In Reply to: Pirates of the Carribean posted by darkstar on July 21, 2003 at 18:45:53:
The interminable closing sword fight? Depp's "pinching" of Dudley Moore's "Arthur" role? The absolute lack of chemistry between the romantic leads? The repetition of many, many scenes? The lifting of the "Raiders of the Lost Ark" chest idea? C'mon, 2 hours and 20 minutes? HALF that length may have done the trick, but the "editor" took away that possibility.
A veneer of cool cast over a very large pile of summer dog doo doesn't alter the basic substance.
Did you laugh once? Maybe I'm taking this too seriously, but $100+ million is a lot to spend with so little to show.
I ain't seen one decent Hollywood movie "entertainment" yet this summer.
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Follow Ups
- What did you like, exactly? - tinear 06:47:30 07/22/03 (2)
- It's an entertaining pirate movie. - Grover 07:17:34 07/22/03 (1)
- Plus there's never any pleasing the aging bitter socialist... nt - clarkjohnsen 11:29:26 07/22/03 (0)