An undead monkey. Top that.

[thorne_scratch]

What I miss most about lifeguarding-apart from the casual attire, the laidback company, the free frozen confections, the time to read, the entertainment value of work-related mishaps, the chance for exercise, ample opportunities to practice amateur taxidermy... uh, one of the things I miss about lifeguarding, aside from all the other advantages

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[losselen]

That poll is how I judge people, man.

[thorne_scratch]

I have gotten into serious fights with people over the questions in that poll.

[alhazred]

The monkey is still undead because after the credits of the first movie, he swims back into the cave and snatches a peice of gold from the chest all over again. Funny thing, everyone pretty much assumed it was just a bit scene and we wouldn't see the monkey again (how the hell did it get back aboard the Pearl?) I wonder if Barbossa managed to crawl back up to the chest or something...

Anyway, it makes me wonder if the dog will still be around in the third movie, even if as simple lunch.

Also, on teh gay:

[thorne_scratch]

Oooh! Oh! They cut our movie off after the first minute or so of credits because I saw it as a free college viewing, so that would explain it. Perhaps it's on the DVD. Thanks, dude! I imagine they'll explain the Barbossa in the third movie.

Apparently, at the very end of THIS movie, you see the dog as king on the island at the very end, sitting on a little throne. Cute.

The picture or whatever it is is not showing up...

Yeah, I like to do wild mash-ups of music. If you don't feel like you've been beaten in the head with a sockful of quarters, I didn't do my job right.

[claireoujisama]

Yup, it's the dog. I was happy for all of a minute -- because I can't stand bad things happening to animals; hell, in American Psycho I was more upset by the beating Patrick Bateman gave the dog in the alley than by, say, him dropping a chainsaw on a fleeing prostitute -- but then I realised...they made Jack their king. And yet they were going to roast his ass.

OMFG DOG STILL GONNA DIE. POSSIBLY WITH PAPRIKA WAH. -_-

[thorne_scratch]

Never fear! I'm sure the dog is a very good runner and can outflee the cannibal tribe. Next time I see the movie, I'll have to stick around until the end.

(Actually, what squicked me in this movie was when the crow snagged the dude's eyeball. I have a huge squick when it comes to damage to the eyes. I was all, O.o and then >.< in response.)

[flidgetjerome]

Man, Bootstrap. When he first came on screen I imagined a million fangirl voices crying out in horror and then commence wanking. His fugly is going to be sinking all sorts of fandom ships.

By the way, who said they were playing this straight? 'Cause obviously other cast members did not get that memo.

I would vote on your poll but have never heard Leonard Cohen's version.

[twigcollins]

Like you need to. Buckley is our King!

[thorne_scratch]

I think Paul and I nearly threw down over that question.

[flidgetjerome]

Can that be televised?

[twigcollins]

So that's why you were asking what the hell I did to the 'Silent Hill' soundtrack.

See, in terms of racism and adventure movies, we've got to come to some sort of mortorium on 'creepy wild cannibal tribespeople and stuff' because in many, many movies (King Kong, this one, Indiana Jones) you need a jungle and creepy tribespeople to live in it. The tribespeople have to be creepy or there's just no reason for it. I don't think 'creepy tribespeople' should have to be a race, since they're so much more a plot point.

In terms of later scenes, I found it hard to believe that many people were mourning Jack Sparrow, and more weren't wanting him to pay them back. It would be like if Reno kicked it and Elena started crying.

Elena: He owed me... so much money! *sob*

I never realized that many people have recorded Hallelujah. I really need to hear the Imogene Heap version, she's been hanging out on my playlists a lot lately.

Still, Jeff Buckley has all the love.

[thorne_scratch]

Well, yeah. It wasn't just the cannibals, though. It was the fact they were using an ooga-booga language for them, and the fact that all the black/minority pirates seem to bite the dust first while all the dudes with names (who are, I think, mostly white) stay alive, and the fact that despite the time period Disney is trying very hard to pretend there's no slavery anywhere, and a bunch of other othing things. AND NO ANAMARIA. BLASPHEMY.

