Thread: Pirates of the Caribbean:On Stranger Tides

Originally Posted by Mondo Blando

My "rule" about suspension of disbelief is that I will willingly go along with any premise, as silly as it may be, if it is true to the logic created within the world of the movie.

When you introduce Davey Jones as a character who can disappear and reappear at the drop of the hat, why bother with the clangy sword fights? Why have a villain resort to playing by the hero's rules? He is never a threat.

The redemption/melancholy of Jones was right out of Tim Burton stock characters, where the bad guy is never really all that bad, so it takes most, if not all, of the emotion and intensity out of the conflict. It fell flat on its face, and both the 2nd and 3rd Pirates movies sufered for it.

It's the same failing as Batman Returns: create a foil(s) for the hero who you are never truly allowed to despise, practically forced to feel for, but never really have much reason to care whether he wins or loses. The hero then becomes bland, his goals become weakened, and the plot ultimately becomes no big deal. The resolution doesn't matter, because even though we all know how it is going to end before the trailer even comes out, there is no real reason to care about the stuff in between. It's just a bunch of junk happening up on the big screen. Exciting at times? Absolutely, even more so than most other movies. But its empty, even for an adventure flick.

I see your point...but I disagree. Call me a Pirates apologist, I gladly wear that title. Can you dissect all of the movies? Sure. You can drive a truck through the inconsistencies...but they are dear to me. I watch one of these and I escape, pure and simple. I can nitpick with the best of em, but we all have our achille's heel and I guess these are mine. It flies in the face of logic but I will defend the Pirates franchise with every breath. In some eyes that may cast doubt on my other (strong) opinions. Oh well.

Originally Posted by jerseydevil

blah blah blah I can't just admit that I like crappy movies blah blah blah

You and I need to have a beer so I can just yell at you.

Originally Posted by Dr. Naysay

You and I need to have a beer so I can just yell at you.

Whaaaaaa...I love crappy movies. I just ordered



And I cannot stop watching The Other Guys/Cop Out. I confess to watching crap all the time. But there is a difference between entertaining crap and visual wankfests like Transformers and all that jazz...

besides, you are just sore because I am calling Green Lantern a turd because you can't.


But yeah sir...we need a sitdown. You can set me straight. Hell, enough beer and I will be first in line for Green Lantern.

Rumored ‘Pirates of the Caribbean 5′ Director Wish List Includes Tim Burton, Sam Raimi And More

Well, no ****...

Originally Posted by adgy-san

Rumored ‘Pirates of the Caribbean 5′ Director Wish List Includes Tim Burton, Sam Raimi And More

Well, no ****...

Interesting. I would think the Burton invite also serves as a carrot for Depp to jump back in sooner than he'd like and maybe even commit to 2 being filmed at the same time, which Disney would kill for because it would cut costs down considerably.

Originally Posted by jerseydevil

Interesting. I would think the Burton invite also serves as a carrot for Depp to jump back in sooner than he'd like and maybe even commit to 2 being filmed at the same time, which Disney would kill for because it would cut costs down considerably.

I'd be very curious to see the result if it ever comes to fruition, but I'm apprehensive that he would **** it up as he did Alice.

They should let Terry Gilliam direct it.

Originally Posted by adgy-san

They should let Terry Gilliam direct it.

They should let Terry Gilliam direct anything...and, oh, by the way...give him some damned money to do it.

I'm endlessly thrilled that Team "Hollywood is creatively bankrupt" appear to be the biggest proponents of the fifth lame installment of this franchise based on a 5 minute ride at a theme park.