Pirates of the Caribbean

Keverian FireCry · Post by **Keverian FireCry** » May 7, 2003, 3:53 am

This is gonna kickass. Pirates are so cool

Don't get the teaser, its worthless. Get the trailer.

http://disney.go.com/disneypictures/pir ... elect.html

kyoukan · Post by **kyoukan** » May 7, 2003, 4:17 am

I'm not a huge fan of Bruckheimer movies. I'm curious as to how he is going to fit an obnoxiously edited car chase involving a humvee into a pirate movie though.

vn_Tanc · Post by **vn_Tanc** » May 7, 2003, 5:25 am

and helicopters. don't forget the helicopters.

nothing screams "BRUCKHEIMER" like a gratuitous chopper shot.

Kluden · Post by **Kluden** » May 7, 2003, 10:00 am

I am of the opinion that it is just too f00ken difficult to make a pirate film. They always seem to leave in those ultra-cheezy jokes and pirate quarks. Totally ruins it for me.

With that said...I will be drawn to go see this one, in hopes that it will rock...but definitly not expecting much.

Fairweather Pure · Post by **Fairweather Pure** » May 8, 2003, 1:34 pm

Pirates of the Caribbean was ok, but just wait until you see Space Mountian!!1!1

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » May 8, 2003, 3:32 pm

Fairweather Pure wrote:Pirates of the Caribbean was ok, but just wait until you see Space Mountian!!1!1

Fairweather = D-Ticket
Winnow = E-Ticket!

Disney Nostalgia

Lor · Post by **Lor** » May 12, 2003, 3:13 pm

I'm lookin forward to Pirates, the commercial on TV Looked great.

Ennia · Post by **Ennia** » May 12, 2003, 6:01 pm

Johnny Depp
Yum!

Shashonna · Post by **Shashonna** » June 23, 2003, 12:11 pm

Orlando Bloom yum...he looks good even outta Legolas gear hehe

Cartalas · Post by **Cartalas** » June 23, 2003, 12:29 pm

I hope this movie lives up to the hype.

Kaelina · Post by **Kaelina** » June 23, 2003, 4:11 pm

It doesn't matter if this movie sucks massive amounts of dick. I'll go see it anyways for no other reason than because Orlando Bloom is in it (in a pirate costume no less!).

Rawr.

Drolgin Steingrinder · Post by **Drolgin Steingrinder** » June 23, 2003, 4:34 pm

Did you vote for Legolas?

moooooooooooooole

Kaelina · Post by **Kaelina** » June 23, 2003, 4:48 pm

Yes sir, I did! Legolas for President!

moley moley moley moley moley!

Zamtuk · Post by **Zamtuk** » June 23, 2003, 11:16 pm

kyoukan wrote:I'm not a huge fan of Bruckheimer movies. I'm curious as to how he is going to fit an obnoxiously edited car chase involving a humvee into a pirate movie though.

WITH MORE EXPLOSIONS THAN SHOCK AND AWE!!!!

I seriously hate the amount of gratuitous explosions in Bruckheimer's films. On top of which, what the fuck are cars and helicopters even doing in this movie?

Legenae · Post by **Legenae** » July 10, 2003, 12:13 am

Just got back from seeing this. I enjoyed it! I thought Johnny Depp was hilarious!

Lots and lots of explosions!

Saw a preview of another Disney ride made into a movie... featuring Eddie Murphy... The Haunted Mansion.

dast911 · Post by **dast911** » July 10, 2003, 2:47 am

fun movie

Kwonryu DragonFist · Post by **Kwonryu DragonFist** » July 11, 2003, 2:31 am

HAR!!!

Kluden · Post by **Kluden** » July 11, 2003, 2:35 pm

Saw it last night. Definitely my favorite so far this year. I got quickly bored of the soundtrack since they use that same symphony chorus over and over again...but that really was the only thing I didn't like.

The special FX are great and well done. Actors really brought all the characters to life. And for you snatch fans...Johnny Dep says all kinds of unintelligable things just like Brad Pitt...