Oh God, totally. That's a perfect comparison! Although again, I found the whole Elizabeth thing to be ridonkulous. You just left the man to die so you could escape, dude. And now you're all weepy.

Catt gave be a bunch of covers. There's even more listed. I'll send you some.

[twigcollins]

I actually liked Elizabeth a lot in this movie. She got a chance to realize she was a bigger shit than she probably ever wanted to be, certainly way more than Golden Boy Will. And she didn't just leave him to die, she sacrificed him, after he came back to be heroic.

I think she was as much weepy about what she learned about herself as anything.

I do miss Anamaria. I hope she shows up on her own boat next movie.

[flidgetjerome]

I liked that too, the sudden realisation of Elizabeth that, really, she's probably the darkest of the three.

Of course, I'm still pushing for the OT3 so I like the development in the dynamics.

[squeemu]

It loses a bit if you haven't seen the swans come out from under the bed.

Wait, so there's a part where swans come out from under a bed? There's a bed? What? Now I'm picturing a bed made of swans. Living swans, and they all walk around together and transport you places while you're sleeping on a bed of grace and fluffy down. You'd just have to be extremely careful getting in and out of bed. You don't want to mess with swans.

I WISH I WAS AT MY OWN COMPUTER, I WOULD DOWNLOAD THESE SONGS IN A SECOND. Well, it'd probably take more like half an hour, but still.

Having said that, I absolutely love "Voodoo" and used to try singing it, at least until I realized that my voice does not and will not ever go down that low. Also, that "Sweet Dreams" remake was totally the first song I ever heard by Marilyn Manson, which kind of screwed how I thought of him.

I haven't seen the Pirates movie yet, so I'm just staying away from that bit. Although I did read that Johnny Depp said something about how sailors get lonely, and something about cabin

[thorne_scratch]

There is in the Matthew Bourne version! Which I gushed all over a couple entries back. It's hard to keep track of how many times I talk about homoerotic waterfowl. And the bed is, like, totally key in this production! There's a bit where the lead Swan comes up through the bed! (And when he dies, the other swans stuff him back down in the bed, which can't be much fun for the poor dancer.)

These are mean swans. I don't know if they'd make a good bed.

HA HA HA! I mean, the music'll be there for a bit, so no worries. And even if you miss it for the next post-- which I think will actually be a very fun one-- I'll burn or email stuff for you. No worries.

I totally read that Johnny Depp thing. It was very funny to consider. Man, those poor cabin boys. Buggery on the high seas indeed. Not indead as I just wrote. Although, yes, actually, indead if you consider the first movie. Cool. I'm a subconscious genius!

[squeemu]

AAAAAGH THAT ICON IS THE SCARIEST ICON EVER

He looks like he's about to eat me. I think it's the expression. ...Which is actually rather birdlike, all curious and about to PECK AT YOUR EYES

Er.

I think I saw the post! I couldn't think of anything to say to it, although I'm actually really curious to see it now. I'm still a bit surprised about the bed, though. I don't usually associate beds with graceful ballets.

The Johnny Depp quote has me hoping that's how he'll be acting the role, although I kind of doubt it. Also, I'm finding indead way too funny. Oh man.

[thorne_scratch]

Really? He looks so happy to me. Which means, I guess, that you're right becuase he's probably happy that he's going to get to eat your eyes. Bizarre!

No worries. The bed, it's like. Well, this version of Swan Lake is set more modern day, and several of the key scenes happen in (or on, or at least around) the bed. I mean, yeah, there's also a lake and there's a ballroom, but they're usually not there at the same time. Usually.

Johnny Depp was pretty good in the movie-- I think, like I said, Disney did their best to kind of downplay his camp swishiness-- but he manages to pull out a decent performance, which is hard to do when faced against the PC machine that is Disney. It is not a good movie, but it is a fun movie. It's like a puppy that sort of tries way too hard, but you think it's cute anyway.

Here, you get the penis icon.