HOLY. SHIT.

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So, I just saw Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest.

JESUS HOLY BEAUTIFUL DYSFUNCTIONAL OT3 OF BLOODY PIRATES.

In honor of which, I'm reposting my colorbar.

y? ::grins::

Jack/Will/Elizabeth: 'Cause they're more like Guidelines, anyway.

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Comments

[aliaswestgate.livejournal.com]

No doubt! Did you see my mythgeeking over it? and i'm STILL digging becuase of a few things that Davy Jones said that got me twitching even further. *flails*

[scarletsherlock.livejournal.com]

adkfkdakdf;kdfal;skdjf. *is waiting until monday* aaah the suspense.

[permetaform]

sooooo worth it. I'm PAYING FOR IT MULTIPLE TIMES

[permetaform]

::goes to see::

HEE!

I adore so much that thye're so THOROUGH.

[scarletseraph.livejournal.com]

I came home from it, and it was all I could do not to stand in the middle of the room and just shriek like a banshee. =D (Hell, it was all I could do not to do it in the parking lot, and the middle of al-Mart, and...yeswell!)

[naxto]

*adds colorbar to userinfo* Going to see it for a second time on tuesday! Me and the boyfriend didnt stay thru the credits and missed the scene that came after-so we need to see it again. ♥

[circe-tigana.livejournal.com]

WAHOOOOOO!

So exciting!

[iamzuul.livejournal.com]

*so happy to find someone else on her friends list who ISN'T bitching about how bad the movie was* ;~; *clings!*

[adina-atl.livejournal.com]

You have much different friends than I do, then, 'cause everyone I know loved it!

[iamzuul.livejournal.com]

I was surprised that so many of them disliked it, too, because they were all looking forward to it. But they are all like 'wtf was the point of the cannibals?', 'omg, so gross!' (I'll never take them to a maritime museum now. XD), 'they could have shaved off half the movie and not lost any plot!', etc.. It makes zuuls cry. :/

[ninepointfivemm.livejournal.com]

God, I loved it. And I squee'd in my lj and everything and OH MY GOD THE JACK/ELIZABETH.

That's all. ;)

[iapetusneume.livejournal.com]

*is one of the ones who liked it*

Though seeing the reviews on Rotten Tomatoes made me cry.

My entry wasn't nearly as coherent as yours was, but that's because I was squeeing too much. ^^;;

[linzeestyle.livejournal.com]

AHH FINALLY!

NOBODY on my flist is talking about the movie -- 'cept like, two people who are complaining (WHY? HOW CAN YOU COMPLAIN? IT WAS LOVE) -- and I am dying. So. Much. OT3. Awesomeness.

Linzee

[evalinece.livejournal.com]

YES! It's practically canon by now, holy shit. Stealing your color bar :D

[iamzuul.livejournal.com]

I had a couple hours between seeing the movie and getting home to a computer to organize my thoughts. XD

[linzeestyle.livejournal.com]

Your icon makes me very, very happy. I just feel the need to point that out. *g*

Linzee

[permetaform]

::grins and bows:: I'm glad you like! I'll probably be posting more from the movie once the spoiler stage dies down.

[permetaform]

OH GOD WITH THE COMPLAINING ::headdesk:: I'm sorry I done and meta'd.

WASN'T IT SO AWESOME??

[permetaform]

HEE!! ::GOES TO SEE:: AND YEAH THE JACK/ELIZABETH HOLY COW, WITH WILL WATCHING XD DOES WILL LIKE TO WATCH?

[permetaform]

ah god, I'm just avoiding rotten tomatoes. People are silly and I refuse to partake of silliness that hurts me.

[permetaform]

heh, yeah, I was totally ungrossed by the movie, though I thought that the gags with the cannibals could've been a wee bit shorter. I think that was for the random watcher (to pull them into the movie via comedy) rather than for the fans.

[permetaform]

=D It's just soooooooooo good.

[kokkoryuha.livejournal.com]

... <3 EEEEE~ I was thinking this the whole time!! I'm going to add it to my profile... (if that's alright)

[permetaform]

hee! ohhh that's such a hardship

::stares at your icon:: ..is that...gojyo? DO TELL.

[permetaform]

me too luv, me too. =D

[linzeestyle.livejournal.com]

Woah @ meta. I didn't realize people were up in arms that it was racist; I thought it was kind of an unspoken acknowledgement that when you're talking about a Disney movie with pirates, that everyone is already a stereotype.

*will have to read and reply to it when I am less tired and blaaaagh from work*

Linzee

[beloved-baka.livejournal.com]

Amen to that, Zuul! But...you already knew that.

...I still need to write my review. *thinks* Perhaps after I see it tomorrow. Again. *grins and loves parental units*

[beloved-baka.livejournal.com]

*is also snagging color bar*

Thank you!

[nightengale.livejournal.com]

You know, I think it oughta be Jack/Elizabeth/Will, now.

Yes, Will bottoms to his wife. And? :D

[permetaform]

hee! sure! ::is flattered::

[permetaform]

HEE! point!