So in conclusion, go see it. yo ho ho ho a pirates life for me!

Kwonryu DragonFist · Post by **Kwonryu DragonFist** » July 11, 2003, 6:25 pm

A game-to-movie i would like to see would be "Monkey Island" from Lucasarts.

Was this Johnny Depp / Orlando Bloom movie something like Monkey Island by any chance?

Acies · Post by **Acies** » July 11, 2003, 10:02 pm

Kwonryu DragonFist wrote:A game-to-movie i would like to see would be "Monkey Island" from Lucasarts.

Was this Johnny Depp / Orlando Bloom movie something like Monkey Island by any chance?

SKULL ISLAND!

It looks like a duck.

Kwonryu DragonFist · Post by **Kwonryu DragonFist** » July 11, 2003, 10:17 pm

That Ol Captain Le Chuck had a ghastly skeleton crew as well!

Doesnt Orlando in this movie look like the main character in Monkey Island a bit?

noel · Post by **noel** » July 12, 2003, 5:03 am

Movie was awesome. Just got back from a PoC LXG double header. Just rent LXG...

Pirates on the other hand was a blast.

Johnny Depp was fantastic, the effects were fantastic, and it was just a blast to watch. Easily one of my faves of the summer.

vn_Tanc · Post by **vn_Tanc** » July 12, 2003, 8:11 am

Just rent LXG

Damn you hollywooooooooddddd!!!!!
Had the potential to be fkin awesome. But noooooo. Pfft.

Neost · Post by **Neost** » July 12, 2003, 12:36 pm

I went to the same double-header as Aranuil, in a different location.

Saw LXG first and while it wasn't a blockbuster movie I enjoyed it. The action is pretty good. The twists on using various fictional characters for all the main players was pretty interesting if you've read the books. Or even if you have an idea of who those characters are.

PotC was much better. Johnny Depp (who I don't much care for anyway) really made the movie.

I'll probably wind up going to see both again, as one of my daughters didn't get to go. I think I'll enjoy seeing them both again.

noel · Post by **noel** » July 12, 2003, 1:00 pm

Not to derail:

LXG isn't horrible, but it's a so so movie. I think waiting to see it on DVD might is a better option than spending $9 to see it in the theater.

Akaran_D · Post by **Akaran_D** » July 12, 2003, 1:21 pm

Pirates was great, deffinately on my "must buy" list when it comes out on DVD.

Truant · Post by **Truant** » July 12, 2003, 6:05 pm

I enjoyed it

Depp was fantastic, the effects blended well...there were maybe 5 minutes of sword fighting at the end that could have been cut...but I didn't mind.

Xzion · Post by **Xzion** » July 12, 2003, 6:32 pm

it was ok, but i thought pirates was reeally cheezy, the pirates had the stereotypic clothes and the arrrrg matee deal going, you could def tell it was a disney movie, but it was pretty good for an action flick

they took the dog thing and a lot of the scenery from that ride at disney

Kluden wrote:I am of the opinion that it is just too f00ken difficult to make a pirate film. They always seem to leave in those ultra-cheezy jokes and pirate quarks. Totally ruins it for me.

With that said...I will be drawn to go see this one, in hopes that it will rock...but definitly not expecting much.

lol, with that said you would LOVE this movie

Phugg_Innay · Post by **Phugg_Innay** » July 12, 2003, 10:10 pm

I went and saw this this afternoon , Great flick. The only issue I had was that they drug the last 30 mins or so on for NO reason, just to add more fight scenes is what I think , you could have done what needed to be done Way earlier in the finale part of the flick. All thos e that have seen ... do you agree ? the coin the blood , about 30 mins earlier ?

Owenn · Post by **Owenn** » July 13, 2003, 4:05 am

Great movie, Johnny Depp is excellent. He really commands the camera in this flick.

Kiera Knightly .... yummy!

