The Pirates of the Caribbean movies

Moriarty from Aint it cool news was given an advanced screening of the new Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest movie. His views on the first movie weren't all that favorable, but he's taken quite a shining to this movie. I'm concerned, since I really enjoyed the first and he didn't I'm left wondering if the movie has changed drastically. Then I wake up and realize Moriarty rarely knows what he's talking about outside of superhero movies.

The main complaint I've heard amongst friends is that the new movie seems to be going completely off the deep end with the surreal, paranormal aspects (Davy Jones' beard being tentacles, a shark pirate, etc). To them I say that the first movie was about a league of undead, skeleton pirates searching for gold coins. If you hadn't realized it by now you were already off the deep end and at the bottom of the sea.

Speaking of the bottom of the sea, (mild spoilers of some cool shit in the movie ahead) Bootstrap Bill Turner is rumored to be in this (Will Turners father). He was only referenced in the first movie and makes his triumphant debut as one of Davy Jones' ship mates. When the crew of the Black Pearl tossed him overboard he was afflicted with the same curse the others were. So he sat tortured at the bottom of the ocean for decades until he begged Davy Jones to make him one of his crew. The idea being that once you become one of his pirates he owns you forever.

The mutations of Davy Jones and his crew are explained as them being at one with the sea so long they've evolved. I can't wait to see this movie, and am completely glad they took the time to film 2 and 3 of the franchise together. This way we'll only have to wait until NEXT summer before the follow up movie is released (Back to the Future style).

I'm really excited about these movies. The first one was a really fun pirate movie, with a lot of action on an epic scale that still somehow managed to be about the characters and not the special effects. From all reports I've read the second movie screenings have been just that, only better.

It comes out next Friday, and with stiff competition from Superman it'll be interesting to see how it holds up. I'm more excited about Pirates than I am Superman.

I know I can't be the only one excited about these movies.

MSN had a 2 hour long webcast from the premiere where they were talking with the stars, and showing the changes to the attractions in DL and WDW.

But yeah, this is movie of the summer for me.

I'm pretty excited about a kraken being in the movie. I've always found sea lore really awesome; pirates, sea monsters, ghosts, shipwrecks, etc. And this series seems to capture all of it.

I can't fucking wait. It's going to rule.

I fell asleep during the first one.

Twice.

Gonna pass on this.

LOL.

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Originally Posted by diffusionx

I fell asleep during the first one.

Twice.

Gonna pass on this.

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What the hell?

Diff hates everything.

He didn't say he hated it.

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Originally Posted by diffusionx

I fell asleep during the first one.

Twice.

Gonna pass on this.

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Interesting. I fell asleep twice during the first Pirates of the Caribbean film as well. I just found the movie to be extremely dull, and I didn't feel like it captured the swashbuckling whimsical spirit of the ride at all. I went back and watched the entire film later on DVD, and I still think it is very overrated. Its definitely like the Halo or GTA of the movie world or something.

This being said, from the trailers I have seen, the second Pirates of the Caribbean movie looks like its going to be a lot more fun than the first film. I actually can't wait to see it.