[permetaform]

=D np! am glad you like it!

[permetaform]

::headdesk:: they're...yeah. Also, I need to make a post about Dead Man's Chest: The Search For Jack Sparrow, because apparently people didn't think the 2nd movie had a cohesive anything.

[linzeestyle.livejournal.com]

Okay, see...to some extent I can see that. In my head, I've sectioned off what I see as two parts of DMC: the part for fans and the part for "those people." The cannibal island was the section for "those people" -- slapstick, physical humor, wacky hijinx, and escapes. That didn't feel cohesive to me, though I got a giggle out of it. The rest of the movie, however, was much darker and (IMHO) more cohesive and complex than the first movie. Far better plot, at any rate -- I'm extremely proud of them for having chosen to do something more complicated and twisty with the characters than simply "Elizabeth and Will try to get married, Jack interfers, WACKY HIJINX ENSUE."

I must admit, I am apalled by the people I've seen who were annoyed by what they did to Jack/Elizabeth/Will/whatever. It feels like the people I've seen wanted the characters to remain stagnant and while I'm fairly open-minded to different POVs and recognize no sequel will make anyone happy, I find it hard to respect that frame of mind. Yes, the characters have certainly been torn up and pasted back together and molded in interesting ways. And yes, part of that has changed and even destroyed ships (I don't really see Jack/Will without it being part of an OT3 anymore, for instance). But had they stayed the same as they were in the first film they'd be cardboard cut-outs. And nobody wants to watch a trilogy about cardboard cut-outs.

Apparently I need to make a post as well. *wry grin*

Linzee

[linzeestyle.livejournal.com]

I do feel that I should clarify that the cannibal island could *probably* be tied to the rest of the plot in two ways, if you're going to analyze for coherrent motif. First of all, it was an inkling of the double-crossing and switching of loyalties that would follow in a more serious manner during other parts of the movie. Jack being chief means he has, in some way or another, sold out his crew -- someone else mentioned on LJ that this might be the group that "made [him] their chief" in the past, before CotBP, and that he beached the Pearl knowing the same thing would happen again (Though perhaps not anticipating they'd choose to "free" him from his bodily shackles). If he did this then he did it knowing they were cannibals and sacrificed at least part of his crew in the process, a decision which adumbrates his later selling out of Will and ninety-nine other souls. It also helps remind the viewers of the biggest difference between Will and Jack: Will goes back to help Jack and "won't leave without him," helps rescue the entire crew, and even tries to warn the group that ends up dying in the bone-cage-race. Jack, on the other hand, is just out for himself and expects everyone to follow suit - "save me" and all.

That said, it was still an odd little moment in what was otherwise a GLORIOUSLY dark film. It's the only part I check my watch through (other than the twelve-minute swordfight, anyway) though I admit Jack as a kabob made me happy.

Linzee

[permetaform]

::nods at your comment:: Gah, the stagnant thing peeves me. And I'm solidly ot3 now too.

I will link to your post, should you choose to make it?

[permetaform]

hee, I've said it before and will say it again, I get the feeling that that part was edited by a person that 1) did not read the script carefully, 2) had not seen the movie as a whole, 3) possibly edited by a n00b. Or that TPTB lost sight of it's audience right then and went for slapstick. which, gah.

[linzeestyle.livejournal.com]

Yes. Watching the film for the first time all I could think through the cannibal island scene was "I'm totally going to fast-forward through this whenever I watch it on DVD." Because the rest of the movie was so dark and then there's that silly and ridiculous bit of slapstick in the middle. Which isn't to say that they had to remove it entirely -- just that it was...excessively silly, I suppose? It went on for far too long and attempted to be far too goofy, like Disney was trying to atone for the future darkness that the rest of the movie would have.

Of course, that said, it was such a relatively *little* complaint in the middle of so much gloriousness. If that's the price I have to pay to get all that dark fucked-up-ness...dude, I am SO willing to take it.

Linzee

[permetaform]

heee!! Yeah.

I look at the box office predictions and they all think that the second movie might not live up to the long "legs" of the first.

Which, they miiight be right, but...I don't think they know pirate fans...

[linzeestyle.livejournal.com]

How long did CotBP stay on top? I don't think DMC will be around *quite* that long, but I do think it will hang on for a while, especially given how *detailed* it was and how much good word-of-mouth its getting (at least that I've seen) to balance out the poor critical reviews. I know I'll see it a couple more times, at any rate.

I do think it has the potential to beat CotBP's overall haul though. :nods hopefully:

Linzee

[permetaform]

CotBP was never on top of any lists, it just kept going and going and going and going.

I think it has the potential to beat it just because I think it'll stay around long enough to beat it, because it seems to be splitting the difference between CotBP's drop-off and a 'sequels' drop-off (a sequel tend to have a sharp rise and a quick fall).

[simbiani82.livejournal.com]

Love the reason for it :D "Jack/Will/Elizabeth: 'Cause they're more like Guidelines, anyway."