I feel sullied and unusual

[alassenya]

Comments

[quasievil_bunny]

I've seen it twice now, and personally I loved it. Yes, there is an overload of plot twists, and I understand how some folks are/will be dissapointed as the story does not go where they had hoped. I tend to like darker, somewhat bittersweet stories so this was right up my alley, as it were.

Keef looked like Keef, and I wasn't expecting more that that. At least we did get to see Mum. LOL

And my guy Ragetti had some nice moments, so I was very happy.

[alassenya]

Well, I'm really happy that other people enjoyed it. There were some good moments, it's just that there weren't enough of them. I'll go and see it again Monday or Wednesday and see if I like it more. As I said at the top, I think a lot of it was the huge gap between what I expected and what I saw. It should be better the second tiome around.

[telera]

Hi! I was very much disappointed after viewing the film, as I thought there were so many characters and scenes gone to waste. I liked Beckett quite a lot, and I am hopeful fanfiction can fill in the gaps T&T left about his relationship with Jack and James... *evil g*

BTW, we're trying to figure out what caused his neverending shock before his death at the cutler_beckett comm... Just in case you want to have a look.

Cheers!

[alassenya]

Thanks for that. I'd better not weigh in over there, because most people seem to think his death scene was great whereas I see it as completely out of character - a betrayal by the writers. I have to say I was not impressed by the writing in this film.

[telera]

This is an interesting point of view. True, most of us think his death was great. But as a writer who has delved so much into Beckett's psyche (Your 'Revenge, Remorse and Redemption' fic is one of my all-times favourites), I'd like to know why you think it was so OOC. If you'd like to share your view, of course.

[alassenya]

It's partly because Beckett was portrayed as strong and ruthless in DMC. He has a fair bit of physical courage and isn't afraid to face death (mainly because he's fairly sure he can talk or manipulate people out of it). He didn't flinch when Elizabeth held a gun to his head, and (I think) only signed the pardon because it suited him to do so. He allows Norrington a sword even when he knows he hasn't got the man's loyalty (he'd probably see it as making the game more sporting). He meets with Will and Jack alone (though I imagine they would have been stripped of their more obvious weapons

[belil_gaviel]

I went to see it last Thursday and have put off reading your review till now because I didn't want to be spoil the movie before hand. My thoughts

[alassenya]

I think you've hit on some very good points there. I know DMC was confusing the first time I saw it, but I came away from it still laughing and breathless, not tired and despondent. It had bucket-loads of wit to make up for the poor storyline, and two of the best set action pieces I've ever seen in my life. I don't think the whirlpool topped that, although it wasn't bad. And yes, I'll get the DVD, if only to watch the special features as they try and explain how they got themselves into such a horrible mess in the first place.

[belil_gaviel]

I'm such a geek for admitting this, but hubby got POTC:AWE PS3 game for me and we had been playing it from start to finish within 3 or 4 days and it did reveal more of the story behind Calypso and Davey Jones to where I understood it more as to what was going on. Since the scripting seemed more organized and thoughtout for the game it shed a little bit more light on a few things, but not everything. I'll still have to watch it again in hopes of catching more or what I missed.