16-2006, 8:57 PM

For you, it should be a dress or nothing....
... I happen to have 'no dress' in my cabin...

That was my favorite line in the whole movie. I even got out a pen and wrote it down. Made my friends think I'm weird. Which I am.

Ktan

07-17-2006, 5:56 AM

That was my favorite line in the whole movie. I even got out a pen and wrote it down. Made my friends think I'm weird. Which I am.

Kiera Knightly is a full justification for 'weird' behaviour.

I mean, she was hot when she was dressed as a boy...that's just so wrong...

...but so right...:P

ice

07-17-2006, 8:27 AM

i saw it today, a very cool and well done movie...i'm pretty sure that there will be a 3-rd one soon

ultimate_warrior

07-17-2006, 9:12 AM

ive been reading what you all said ive just seen part two i think its fun but why are you all blastin the matrix like that i love that movie ive got all three parts on dvd and i think they are pretty cool of cource i cant change your minds about it but i sure tell you that they are fans of keanu reeves out there he was especially great inthe movie constanine

CrazyTom

07-17-2006, 9:47 AM

...I want my jar of dirt...

Kingscrab

07-17-2006, 10:13 AM

Sidenote: I saw it for a second time and it was much better. I actually had time to digest all the random shit that was going on.

Anyhoo, i recommend you see it twice. :)

Mindslaver

07-17-2006, 5:30 PM

*Semi-Spoiler Alert*

I particularly liked the new villain, Davy Jones. This second movie is the first Disney film where the villain is not slain or defeated - although his heart gets captured, Davy Jones is alive and well at the end of the movie. Plus, with the scenes where Davy Jones is brought to tears by tales of love, I think this is no ordinary Disney villain. I'm hoping he somehow becomes a protagonist in the third movie.

Davy Jones was completely CGI, in case you were wondering. No prosthetics. That surprised me when I read it on the internet.

In an interview (http://movies.about.com/od/piratesofthecaribbean2/a/piratesbn062906_2.htm), Bill Nighy (Davy Jones) has some interesting (but incoherent) things to say about Pirates of the Caribbean 3:
“If I tell you that they will fire me, I think. I do get…there are some extraordinary… Pirates 3 is nuts, very nuts. It is completely nuts. The story and the plot are completely insane. It is brilliant. It is convoluted to the point of… It is so funny. It is not like comedies where you get lots… They make a feature of the fact that it is so funny. It is funny that it is part of the joke. It is brilliant, but I don’t think I am supposed to tell you anything about it. Except there is one bit… Nah, I can’t tell you (laughing).”

Yoda

07-20-2006, 1:40 AM

I did not like POTC2 at all. Okay, I seem to be the only person who have said that so bluntly. It was nowhere near the power of the original. The storyline seemed to jump around everywhere, and it lost all sense of realism. Even fantasy films have to make some sense.

Johnny Dept does not do as good a performance this time around, and Davy Jones does not have the same ability as a villain as Barbossa (Rush). The (good) joke ratio has been changed too much as well. :rolleyes:

I will still watch the 3rd one though... ;)

Ktan

07-20-2006, 8:34 AM

Johnny Dept does not do as good a performance this time around, and Davy Jones does not have the same ability as a villain as Barbossa (Rush). The (good) joke ratio has been changed too much as well. :rolleyes:

I think they tried to make Jones a little bit of a 'tortured soul' kinda guy. I agree though, Depp's performance at the start of the film was awful, by his standards. It picked up later, but at the start of the film, he was more like an impersonation of Sparrow.

Still not a bad movie. Just smacks of Matrix-Trilogiesquness (w00t, coinage of a word)

Leosam096

07-20-2006, 9:04 AM

We're finished being Matrix-haters a long time ago.

anyways, still haven't watched it. my classmates watched it and some said it sucked. :(
they have no life.

Yoda

07-20-2006, 10:12 PM

We're finished being Matrix-haters a long time ago.

anyways, still haven't watched it. my classmates watched it and some said it sucked. :(
they have no life.

You haven't missed much. :)

CrazyTom

07-21-2006, 9:22 AM

You haven't missed much. :)

LIES!

Joker365

07-21-2006, 11:23 AM

saw pirates yesterday and i finally feel that the wasted 9 bucks was worthwhile.

*spoilers*

fav scenes? the cannibal village scene and the three way fight, it's so hilarious

Black.Ice

07-24-2006, 2:38 AM

I just watched this movie, and I thought it was just a decent movie. It wasn't that great, nor was it a bad movie. It was well done, and I'd definitely recommend for people to go see it, but you won't be missing much if you wait, I guess.

I have to admit, this is one of the most original movies I've seen in a long time. A lot of the sequences were original. They had that drama / comedy thing going, which worked out really well.

Mtank

07-24-2006, 12:41 PM

I just watched this movie, and I thought it was just a decent movie. It wasn't that great, nor was it a bad movie. It was well done, and I'd definitely recommend for people to go see it, but you won't be missing much if you wait, I guess.

I too, saw it yesterday. I found a large chunk of the movie pretty good, especially the new avatar of Norrington (A character who I found quite interesting in the first movie.)

But the fact that it didn't have a definite ending did much to rob me of a great deal of satisfaction. That I have to wait nearly a year for the conclusion is no pleasant thought.