Lor · Post by **Lor** » July 13, 2003, 10:12 am

Fantastic movie, I thought it was really well made.... comedy, great fight scenes

, good storyline...... the only annoying thing for me was the accents, being a tad hard of hearing (too much Heavy Metal at high volumes... so they say

) it was a bit tough understanding what was being said at points...

This is a definate must buy when it's released on DVD.

I give it

Kwonryu DragonFist · Post by **Kwonryu DragonFist** » July 13, 2003, 10:54 pm

What be this LXG movie thou speaketh of?

Vetiria · Post by **Vetiria** » July 13, 2003, 11:09 pm

League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

Canelek · Post by **Canelek** » July 13, 2003, 11:24 pm

You mean Disney actually made a good movie????

good lord, I wanted to shoot all Disney's descision-makers in the fucking head.... I might just check this out!

murr · Post by **murr** » July 13, 2003, 11:34 pm

it was entertaining (which cannot be said for the other action flicks out at present).

Props to Bruckheimer for fitting in his explosions in a Colonial naval setting (not just limited to cannon! lol). That and the undead monkey.

it was good, except the ending was really, really gay. and it was kind of a loose link between ancient aztec gods and bootstraps curse.

Breagen · Post by **Breagen** » July 14, 2003, 4:59 am

I really enjoyed PoC when I saw it today. While I agree that you really can't do a pirate movie without getting something wrong, PoC managed to entertain very well without getting too cheesy or trying to be too realistic. I am a little confused why they did not just do the blood and coin bit earlier, but I guess they just wanted to toss in a couple more sword fights and some Jack Sparrow vs Barbossa action.

Johnny Depp did a great job playing his character in my opinion; he really brought out the semi-crazy pirate that you never really know who's side he is on. Orlando Bloom was good in his role of playing the hero, was interesting to see him without the bleached hair and pointy ears.

Kiera Knightly was definatly good looking in her role as well.

As a side-note on LXG; I enjoyed it but I don't think I would rewatch it in the theater if I was doing it again. I thought it had a lot of potential with all the characters they had but they never really went anywhere with it. If they had more of a detailed story and some more interaction between the League and M they could have done a lot more with it.

Xzion · Post by **Xzion** » July 14, 2003, 9:20 am

hmm, NOONE else thought pirates was just a LITTLE cheezy?

Kwonryu DragonFist · Post by **Kwonryu DragonFist** » July 14, 2003, 9:30 am

Ah yes, i read a bit about that League movie.

Sounds like an interesting idea though! Don't know how it was on the big screen but there sure were some interesting characters.

Was the Spy Tom Sawyer? Did he have a sidekick called Huckleberry Finn?

Did the bad guys have any chance against an Immortal?

I also read they had a female vampire in the crew, what could the bad guys do against that? Sounds kind of unstoppable.

Was Captain Nemo supposed to be the Martial Artist of the bunch? Was Martial Arts really needed when you had Vampires and Immortals in the midst?

Of the characters i read about, the most interesting ones would be Captain nemo and Mista Hyde!

But i do think the Vampire and the Immortal were overpowered!

It must have been unbalanced? Nerf i say!

Xzion · Post by **Xzion** » July 14, 2003, 11:26 am

LXG KINDA SPOILER...just about the chars not really the storyline

...the imortal dude had a "portrait" that aged instead of him, if he looks at it, he would age and the portrait would turn into him, meaning he would die becouse the portraits like 500 years old or something

Captain nemo was an Indian dude with a huge ass submarine that was like invincable and he had like a 500 man crew, and a little of a martial artist, so with all that hes pretty much even with the imortal dude

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » July 14, 2003, 2:53 pm

Owenn wrote: Kiera Knightly .... yummy!

I'd like to confirm this.

I saw LXG and Pirates of the Caribbean Sunday.

LXG had nice special effects but the movie sucked ass. Seriously. Totally disjointed with a bunch of special effects thrown at you.

