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It's been really hot lately and last night I learned that perhaps the reason my room was the hottest place in the house was because one of my windows was closed. Hmmm. Could be.
It's closed again this morning though because there is a bird's nest in the nook of our porch directly outside my window, and the birds there are extremely loud and I hate them. It's one thing if the birds are singing a nice little song that doesn't stop you from going back to sleep, but for some reason the birds I have are Jerry Springer birds and they squabble like they're fighting over their egg-daddies and they have wild parties with all the other birds in the neighborhood at 5 in the morning. I have half a mind to move the nest but somehow I don't think it will stop them. They will move it back the next day and glare through my window with a "bitch what is your problem" look.
Anyway. I went to see Pirates of the Caribbean last night with Hilary and my mom. My mom was off yesterday so after she took Grandma to the hospital and back for surgery she was bored and wanted to see it, so we went. It wasn't too crowded, which was good.
Some of the previews were kind of stupid though. How many Pixar films do we need? How many films about single guys taking care of kids? Haha, we get it, men can't take care of kids, fucking hilarious. *eyeroll*
So onto the actual movie.
Well. Um. There's a lot of things to say about this movie considering that it was almost 3 hours long.
The special effects were fucking awesome. Seriously, I'd see the movie over and over again just because of that. The music was likewise. The plot? Well...
The plot was basically a million different subplots from the past movies that were being wrapped up in this one. A lot of them seemed kind of a waste. I couldn't give a crap about Tia Dalma/Calypso and her romance with Davy Jones. The scene where they released her was all kinds of stupid.
BUT I really can't complain, because after watching a pirate swordfighting a fish-monster on the mast of a ship in the middle of a rainstorm in the middle of a whirlpool, I don't think you can ask for much more from your pirate movies.
Barbossa was awesome. I forgot how cool that guy is, probably because we were rooting against him in the first movie. Jack Sparrow was awesome, although I felt the scenes where he was hallucinating were really fucking stupid.
Elizabeth was pretty cool. I don't really care for her. It seems kind of a stretch that she goes from a pampered governor's daughter to a pirate king who can do everything. Yay feminism and what not but still. Where is the realism? Not that the movie was all that realistic to begin with.
Will...was pretty fucking hot. I don't care for Orlando Bloom. At all. But once he took over Davy Jones's ship, and had his hair down in that bandana and a huge scar across his chest? Yeeeeah. My kind of man right there. *coughs*
The whole plot about him only being able to see Elizabeth once every ten years was dumb. Technically couldn't she just kill herself and become part of his crew? Although according to the after-credit scene neither of them age so maybe she's just waiting to pop out a couple more kids.
Oh and my two favorite characters died! Norrington and the Kraken. NO FAIR GUYS. I was disappointed that hot!Norrington didn't return for this movie, and we just had stick-up-the-bum!Norrington instead. But he went down like a man, at least. *sigh*
But uh. Yeah. Good movie, all in all. I went in hoping to see pirates beating the shit out of each other and it delivered.
I have work today. It's not something I'm anticipating much. I should probably start getting ready though.
Lauren
It's closed again this morning though because there is a bird's nest in the nook of our porch directly outside my window, and the birds there are extremely loud and I hate them. It's one thing if the birds are singing a nice little song that doesn't stop you from going back to sleep, but for some reason the birds I have are Jerry Springer birds and they squabble like they're fighting over their egg-daddies and they have wild parties with all the other birds in the neighborhood at 5 in the morning. I have half a mind to move the nest but somehow I don't think it will stop them. They will move it back the next day and glare through my window with a "bitch what is your problem" look.
Anyway. I went to see Pirates of the Caribbean last night with Hilary and my mom. My mom was off yesterday so after she took Grandma to the hospital and back for surgery she was bored and wanted to see it, so we went. It wasn't too crowded, which was good.
Some of the previews were kind of stupid though. How many Pixar films do we need? How many films about single guys taking care of kids? Haha, we get it, men can't take care of kids, fucking hilarious. *eyeroll*
So onto the actual movie.
Well. Um. There's a lot of things to say about this movie considering that it was almost 3 hours long.
The special effects were fucking awesome. Seriously, I'd see the movie over and over again just because of that. The music was likewise. The plot? Well...
The plot was basically a million different subplots from the past movies that were being wrapped up in this one. A lot of them seemed kind of a waste. I couldn't give a crap about Tia Dalma/Calypso and her romance with Davy Jones. The scene where they released her was all kinds of stupid.
BUT I really can't complain, because after watching a pirate swordfighting a fish-monster on the mast of a ship in the middle of a rainstorm in the middle of a whirlpool, I don't think you can ask for much more from your pirate movies.
Barbossa was awesome. I forgot how cool that guy is, probably because we were rooting against him in the first movie. Jack Sparrow was awesome, although I felt the scenes where he was hallucinating were really fucking stupid.
Elizabeth was pretty cool. I don't really care for her. It seems kind of a stretch that she goes from a pampered governor's daughter to a pirate king who can do everything. Yay feminism and what not but still. Where is the realism? Not that the movie was all that realistic to begin with.
Will...was pretty fucking hot. I don't care for Orlando Bloom. At all. But once he took over Davy Jones's ship, and had his hair down in that bandana and a huge scar across his chest? Yeeeeah. My kind of man right there. *coughs*
The whole plot about him only being able to see Elizabeth once every ten years was dumb. Technically couldn't she just kill herself and become part of his crew? Although according to the after-credit scene neither of them age so maybe she's just waiting to pop out a couple more kids.
Oh and my two favorite characters died! Norrington and the Kraken. NO FAIR GUYS. I was disappointed that hot!Norrington didn't return for this movie, and we just had stick-up-the-bum!Norrington instead. But he went down like a man, at least. *sigh*
But uh. Yeah. Good movie, all in all. I went in hoping to see pirates beating the shit out of each other and it delivered.
I have work today. It's not something I'm anticipating much. I should probably start getting ready though.
Lauren