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  • dieselboy
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    • Dec 2002
    • 18040

    #46
    Re: Pirates of the Carribean 2

    I will be watching it tonight...post a review later.

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    • Beantown
      #DoYourJob
      • Feb 2005
      • 31523

      #47
      Re: Pirates of the Carribean 2

      I'm hoping to go tonight...trying to get a group of friends.

      If not, I know I'm going on monday.

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      • ILLCHILL
        MVP
        • Feb 2004
        • 2820

        #48
        Re: Pirates of the Carribean 2

        I saw the opening midnite showing Thursday night. I really enjoyed the first one but don't know if I was blown away by it, but it was one of the most all-around quality movies I have ever seen. I'd have to say the sequel is one par with number 1. Johnny Depp isn't overrated at all when it comes to this series, he makes it, plain and simple. The other acting is great, I thought Keira's acting was perfect as well. Definately a movie I could see a couple more times.

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        • JayBee74
          Hall Of Fame
          • Jul 2002
          • 22989

          #49
          Re: Pirates of the Carribean 2

          Originally posted by thenbagamer
          Just saw this movie 2day. All I'm gonna say is: There will be a Pirates of the Carribean 3.
          News Flash! No matter what you think of the movie it appears to have broken a single day record.
          http://tinyurl.com/j4oaw

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          • JayBee74
            Hall Of Fame
            • Jul 2002
            • 22989

            #50
            Re: Pirates of the Carribean 2

            I'm also surprised they were saying "The Devil Wears Prada" did not meet box office expectations-seems like it's doing pretty good to me.

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            • muzion
              Pro
              • Oct 2002
              • 718

              #51
              Re: Pirates of the Carribean 2

              5 or 6/10, took an hour to set up the plot (bad editing), Keira Knightley is simply not a good actress, the accents were sometimes overdone, way too many subplots, ending was frustrating...

              first one was much better

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              • Lintyfresh85
                Where have I been?
                • Jul 2002
                • 17492

                #52
                Re: Pirates of the Carribean 2

                Originally posted by JayBee74
                News Flash! No matter what you think of the movie it appears to have broken a single day record.
                http://tinyurl.com/j4oaw
                DAMN 54 Million the first day! People sure do love their pirates... Even at 3:15 when I went yesterday it was packed... and good news for the POTC people... more people go to the movies on the weekend than on Friday so they could actually have about even numbers throughout the weekend... damn if they keep this pace they will shatter every first week record in history...
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                Originally posted by trobinson97
                Hell, I shot my grandmother, cuz she was old.

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                • JayBee74
                  Hall Of Fame
                  • Jul 2002
                  • 22989

                  #53
                  Re: Pirates of the Carribean 2

                  Originally posted by muzion
                  5 or 6/10, took an hour to set up the plot (bad editing), Keira Knightley is simply not a good actress, the accents were sometimes overdone, way too many subplots, ending was frustrating...

                  first one was much better
                  Well, Keira did recieve an Oscar nomination, but so did Ali MacGraw, one of Hollywood's alltime bad actors.

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                  • Zer0xray
                    MVP
                    • Sep 2002
                    • 1532

                    #54
                    Re: Pirates of the Carribean 2

                    Originally posted by muzion
                    5 or 6/10, took an hour to set up the plot (bad editing), Keira Knightley is simply not a good actress, the accents were sometimes overdone, way too many subplots, ending was frustrating...

                    first one was much better
                    umm accents overdone?? i think all the actors were mostly british except for johnny depp. ..

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                    • JayBee74
                      Hall Of Fame
                      • Jul 2002
                      • 22989

                      #55
                      Re: Pirates of the Carribean 2

                      Originally posted by Superstar
                      DAMN 54 Million the first day! People sure do love their pirates...
                      My girlfriend sees EVERY BIG MOVIE, so I will probably see this one too, hopefully not this weekend. My opinion means little next to those box office crunching numbers.

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                      • neovsmatrix
                        MVP
                        • Jul 2002
                        • 2878

                        #56
                        Re: Pirates of the Carribean 2

                        Originally posted by muzion
                        5 or 6/10, took an hour to set up the plot (bad editing), Keira Knightley is simply not a good actress, the accents were sometimes overdone, way too many subplots, ending was frustrating...

