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Pirates of the Caribbean
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snippy and The Boy last night. The trip to the theatre was rough--hot weather and bubbling frustration combined to make The Boy and I both rather cranky. Snippy, as usual, was caught in the middle trying to play peacemaker, which made the outing less fun for her than she deserved. Once the previews started, I was fine (quick to anger, quick to cool off--that's me). Snippy, alas, does not shift gears so easily.
Still, we had a good time. It was a very entertaining movie. Snippy repeatedly gripped my arm and whispered to me of her lust for Captain Jack Sparrow (aka Johnny Depp). Well, hell, I think he's pretty, so I can hardly blame her.
When I first heard about the film, I was very excited. My favorite Tim Powers novel is On Stranger Tides, full of pirates and voodoo and weird history. Pirates and voodoo? Magic? On the big screen in glorious live action? I am so there! (Okay, not voodoo per se, but still...)
Then I heard that it was based on the Disney ride and my heart sank. "Gonna suck," my inner critic insisted, "how could it not? Clearly it's purely a marketing ploy, cross-marketing a ride at Disney with a movie." But the previews looked good, and the word of mouth was good, so I began to hope that it would be good. It was. It was great fun.
As for details...spoilers follow, so don't look if you don't want to know:
( Read more... )
Overall: A- (could have been better imho with tighter editing, but certainly very entertaining and worth seeing again).
snippy and The Boy last night. The trip to the theatre was rough--hot weather and bubbling frustration combined to make The Boy and I both rather cranky. Snippy, as usual, was caught in the middle trying to play peacemaker, which made the outing less fun for her than she deserved. Once the previews started, I was fine (quick to anger, quick to cool off--that's me). Snippy, alas, does not shift gears so easily.Still, we had a good time. It was a very entertaining movie. Snippy repeatedly gripped my arm and whispered to me of her lust for Captain Jack Sparrow (aka Johnny Depp). Well, hell, I think he's pretty, so I can hardly blame her.
When I first heard about the film, I was very excited. My favorite Tim Powers novel is On Stranger Tides, full of pirates and voodoo and weird history. Pirates and voodoo? Magic? On the big screen in glorious live action? I am so there! (Okay, not voodoo per se, but still...)
Then I heard that it was based on the Disney ride and my heart sank. "Gonna suck," my inner critic insisted, "how could it not? Clearly it's purely a marketing ploy, cross-marketing a ride at Disney with a movie." But the previews looked good, and the word of mouth was good, so I began to hope that it would be good. It was. It was great fun.
As for details...spoilers follow, so don't look if you don't want to know:
( Read more... )
Overall: A- (could have been better imho with tighter editing, but certainly very entertaining and worth seeing again).