Pirates of the Caribbean was entertaining with some funny lines. Johnny Depp played the gay pirate well. To those whining about the movie being somewhat cheesy...it was supposed to be a bit cheesy. The ride at Disneyland is cheesy but lots of fun. Quit being so anal!

I'd recommend Pirates for exactly the reasons the people here criticized it. It doesn't take itself seriously and is entertaining to watch.

noel · Post by **noel** » July 14, 2003, 3:15 pm

Winnow wrote:LXG had nice special effects but the movie sucked ass. Seriously. Totally disjointed with a bunch of special effects thrown at you.

Totally agree though I do think Dorian Gray and the Harkker Vampire chick were bright spots in an otherwise ho hum dialogue.

Sirensa · Post by **Sirensa** » July 14, 2003, 4:11 pm

Aranuil wrote:
Winnow wrote:LXG had nice special effects but the movie sucked ass. Seriously. Totally disjointed with a bunch of special effects thrown at you.
Totally agree though I do think Dorian Gray and the Harkker Vampire chick were bright spots in an otherwise ho hum dialogue.

Dorian Gray was some nice eye candy

Kwonryu DragonFist · Post by **Kwonryu DragonFist** » July 14, 2003, 8:30 pm

Aranuil wrote:
Winnow wrote:LXG had nice special effects but the movie sucked ass. Seriously. Totally disjointed with a bunch of special effects thrown at you.
Totally agree though I do think Dorian Gray and the Harkker Vampire chick were bright spots in an otherwise ho hum dialogue.

What about the Cap Nemo Martial Artist? I thought he would be the bright spot in the dialogue? Or what about Mr Hyde? Oscar-winner?

Having read more, i think Mr Hyde is my fav char in that movie!

Next to Cap nemo the Martial Artist of course!

I mean, that crew sounds unstoppable, they even had an invisible guy and Tom Sawyer in the crew?

Is there anything they cant do?

Bad guy better be Galactus if he would prove a challenge for those immortal,invisible vampire martial artist supersnipers!

noel · Post by **noel** » July 14, 2003, 8:35 pm

I didn't like the way they handled Mr. Hyde visually.

I thought he was well written, and the actor who played Dr. Jeckll did a good job, but the animation looked cheesy for Mr. Hyde.

Nemo's character seemed like a rushed afterthought. He was cool, but the movie was kind of like watching an episode of the Superfriends or something. Almost impossible to really showcase all of the heroes as much as needed.

Kwonryu DragonFist · Post by **Kwonryu DragonFist** » July 15, 2003, 7:18 am

What i am curious about is what kind of person the bad-guy(s) are.

Seems like some crazy madman with a personal army?

How can that match the SuperLeague?

Immortal and Vampire shrugging off bullets, Invisble fellow cant even be seen etc and what can stop Mr Hyde?

A lil bit unbalanced?

Or was the bad-guy a superhero too?

Was Sawyers special move, Summon Huckleberry?

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » July 15, 2003, 1:06 pm

You hijacked this thread! LXG has it's own thread!

Now, someone please post a picture of Kiera Knightly to get this thread back on track.

Sheryl · Post by **Sheryl** » July 15, 2003, 5:04 pm

just for you winnow, thanks for all the orlando pics!

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » July 15, 2003, 5:15 pm

Sunserae! : )

Kiera reminds me of Natalie Portman only hotter!

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » July 15, 2003, 5:27 pm

Here's a few to make us both happy Sunserae : )

laneela · Post by **laneela** » July 15, 2003, 11:02 pm

I didn't think the PoC was cheesy at all. I thought it was whimsical in the same way that The Princess Bride is - I guess some would call that cheesy too. I thought the casting was excellent and the storyline above-average. I'm not big on action movies so you would think that the end with all the sword fighting and explosions going on for as long as they did would annoy me more than your average viewer who's into that sort of thing but I didn't mind it at all. Johnny Depp was brilliant (biased since he's one of my favorite actors) and Geoffrey Rush was also outstanding. All in all, I would prolly rate it a 4 out of 5 stars, savvy?