POTC, worth seeing????

[El Roranous]

I LOVE PIRATES! Johnny Depp is AWESOME! How can you go wrong?!?!

 

[Darth Loki]

Don't forget, anyone who loves those movies enough should get them on Blu Ray next week if they have the means. I'm thinking that things like Davey Jones are going to look absolutely amazing in HD.

I would certainly get the first if I had a BR player. It will be one of the first movies I get whenver I do get one.

 

[Viking28]

I'm interested to see what the next 'big' passing movie fan fad will be once the third one is released. The fanbase will drop to a handful so people will had to move onto the next movie fad. I wonder what it will be?

You talking collectibles or movies?
I'm still a fan of the OT Star Wars, LOTR films, ect ect..
If your talking collectibles people's taste change, space whatever, but as far movies if I like a movie I like a movie.

I guess I am one of the rare viewers who actually didn't mind the second film at all, in fact it was probably on par with the first.

I agree I thought the second one was great, I loved the ending back in the swamp!

 

[Viking28]

Don't forget, anyone who loves those movies enough should get them on Blu Ray next week if they have the means. I'm thinking that things like Davey Jones are going to look absolutely amazing in HD.

This makes me want to go out and get a Blu Ray player

 

[Wetanut]

Have loved each one so far. The first was becuz it is one of the best pirate movies ever made...and Depp's take on Sparrow was so unexpectedly quirky that it was worth watching 2-3 times just to watch his magic. Because of "Black Pearl", I became fascinated by Depp the Actor (and I had previously almost dismissed him as just another pretty-boy in men's acting shoes). The second one was just plain pure FUN. The incredible 3-man sword fight on the water wheel alone was worth the price of admission. Yeah, it was overindulgent, but did any of us expect high drama out of this? Will take any one of the "Pirates" movies over the entire SW prequel trilogy any day.

 

[Eli26]

I am into no movie fad. I just buy what I like from movies I love.

If they came out with a Tim Robbins or Morgan Freeman 1/6 scale figure from my all-time favorite movie, ShawShank Redemption, I would empty my wallet out to any of the big three who choose to take on that license.

Other movies I would pay to have 1/6 scale figures made of are Shaun of the Dead, Back to the Future, and maybe Interview With a Vampire. I can never seem to grow tired of that movie.

Oh, a movie I haven't seen in ages, but would love to see someone pickup the license for, is the Monster Squad!

 

[choopie]

Pirates are down-right just fun films...well-scripted and well-acted. Love both films and can't wait to see the third.

 

[elwood49]

I am not a fan of them.

Lame stories, ok action, boring characters, and forced, over the top comedy.

I just don't understand why they are so popular.

Ditto. First one was really lame. Still haven't seen the 2nd.

 

[Seth Gecko]

Hi all,

I've not seen any of the Pirates of the Caribbean and I just saw an advert on TV for a new one?.

What are these films like and how many are there?.Are there 2 or 3?

I'm thinking of getting them to watch, my friends love them and I just wondered what you guys thought, whether its worth my buying them to see.

My friends think I'm mad cos ive not seen them yet they are so good apparantly?!

What do you all think?

Thanks all
Shell
x

Ok at best IMO (first one was ok second one was really bad rent them first trust me)

 

[Eli26]

I think that's underrating the trilogy. Having said that, I think others give it too my praise. I think as a movie franchise as a whole, it's good fun! Definitely not the best out there, but by far it's also not the worse we have seen.

I rate the POTC franchise around the original Star Wars trilogy.

Edit: I just may have to take the last part back. While the original SW trilogy didn't have tremendous acting or writing, it was a good 10-15 years ahead of itself when it came out and there was nothing like it at the time. Can't say that about the POTC franchise.

 

[Adoptedscot]

If they came out with a Tim Robbins or Morgan Freeman 1/6 scale figure from my all-time favorite movie, ShawShank Redemption, I would empty my wallet out to any of the big three who choose to take on that license.

 

[Eli26]

WOOHOO! A fellow fan! You sir, effin' ROCK!!!

 

[DarkArtist81]

I loved both movies.... Second one only a little less than the first. But still thought it was very well done. Depp's Sparrow is worth the price of admission, you just have to see it. The man has done quirky over the top characters before, but this one takes the cake.

And The Shawshank Redemption rules....

 

[Eli26]

I loved both movies.... Second one only a little less than the first. But still thought it was very well done. Depp's Sparrow is worth the price of admission, you just have to see it. The man has done quirky over the top characters before, but this one takes the cake.

And The Shawshank Redemption rules....

Yes, fellow Freaks with taste! hehe

 

[Dusty]

Yes, fellow Freaks with taste! hehe

I love Shawshank too. One of the first pieces that really caught my eye my first day at Sideshow (after being sucked in by the life-size Predator bust!) was the Drew Struzan 'Shawshank Redemption' Commemorative Giclee... I LOVE it soooo much. I was like, "Any company who would sell this must be pretty awesome!" :chew

 

[Darklord Dave]

I think PotC will stand the test of time just as SW or Indy has. And it owes it all to Depp. The studio (Disney) almost fired him after the first dailies because they thought he was actually drunk while filming.

The franchise is the perfect example of something that shouldn't work but comes out firing on all guns.

A big studio movie based on a Disneyland theme park ride? That's just stupid!

But the director, the writers and Depp made the kind of movie magic that doesn't come around very often.

 

[Agent23]

Don't forget, anyone who loves those movies enough should get them on Blu Ray next week if they have the means. I'm thinking that things like Davey Jones are going to look absolutely amazing in HD.

Absolutely. I have them both on pre-order with Amazon. Pirates on Blu-Ray disc, Full HD 1080P.

Can't wait!

 

[LOTRFan]

I was @ Disneyland again today and wow, they are setting up for quite a premier; anyone going?

 

[CAhobbit]

You talking collectibles or movies?
I'm still a fan of the OT Star Wars, LOTR films, ect ect..
If your talking collectibles people's taste change, space whatever, but as far movies if I like a movie I like a movie.

I was talking about films (and even books to an extent).

The Star Wars fanbase and LOTR fanbase (and even Star Trek) fanbase are big ones that have been around for years...even decades. I can't really put the new Pirates fanbase in the same category right now...sorry.

Perhaps this pirate fandom will be around for a long time to come, only time will tell. But I notice that many fandoms can be fickle. Hordes of folks jump from one fandom to another to be part of the 'in' thing and once nothing new is around (film wise) they jump ship. I guess I just see many (not all mind you) of the pirate fanbase doing much of the same thing. I can't blame them of course...it makes sense to jump into new that interests you. I've just always been fascinated to see what the new 'in' film or film franchise that attracts a rather large fanbase.

 

[darthviper107]

I really like POTC, the first one was great, and while the second one isn't as good it's worth seeing just for Davey Jones, remember they got an Academy Award for that. I think the third one will be even better, from what I've seen in stuff it looks like it's much more original than the second one, the second one suffered from reusing jokes from the first one too much, but the third seems much more original.

I wish I could get the HD versions though, that would be awesome. But I'll have to wait.

And I'd love some stuff from Sideshow....