Jul
23
2006
Dir: Gore Verbinski
Writ: Ted Elliot, Terry Rossio, Stuart Beatti & Jay Wolpert
- Johnny Depp - Jack Sparrow
- Orlando Bloom - Will Turner
- Keira Knightley - Elizabeth Swann
- Jack Davenport - Norrington
- Bill Nighy - Davy Jones
Took me long enough, but I finally managed to catch POTC2, and despite loving the first one I have to say that this just isn’t that great. Yes it has wonderful bits of Jack Sparrow-ness, but overall it is too long and too silly to really entertain.
Of course it does suffer because the story doesn’t end with this film, you’ve got to wait til film three before we have a resolution, but that isn’t the main problem. No, the problem is that there isn’t enough story to fill the 150 minutes of screen time. It is as though they wanted to put in all these “cool pirate bits” and then had to invent reasons to have them. They don’t serve the plot and so aren’t needed, and only make the film drag.
Still, there is plenty to entertain. Obviously Jack Sparrow is as entertaining as ever. And then there is Bill Nighy’s Davy Jones and his ickness. Keira Knightly I could do without however.
All in all, good in places but too long. Although the conversation over the pronunciation of Kraken was simply superb.
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Dec
22
2004
dir. Joel Schumacher
Writ: Andrew Lloyd Webber & Joel Schumacher, based on book by Gaston Leroux
Starring:
* Gerard Butler - The Phantom
* Emmy Rossum - Christine
* Patrick Wilson - Raoul
I had expected to enjoy this. But no, it was over long, over crap, and just plain boring.
There isn’t really a lot more to say, but I suppose you bothered to click on a link to take you here so I’d better type something for you to read.
There are two main flaws with this film.
First off it should have chopped some songs out. Seems as thought there was no editing at all, and everything is faithful to the stage show. (Maybe fans of that will enjoy this)
Second of all, the characters. Christine has none. She does nothing but react, and not even a lot of that.
So, all in all, give it a miss. It does pick up the pace a little towards the end, but by that stage no one really cares. Thank god for popcorn to keep you entertained is all I can say.
Total and utter BLEUCH!
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Nov
30
2004
Dir: Oliver Stone
- Colin Farrell - Alexander
- Angelina Joile - Olympias
- Val Kilmer - Philip
- Jared Leto - Hephaestion
Alexander has received a bit of a panning in the US of A, its been out here for around a week now, and so far a lot of critics seem to agree with the reception it got across the Atlantic. I don’t.
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Took me long enough, but I finally managed to catch POTC2, and despite loving the first one I have to say that this just isn’t that great. Yes it has wonderful bits of Jack Sparrow-ness, but overall it is too long and too silly to really entertain.