                        first one was much better
                        I liked it, but first was much better, IMHO (spoilers coming as to why). I can't wait till POTC 3 though.


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                        There were a lot of subplots. Basically everyone was out for their own interests. I think this is to reflect that everyone EXCEPT Jack knew what they wanted. I was disappointed with Jack Sparrow's character. He got played twice: once by Norrington, and another with Elizabeth. I don't know how she connected the dots and figured out the Kraken was after Jack specifically, nor why she wasn't sorry she betrayed him. Nor do I understand why from the beginning it was made out that she was actually attracted to him, even before she could have known anything about Sparrow's situation.

                        I think Jack wasn't as cool as he was in the first one, which is why I think this sequel is largely not as good as the first. For one thing, he never seemed to have a plan, and thus he got tricked twice in the movie. He seemed to be getting himself into one situation after another without any overarching plan. His mannerisms were downplayed a bit too (and I think that was intentional because when he does have a plan he plays up his buffoonery even more than it really is). It's repeated throughout the movie he doesn't know what he wants, and I think as a consequence the sequel isn't as great as the first, and he seems somewhat more subdued.

                        Still there were plenty of funny bits strewn throughout the movie, and it consistently entertained.

                        Also, Davy Jones as the villain seemed somewhat more one-dimensional than Barbossa was in the first one. Barbossa at least had an air of despair and sadness about him. All Davy Jones has is his anger and his ruthlessness.

                        Anyway, the cliffhanger was decent I guess. I heard it was going to be this rousing element, but somehow it feels empty without Jack Sparrow. The third one should be a lot better though I don't know how Barbossa could have survived the end of the first movie. I just hope we see Jack Sparrow back to true form in the final movie.

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                        All in all, I still liked the movie, but I am just a little disappointed with the way it ended.

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                        • Lintyfresh85
                          Where have I been?
                          • Jul 2002
                          • 17492

                          #57
                          Re: Pirates of the Carribean 2

                          can anyone that has seen the movie explain the dice game they played to me? I have no clue as to how to play the game they were playing.
                          http://flotn.blogspot.com

                          Member of the Official OS Bills Backers Club

                          Originally posted by trobinson97
                          Hell, I shot my grandmother, cuz she was old.

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                          • Altimus
                            Chelsea, Assemble!
                            • Nov 2004
                            • 27283

                            #58
                            Re: Pirates of the Carribean 2

                            Originally posted by Superstar
                            can anyone that has seen the movie explain the dice game they played to me? I have no clue as to how to play the game they were playing.
                            Yeah, can anyone? At first I thought I got it but at the end when they started calling out the numbers I got confused.

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                            • Boltman
                              L.A. to S.D. to HI
                              • Mar 2004
                              • 18283

                              #59
                              Re: Pirates of the Carribean 2

                              I just finished seeing it with my family this afternoon, I have a few thoughts.







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                              I agree with a review I read on IMDB, the thing was too drawn out, and quite pretensious (sp). I think the whole Canibal Island scene we could have done without.

                              The Swordplay scenes were no where near as great as in Pirates I, it was very lacklustered, and did not have that "take your breath away / wow! what an awesome heroic event" type feel.

                              I said this in another thread (the Good times with GRAW if you must know) I pray that Pirates III pulls a "Back to the Future" Trilogy in which, the third bails out the poor form of the second.

                              The CGI grows old fast, too many beat around the bush stories in it. I liked it, but it was poor form compared to the first. My son liked it, but also hopes for a nice 2007 effort for almost finished part III.


                              The whole Kraken angle I hated as well. The thing pulled a ship down in one fell swoop in the first ship down, yet he slowly surmounts slow attacks on the following two, including the Black Pearl.





                              Poor form Jack Sparrow, "by your lead, Mr. Turner".
                              Last edited by Boltman; 07-08-2006, 07:52 PM.

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                              • airbarrett
                                G**d S**s*n F*ll*s
                                • Sep 2003
                                • 2967

                                #60
                                Re: Pirates of the Carribean 2

                                i just saw it this mornin.... i thought it was pretty good, i just think it was a little too much hype for this one and i don't think it was ever going to be as good as the first. definitely worth the price of admission though.
                                Go Heels!

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