Pirates of the Caribbean II - a quick review...

[itsjustaname]

Much like the Back To The Future trilogy, this middle part is overly long, has a confused plot, isn't as much fun as the first movie and appears to serve only to set up the third movie

Comments

[mitchy]

I have to disagree. Some of the set pieces, particularly the ocean scenes, need to be seen on a big screen with surround sound. And it might be too long, but you don't sit in the cinema looking at your watch wondering how long there is to go. At least, I didn't. :)

[itsjustaname]

I did, metaphorically anyway as I don't wear a watch.

[moral_vacuum]

I tend to go by how badly my coccyx hurts at the end of the film. If I have difficulty standing up without going "AAACH! JESUS!", the film was too long.

[itsjustaname]

If I'm conscious of time passing then it's a bad sign. I don't care how long a actually movie is, but if it seems long when I'm watching it then that's not good. Interview With A Vampire is only about 90 mins long but by the tiome it had finished I thought I'd been sat there for five hours!

[moral_vacuum]

The Avengers. An hour and half but felt three times as long. Not just that, but four and a half hours of excruciating pain watching one of my favourite things in the world get RUINED.

I was clock watching in Pirates 2, Matrix 2 and 3, and the first two Star Wars prequels (I didn't bother with the third one).

[ivory_goddess]

it might be too long, but you don't sit in the cinema looking at your watch wondering how long there is to go. At least, I didn't. :)

Me neither - it didn't drag whilst I was watching it. After the fact, I could think of bits that could've stood some editing, but at the time it was all fun.