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The first Pirates of the Caribbean film was the last great adventure/swashbuckling film
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One of the big problems I have with the Simpsons, same thing happened to Homer, He went from a lovable oaf to just borderline mentally handicapped.
For sure. The Rock is kind of like Depp too, in that he can pretty much carry anything he's put in. I can't see it not being enjoyable.
I love the first it's perfect, in fact I love all of them even if the latter two are obviously inferior.
Just love the world and Captain Jack, helps that it's probably my favourite ride of all time too.
Plus that music is perfect
Just love the world and Captain Jack, helps that it's probably my favourite ride of all time too.
Plus that music is perfect
Some ten years ago, my screenwriting teacher, who one would assume would outright ignore films like these, described this scene as one of the best introductions to a character he's ever seen.
Without any dialogue or exposition, we fully understand that Jack Sparrow is a complete failure of a pirate and a captain. He's rolling into shore by himself on a little dingy thing that's sinking by the minute, and yet, from his perspective, he's on top of the world, full of optimism and confidence. He's looking ahead, not downwards. And why should he? Because he's also brilliant and lucky and graceful in his own strange way: managing to time the boat's sinking perfectly with stepping onto the dock, already thinking of his next plan to get him out of this mess.
He's simultaneously a loser who can't do anything right and the greatest pirate to ever live, all communicated and summarised in a one minute scene before the man even starts talking. And that's the tension the film makes you ask throughout. Is he "the worst pirate I've ever heard of" or "without a doubt the best pirate I've ever seen"? Greeeeaaat screenwriting.
"But you have heard of me" has always been one of my favorite lines from Jack that also perfectly shows his character.
Has anyone made a fan edit out of 2 and 3 yet by combining and gutting them? There is a great movie between them, but it is bloated as fuck. And you can't help but feel that bloat comes from them deciding to make the sequel into 2 movies.
Good list, especially Mummy and Zorro.
Even their lesser sequels were fun films.
One decent debut, four sequels of rubbish. Kind of reminds of of Transformers except Pirates needs a decent spin off first.
The first film is very much a comfort food sort of movie to me. The opening hour is just so well done and it's gorgeously filmed.
I rewatched the original trilogy in the last few days and I'm going to have to go with the original being my least favorite of the three.
All of them are bloated but only the first one truly feels like it goes in circles(they reach the Isla de Muerta at the half way point and the film just goes in a circle until we are back there again for the finish) and the original while still having a lot of fun action, it doesn't hold a candle to the greatness Verbinski brings to the two sequels.
Dead Man's Chest is definitely the more solid of the two latter films but I am so on board with the grandeur and spectacle and the general going-for-broke quality of At World's End. That movie is more impressive than what the supposed blockbusters are bringing today.
Random Thoughts:
I intend to watch the other two at some point soon. I remember On Stranger Tides being a massive disappointment, with the lack of Verbinski felt all over the place, I distinctly recall watching the sequence with the seesawing ship and being flabbergasted at just how much it wasn't working(Verbinski would've killed that bit). And I've never seen Dead Men Tell No Tales, so that'll be an experience
All of them are bloated but only the first one truly feels like it goes in circles(they reach the Isla de Muerta at the half way point and the film just goes in a circle until we are back there again for the finish) and the original while still having a lot of fun action, it doesn't hold a candle to the greatness Verbinski brings to the two sequels.
Dead Man's Chest is definitely the more solid of the two latter films but I am so on board with the grandeur and spectacle and the general going-for-broke quality of At World's End. That movie is more impressive than what the supposed blockbusters are bringing today.
Random Thoughts:
- As a youngin' Jack Sparrow was the coolest, now I see Elizabeth Swann for the greatness that she is.
- The special effects(particularly in Black Pearl) clearly don't wow as they used to but it is still very impressive what they pulled off.
- Davey Jones is still absurdly effective on the other hand.
- The films, while not gorey, are way more gruesome and violent than I remember. Sexual as well.
- It is hard to imagine these getting made(content-wise) by Disney these days. While the threat of it never has teeth or is ever taken seriously, Elizabeth is in constant sexual peril in the first film. The word "Rape" is used at one point(in describing what pirates do, i.e. 'rape and pillage'). The gruesomeness grows in the sequels(you see a guy getting his eye eaten by a bird in Dead Man's Chest, a child is hung to death in the opening scene of At World's End), you have the cannibal islanders(bonus points for tropey racism). At World's End feels like it was made with no studio interference or even oversight, something like the sequence with Jack going mad in the Locker seems like it would be impossible to get past the suits in this day and age.
- Naomi Harris grows 50 feet tall and then transmogrifies into a mass of crabs...how do people not love that movie?!
I intend to watch the other two at some point soon. I remember On Stranger Tides being a massive disappointment, with the lack of Verbinski felt all over the place, I distinctly recall watching the sequence with the seesawing ship and being flabbergasted at just how much it wasn't working(Verbinski would've killed that bit). And I've never seen Dead Men Tell No Tales, so that'll be an experience
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Somehowis my MVP of the franchise.
