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Archive through July 28, 2003

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Neko

Thursday, July 10, 2003 - 12:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Am I the only person who's seen this here???

Either way, it wasn't the best movie I've ever seen, but it was hilarious!!
Johnny Depp's character was so ..totally out there, weird, adn out of it that you just laughed everytime he was on the screen.

Orlando and Keira were good as well but Johnny Depp definately stole the show.

The special effects were also extremely good.
Especially during a scene were they (the Pirates) were moving in and out of the moonlight, so they were turning from normal looking pirates to dead skeleton pirates, and back again.

Very cool.
I plan on seeing it again just for Johnny Depp

Calamity

Thursday, July 10, 2003 - 1:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I saw it last night. You're right, it may not be a classic but it was a quite an enjoyable romp! Geoffrey Rush was very good and Johnny Depp was absolutely fantastic. I finally recognized the one fella as being from 'Coupling' - his voice was so familiar but I just couldn't place him.

Excellent effects, good score, ultimately a little too long - I did get a little restless towards the end - but still well worth seeing. There's a short extra scene at the end of the (extremely) looooonnng credits but it doesn't feature any of the human characters.

The person I saw this with compared it to 'The Princess Bride'. While it is more of an adventure flick than that movie, I thought it did share TPB's irreverent sense of humor.

Trailers we saw: 'Lara Croft', 'Seabiscuit', and 'Hidalgo' (with Viggo Mortensen - hadn't heard of this film before but it looks pretty good).

Neko

Thursday, July 10, 2003 - 3:26 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Ugh, we saw WAY too many trailers!!
We were up at like 10 before the real movie started.

Was the short extra scene funny?

Ketchuplover

Thursday, July 10, 2003 - 4:38 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Best Movie I've seen this year,so far :)

Corriecat

Friday, July 11, 2003 - 4:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I love it - but then it has Johnny Depp in it so I knew I would like it regardless of the story. His portrayal of Captain Jack Sparrow is wonderful though. It's fun to catch all the scenes from the ride at Disneyland like the dog holding the key.

The short extra scene is...surprising. Begin spoiler (hilight to read) The monkey climbs onto the chest of cursed Aztec gold. He grabs a coin and turns into the cursed skeleton/ghost monkey then he suddenly screams and jumps toward the camera for an extreme closeup and everything fades to black. End spoiler.

Ophiliasgrandma

Friday, July 11, 2003 - 5:47 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
You must sit through all the credits to get to the extra, but, key, scene that sets things up for a sequel.

Johnny Depp did a tremendous job and in my humble opinion worthy of an Oscar nomination.

Neko

Saturday, July 12, 2003 - 10:09 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Ooooooo Sequel.
I like the idea of that.

A really funny part in my mind, was when that guy told Will about how Jack had gone crazy in the sun.
And Will was like, "Oh that explains the.." and then did the eye movements and the hand motions.

I thought that was pretty funny cause he did it better than I could.
LOL

Ophiliasgrandma

Saturday, July 12, 2003 - 11:20 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I thought Roger Ebert was right on in his opinion of Depp's performance in that he never, ever played Jack for laughs. He played him seriously which made the acting he did so wonderful.

Muse

Saturday, July 12, 2003 - 11:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I really liked it too. I wouldn't mind seeing it again, especially since I ended up sitting next to some noisy teenage girls who squealed over Orlando a good part of the time. Not that he isn't squeal-worthy or anything (), but I did miss some dialogue at times.

Pagal

Monday, July 14, 2003 - 5:19 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Loved it!! The audience actually clapped at the end of the movie. I thought Johnny Depp's pegged Jack Sparrow just right!!

Anyone see the trailor for The Haunted Mansion? Another movie by Disney based on a themepark ride. It stars Eddie Murphy.

Frogichik

Tuesday, July 15, 2003 - 4:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Absolutely great movie, I will definitely watch it again when it comes out on video. And Pagal, the audience clapped at the end also!(I've never seen that before!) I also reccomend The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, great flick. I was so happy to actually see 2 good movies this weekend, especially after being so let down by the Hulk.

Hummingbird

Thursday, July 17, 2003 - 9:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Love Johnny Depp but what's up with all these long movie titles?

Angelsluv

Friday, July 25, 2003 - 2:33 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
The more I see, the further I'm convinced that Depp is brilliant!

Neko

Friday, July 25, 2003 - 11:01 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I love how the trailers they show on TV make this movie to seem only like an action adventure movie.

And some people I know, actually thought it was a horror movie.

Ahhh..if only they knew the truth..

Calamity

Friday, July 25, 2003 - 12:25 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Horror movie? Must be those skeletons they always show in the commercials, Neko.

Angelsluv, Depp is an acting genius, imho :) .

I was really skeptical about PotC - hadn't been at all keen to see it but am glad that I was talked into it. Without Depp's performance though...I doubt I would have enjoyed the movie half as much as I did.

Neko

Friday, July 25, 2003 - 3:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Oh I agree Calamity.
Without Depp, this movie probably would have sucked.

If "Captain Jack Sparrow" was just a "reagular" pirate, the movie wouldn't have been half as good.

Ophiliasgrandma

Friday, July 25, 2003 - 4:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Genius, yeah, that's right. That boy is a genius actor. Like I said before, I think his performance is worthy of an Oscar nod.

Hobobabe

Friday, July 25, 2003 - 5:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I read somewhere that Johnny Depp based his characterization of Capt Sparrow on Rolling Stone's Ron Wood. He said he considered Pirates the "Rock stars" of their time.

Also, I have to agree with all of the favorable reviews. It was the best action/adventure film I've seen in years.

Hobobabe

Saturday, July 26, 2003 - 12:15 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
[...or maybe he said it was a Keith Richard's characterization (sorry I forgot)...]

Ric_Munoz

Sunday, July 27, 2003 - 1:36 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I slept through the entire thing...Disney movies are just too tedious (fortunately, my boyfriend shelled out the $9.50 for my ticket). Depp is only delicious when he nails down classics like "Ed Wood," and "Donnie Brasco."

Ophiliasgrandma

Sunday, July 27, 2003 - 8:45 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
You should have stayed awake if for nothing else than to see the bravura performance of Mr. Depp. People aren't raving about it for nothing, you know. The boy's a comic genius!

Ric_Munoz

Sunday, July 27, 2003 - 11:45 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thanks for the testimonial, OphiliasG. I'm sure my Disney-obsessed boyfriend will buy the DVD--I'll rewatch it and selectively view JD's scenes and skip the rest!

Pamy

Sunday, July 27, 2003 - 7:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I just saw it. I thought it took a while to get started and it wasn't as good as I expected.(I should see a movie before all the hype, otherwise I expect soo much more)
I did enjoy the movie. I loved Johnny Depp, he was hysterical and sooo sexy!! I had a hard time understanding him sometimes.
I couldn't understand what he said right at the end of the movie, which I assume was supposed to be something from the ride. Anyone know what exactly he said??
I am now in love with Orlando Bloom!!!! I was squeeling inside like a teenager everytime I saw him.
I was impressed that a lot of the F/X weren't all computer generated. They should get an award for great makeup.

Ophiliasgrandma

Monday, July 28, 2003 - 8:19 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Pamy, did you sit through the credits for the very last scene? Sets things up for a sequel.

Pamy

Monday, July 28, 2003 - 6:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
OG..no I had forgotten about it til I got back here and saw the thread again!! darn! I will have to wait and see it on video.