I went to the eight o' clock showing of the new Pirates movie, and I was impressed, I liked it just as much as I liked the previous ones, Johnny Depp put on his usual performance along with the supporting actors, the story was good, and there was hardly any dull parts, the fight scenes are long and entertaining, everything about this movie is better than the last ones, I don;t understand critics, I just hope they don't try to make a Pirates 4

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Originally posted by Blswylde:
I just hope they don't try to make a Pirates 4

I doubt they will. Most movies, these days, like to stop at 3 to make a trilogy. I saw the ending to this one as a farewell to the characters we've grown to love. It was a great movie & really did tie everthing up in a nice little bow. I especially liked the last little bit after the credits. Not a humorous moment, like the last two, but a very special one, indeed.

See my thoughts about this here.

It's a piece of junk, a creaky old ship, waaaaaay past it's usefulness; unfunny, dull, talky when it shld be actioneering, and a waste of time and money.

I should mention I disliked the first and hated the second. This is what passes for entertaining Hollywood action these days?

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Originally posted by Ishmaels coffin:
This is what passes for entertaining Hollywood action these days?

Yes.

In the Onion AV Club's review of this, Scott Tobias references a bit from the Marx Brothers' Duck Soup:

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When presented with a treasury report, Groucho's Rufus T. Firefly, the newly appointed President of Freedonia, declares it so simple that even a 4-year-old child could understand it. "Now run out and find me a 4-year-old child," he says. "I can't make head or tail of it."

I think that hits the nail on the head when it comes to a lot of modern big budget blockbusters. They've made such an effort to dumb down the story in order to appeal to the lowest common denominator of moviegoers, the story itself becomes an incoherent mess.

Overlong and insufferable. While I was stupefied enough for about an hour to think that I was enjoying it, at two hours I was wondering when the damned thing would ever end. 25 minutes into a battle scene (that felt more like hours!) and I kept hoping they'd all simply die so I could go home. This just after the witch chick grew 30 ft and turned into a bunch of crabs. I can just imagine the storyboard meeting with the sfx crew. ("You want crabs? We can do crabs.")

And I kinda liked the first one, perhaps because my expectations were low.

For completeness sake, however, I have to say that my 9 year old was enchanted throughout.

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Originally posted by Ishmaels coffin:
I should mention I disliked the first and hated the second. This is what passes for entertaining Hollywood action these days?

Good gravy, Ishmael! You didn't even like the first one? Sounds like somebody's pullin' an Awesome Man & willingly subjecting himself to torture!

I didn't find it all that awful. In fact, I enjoyed it quite a bit. Yes, I was a tad confused as to why Calypso would grow into a giant & then disintegrate. It even took me a minute to realize shr turned into crabs, but she wasn't the reason I went to go see this movie. It answered questions I had from the second movie & it really did end the story. I'm not getting why people are thinking the end scene after the credits is an opening for a fourth. It's like when everyone started talking about a fourth "Matrix" or even a fourth "Back to the Future". There wasn't even supposed to be a second "Back to the Future"!

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Originally posted by Monkey_Boy:
It's like when everyone started talking about a fourth "Matrix" or even a fourth "Back to the Future". There wasn't even supposed to be a second "Back to the Future"!

There shouldn't have been a second or third installment of either of those films. Both are shining examples how to turn a good film into a horrible franchise. You can now add PotC to that list.

Huh?

While I freely admit that Back to the Future is a terrific stand alone flick, and I generally hate the concept of sequels, those BTtF movies came up with completely new concepts for both sequels, and are in no way, a detriment to the original's greatness!

Let's not mix apples and oranges, or Old Man Bearded Spirits with Old Man Bearded Humans.

I'm with Monkey_Boy and Blswylde on this one. I enjoyed the movie and Blswylde's comments is remarkably similar to mine. I do expect that a fourth movie will be made and the ending of At World's End suggests such. Monkey_Boy's comments also are right on with my own puzzlement as to Calypso. Nevertheless, the special effects, the thrill ride (only slightly diminished by what I felt was excessive suggestive graphic violence) was delightful and the convoluted plot kept me intriqued and the betrayals and twists and turns a roller coaster of emotional turmoil. Johnny Depps multiple selves like in Being Malkovich was really a pleasure to experience. The surrealistic elements of this movie were heavenly uplifting for a fantasy adventure.

Hey monkey magic...we're on opposite sides of the fence on this one hey??

It's 'Two Bad Neighbours' all over agin...ha ha

Ah well, ya see I had to watch the second and third cos me girl made me sit with her, claiming they were scary blah, blah, blah...

Scary bad yes.!!

This is a money making machine so there probably will be a 4th somewhere down the line. I'm all for it as long as Depp comes back to play Capt. Jack. That's all you really need. Throw a plot around Depp and let him work his magic like he did in the all three of the great Pirate movies.

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Originally posted by Monkey_Boy:
There wasn't even supposed to be a second "Back to the Future"!

I'm pretty sure that they indicate a sequel at the end of Back to the Future...things don't end in part one, Doc comes back and starts fueling the Delorean with waste...and then takes off...doesn't it also say "The End?" ?

I agree with MarkF. While BTTF pt 1 is a stellar movie (an all time classic, imo), it is in no way hurt by the next 2. Sure pt 2 & 3 don't compare, but that doesn't make pt 1 worse because of it.

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Originally posted by Il Mago:
I'm pretty sure that they indicate a sequel at the end of Back to the Future...things don't end in part one, Doc comes back and starts fueling the Delorean with waste...and then takes off...doesn't it also say "The End?" ?

First of all, the ending to the first "Back to the Future" was intended to be a throwaway joke. The studio went to Robert Zemeckis & demanded he do a sequel or they would find someone else that would. Zemeckis said that if he truly intended to make a sequel, he never would have put Jennifer in the car with Marty. They added the "To Be Continued..." to the VHS after they decided to make the next two. This was discussed on the DVD.

Second, I wasn't saying that the sequel was terrible, I LOVE all of the "Back to the Future" movies. I was just pointing out how people ALWAYS think that a movie is gonna spawn a sequel. In fact, "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl" wasn't intended to have a sequel until the studio saw there was a demand for one (or two). (On the other side of the coin, "The Matrix" & "Blade" were always supposed to be three movies & "Star Wars" was originally to have nine episodes.) There are a few people, even critics, who think that there could be a fourth "Pirates", but I don't see this, nor have I heard any news on one. That was all I was saying. These days, the number most movies prefer, is three. With the death of Will, I don't see the adventure continuing.

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Originally posted by Ishmaels coffin:
Ah well, ya see I had to watch the second and third cos me girl made me sit with her, claiming they were scary blah, blah, blah...

Oh, I feel for you, Ishmael, old buddy . I've had to sit through some absolute dreck with the wife. At least, your girl tends to like action movies. Mine is more of the "romantic comedy" ("How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days") & "crappy dancing" ("Save the Last Dance") movies. Those are the most awful genres to be forced to sit through! I'd take "Bad Boys 2" over those any day, & I HATED "Bad Boys 2", but at least I could enjoy the freeway chase!