Just got back from seeing the fourth Pirates of the Caribbean film, On Stranger Tides.

( Here There Be Spoilers )

A. C. Crispin has apparently written an official Pirates of the Caribbean prequel novel, to be released in late May along with the fourth film.

Four excerpts are here, and I enjoyed them all. I'm thrilled to finally get Jack's backstory included in a canon source, since so much of it was cut from the third movie. (That gutting of the Jack vs. ( Read more... )

The first trailer for Pirates 4 is out.

It looks awfully promising. It looks freaking awesome, actually. But I'm afraid to get my hopes up after being so utterly, bitterly, horribly disappointed by the third film. I want On Stranger Tides to be fantastic, to revive the franchise, to return to the epic adventure of the first film. It looks good ( Read more... )

I found these quotes online a long time ago and jotted them down on post-its that I just found while cleaning my desk. I shall now type them here so I can toss out the notes. :p

These are quotes from reviewers about the third Pirates of the Caribbean film, focusing on shipping issues.

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This is an old article but it amused me, as it's not just the fanatical Sparrabeth shippers who think Will/Elizabeth have zero chemistry.

Link to the story

Star Wars duo voted top 'love duds'Star Wars duo Natalie Portman and Hayden Christensen have been voted the movie couple with the most unconvincing on-screen chemistry ( Read more... )

I have e-mail and LJ posts to respond to, I haven't played WoW for several days, and other stuff needs to be done, and all I can do is obsess over Harry Potter stuff. >_< Oh well, this is the time to do it, after all ( Read more... )

( Pirates 3 spoilers )

( Warm fuzzy skit behind the cut, beware of AWE spoilers! )

There's a new interview with Geoffrey Rush, as described in this article.Some choice quotes below ( Read more... )

This URL has a bunch of neat clips of Pirates 3. Squee!

I'm feeling better about this movie now, the more I see of it lately. At one point a couple weeks ago I was afraid it would be a bit overdone and go in a direction I wasn't crazy about, but the last couple of clips are more promising. So...woot!