Dead Man's Chest: next part same time next week, um....year?
Saw Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, and didn't quite like it. The theatre was so full that we couldn't find three seats in a row to sit together and I was having a headache, but those were not the core reasons for not liking it. When I go for a movie I don't go for a soap that would end six months from now. This one is definitely not a movie as per the definition, it does not even have a logical ending. How do you feel when you see the hero is captured by the sea-monster and the villain sitting in his office while the credits roll on? You have to wait for another six months or so to watch Jack Sparrow kill the monster and come out valliant, and then deal with Lord Cutler Beckett.
About the movie, the plot was thorough (and very long), acting was good (let's not talk about Orlando Bloom, but then how much can one do here), Keira Knightley looked gorgeous as always (I always thought no one can be cuter than Rachel Weisz, guess I was wrong!), and for those who loved the special effects of part 1 have more than enough to fed themselves. Sometimes the special effects go for too long, like in the sequel for Mummy. Mr.Depp did excellent work, again, as always. This role was so very written for him that one don't bother to think about if it could be done in any better way. Jack Davenport as Norrington was no bad either, though he was very natural (and better) in Wedding Date.
Bottomline is, you would like it if you have no problem watching half a movie (storywise) after paying the full price for a ticket. Good for you if that works for you. For me it doesn't and I am considering to take a resolution: never to watch a sequel without reading about the completeness of it from the reviews.
Labels: Movie/TV
posted by Raj @ 1:09 PM
2 Comments:
I saw the movie too and thought it dragged on a bit in the end .
Johnny Depp acted well...his scenes were enjoyable.
Liked the first one better than this one . But I guess this one is a one time watch ..atleast for the creepy creatures:)
-priya
Fantasy is fine, I don't hate it. Just that when things are blown out of proportion, and people start calling Harry Potter a blessing to the mankind, it really irrritates me. Depp is a good actor and he proved his worth here again, but end of the day it is NOT a great movie, not in terms of either form or content. The only value it offered (or supposed to offer) was entertainment and that's fine, as long as they entertain us. That's where I found the issue. Will write a piece soon to prove my point. :)
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