I ended up really liking this one.
It's the sort of dipshit brilliance I try to embody in all my shitposts. Well that and middle-age court jester patter.
5 is pretty alright, actually. Better than 4.
I still remember seeing the end of 2 in the theater, kinda cheesy but also kinda cool.
The first movie is pretty well done though, for sure.
I also recommend Lego Pirates of the Caribbean on PC or backwards-compatible console.
I still remember seeing the end of 2 in the theater, kinda cheesy but also kinda cool.
The first movie is pretty well done though, for sure.
I also recommend Lego Pirates of the Caribbean on PC or backwards-compatible console.
I loved pirates 1, but its special effects has kinda aged rewatching it on Disney + but it does have the best pace, and highly rewatchable and depp and everyone feel like they're on their A game
pirates 2 - davy jones was the best part of this movie. AMAZING cg that still holds up. Other wise was just a rollercoaster ride that ended abrutly, needed more story
pirates 3 -...again the CG is amazing, the set pieces jaw dropping but....wtf @ the story. i had to rewatch this like 3-4 times to even understand the whole thing. sooo convulated lol but once i understood everything its pretty enjoyable
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Fuck on stranger tides, what a meh movie. the mermaid battle scene was so damn dark, i couldn't see shit.
Pirates 5... last one made depp who was one of my favorite characters into such a dumb joke that i cringe watching this movie
pirates 2 - davy jones was the best part of this movie. AMAZING cg that still holds up. Other wise was just a rollercoaster ride that ended abrutly, needed more story
pirates 3 -...again the CG is amazing, the set pieces jaw dropping but....wtf @ the story. i had to rewatch this like 3-4 times to even understand the whole thing. sooo convulated lol but once i understood everything its pretty enjoyable
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Fuck on stranger tides, what a meh movie. the mermaid battle scene was so damn dark, i couldn't see shit.
Pirates 5... last one made depp who was one of my favorite characters into such a dumb joke that i cringe watching this movie
It think it's because it's the same synth that Zimmer used and I think he has people work for him so it's the same time period so probably the same team.
Agreed, could have cut a half hour from it and would have been just as good.
Valerian was garbage and had about twice as many scenes/locations as it needed.
Also I subscribe to the theory that if Valerian and Passengers had switched stars (DeHaan/Delevingne with Pratt/Lawrence) they would both be much better movies.
Valerian should have had the charismatic and athletic action movie stars and Passengers should have had the brooding and creepy gaunt runway model types.
Personally one of the most memorable movie sequences of all time.
One is the perfect adventure movie, from Jack barely landing in port, the deserted island scene with the missing rum and finally capping it all off with this, how do you not cheer for Captain Jack
Somehowis my MVP of the franchise.
I felt it was worse than the 4th one at times...
This intro is incredible, but it always bothered me that he sticks his right foot out to step onto the dock in one shot, then actually steps onto the dock with his left foot in the next shot. It's a completely trivial continuity error but my dumb brain notices it every damn time.
Nah, 4's biggest sin is that its so boring and bland.... and yet was the most expensive by far.
Jack is boring
Barbosa is boring till the end
Blackbeard is completely wasted
Mermaid scene is literally the only element I love
In 5 Jack kinda sucks but everything else is average at worst but had good sequences and lore again.
Love the original Pirates trilogy dearly. Sparrow's intro in the first one might be the best character intro of all time.
Yea that one is great. Expertly staged, flows really well, super kinetic. And more importantly it's super fun.
I really liked this one tooSomehowis my MVP of the franchise.
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I am shocked, SHOCKED you didn't come in here with your usual staning for Jon Carter of Mars.
I'd argue a buckle can be metaphorically swashed in almost any genre. I thought the original Stargate movie was a swashbuckler.
I legitimately can't understand this opinion. I thought 5 was better in every single way and I put it above the third as well.
It's certainly flawed but it wasn't a convoluted mess like 3 and it at least had a more interesting story than 4. I liked the new characters for the most part and the villain was more memorable than 4.
Dead Man's Chest is my favorite by far, but I enjoy all of them to an extent.
The first one is probably one of my least favorites because the story just seems kind of...pointless?
You've got a bunch of undead pirates trying to reclaim all of the pieces of gold from a cursed treasure so they can become human again, and for some reason people are trying to prevent this rather than aid them (gotta keep those immortal pirates around, eh!?), and sure enough once the curse is lifted and it turns out they're mortal again, Barbossa dies and the rest of his crew gives up and surrenders to the Royal Navy.
I mean, like, WTF!?
The first one is probably one of my least favorites because the story just seems kind of...pointless?
You've got a bunch of undead pirates trying to reclaim all of the pieces of gold from a cursed treasure so they can become human again, and for some reason people are trying to prevent this rather than aid them (gotta keep those immortal pirates around, eh!?), and sure enough once the curse is lifted and it turns out they're mortal again, Barbossa dies and the rest of his crew gives up and surrenders to the Royal Navy.
I mean, like, WTF!?
