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[austin_tycho]

I am the last person in the world to see Pirates of the Caribbean. (or as hub calls it, Pilates of the Caribbean). Perhaps this is because I was sick of the pirate fad before it started. Maybe cowboys will be next. Or Democrats. Something. Anything!

Anyway, it was marked by some 'hey it's that guy' moments. Mine ("hey, is that Legolas?") and hub's ("hey, is that Casanova Frankenstein?") were both confirmed by the wonder that is IMDB. Oh IMDB, I want to have your babies. Incidentally, Orlando Bloom (who is still not the same as Orlando Jones) has the broadest expanse of forehead evar. I mean, it's huge. It's like the planes of Nebraska in it's vastness.

So on to the movie. It was full of every pirate cliche out there, and some other stuff (Pirate Code?) I hadn't heard of. But this movie was not supposed to be Schindler's List. It was a lot of fun. The story was well-done, with no "aw, come on!" moments. Sets were fine, costumes were fine, music was fine. We watched it with Pirate veteran Amanda, who mentioned that Jack had more chemistry with the big steering wheel thingie of his ship than Orlando and his girlfriend had with each other. And Jack made the movie. He was hysterical. I had a hard time understanding him (and some of the others) sometimes, but I got enough of it. Mister Depp, who we were all surprised to discover was born in Kentucky (thanks again, IMDB!), said he modeled the character off of a combination of Keith Richards and Pepe Le Pew. I will go ahead and agree with pretty much everyone that he pulled it off spectacularly. It looks like at least 2 more Pirates movies are going to be riding on this one's coattails, and if Depp's in them as Jack, I'll watch 'em. Okay, yes I thought he was hot. Maybe it was the boots or they eyeliner or the hair or I don't know. Maybe it was the interesting combination of macho and swishy. We do plan to watch the extras before we sent the dvd back; I hear they're pretty amusing. It was a helluva long movie though- 2 1/2 hours. Thumbs up though!

Comments

[tsarina.livejournal.com]

Feel the pirate love! I had forgotten how that movie makes me want to throw pirate lingo into my speech, savvy?

[the-weeb.livejournal.com]

Now that you've seen this go watch Dodge Ball, it makes Wash as a pirate that much more funny.

And Depp is hot. Oh, yes. He is hot. Yarrr!

[woodowl.livejournal.com]

I heard that Depp got his movements for the part from actually watching and copying the aminatronic figures in the Pirates of the Caribbean ride at Disney world. Sounds just like him.

[hippiedreambox.livejournal.com]

I admire the way JD tries to stay away from the Hollywood scene as much as possible. I hope he will always keep marching to his own damn drummer.