Comments | thalia_seawood: Pirates of the Carribean

thalia_seawood

Pirates of the Carribean - Part 3

May 27, 2007 23:59

I watched the third part of POTC today. I hadn't been keen on going after reading what fate would befall my favorite character so it's due to my friends that I watched the movie at all ( Read more... )

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selenak May 28 2007, 04:20:52 UTC

I, by contrast loved the third movie (see here as to why), and Norrington's death made sense to me, but then, eye of the beholder and all that.

thalia_seawood May 28 2007, 11:22:52 UTC

I'm very happy that you loved the last POTC movie. At the moment, I'm actively seeking out positive reviews of the movie in the hope that it will click for me as well. (I remember not liking Star Wars - Phantom Menace at all at first. Here reading why other people liked it made me gradually enjoy it too. By now, I see it as a vital piece of the Star Wars movies ( ... )

selenak May 28 2007, 11:35:30 UTC

Oh, I get the beloved character problem, believe me. I so have issues about one series finale of one show and one entire season of another show because of that. And I do like Norrington, so I'm happy about resurrection fic - and truly, in this fandom, resurrection in various ways is canon! - as well; it's just that I never loved him, and thus did not have that emotional problem with his early death.

berne May 28 2007, 09:26:35 UTC

I really enjoyed AWE, and I think that the film has still made room for some Norrington development. the_dala, for instance, wrote a fic recently where Norrington becomes part of Will's crew on The Flying Dutchman; I love that idea. I don't love that he wasn't mentioned at all after his death, but I'm hoping there'll be some deleted scenes on the DVD tackling that. I liked that Norrington freed Elizabeth which, in a round about way, saved all the pirate lords and their crews. I also liked that he stabbed Davy Jones through the chest before dying. It didn't kill him, of course, but it says a lot about his character when that was what he did with his last moments.

However, I would have loved some Jack/Norrington interaction. They play off each other so well!

And yeah, visually stunning just about covers it. I think I sat agape for the whole three hours. *g*