Will Johnny Depp Suck Pirate Ass At World's End?

So we are only a few days away from the release of the third flick in the popular series, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End. Will it be as good as the original or be bloated like Dead Man's Chest?

I'm not sure since the movie isn't out yet, but judging from the trailer the plot seems a bit more interesting involving worldwide piratey undead action. Johnny Depp should be as entertaining as Orlando Bloom is bland, so it will be amusing to say the least.

One thing the first two Pirate movies did which was annoying is how the real plot didn't start until almost an hour into the movie! The first flick spends a long time introducing characters before launching into the zombie ghosty skeleton pirate bits and Dead Man's Chest is even worse, taking a long Monkey Island style foray into cannibal jokes before starting the quest proper.

With movie prices rising ($7.50 for a matinee?), I don't mind that mainstreamy movies are longer. What I do mind is how they feel bloated. There's nothing wrong with an efficient movie that moves along at a good clip. You could take 20 minutes out of most long action epics that come out now and the movie would be better for it.

Or you could take 90 minutes out of Spider-Man 3 and the movie would be better for it, but that's a whole other story...

Paris Hilton Should Rot in Cell

According to the LA Times, Paris Hilton will spend at least 23 days in jail for violating her probation by driving with a suspended license. She was originally sentenced for 45 days.

Will she get scooted out of the jail for overcrowding, as Michelle Rodriguez did not so long ago? Will she be able to appeal before she has to start her time in jail? Time will tell.

I do think jail time will be good for Paris. She can actually face a serious, if truncated, consequence for her actions and maybe end up acting less like a twit as a result.

The only reason I'm writing about this is because I accidentally got a gift subscription to Us Weekly, a magazine of such dubious quality that it makes People look like the New Yorker. I originally was meant to get a subscription to Premiere, which promptly went out of business. By default, the subscription flip-flopped over to Us Weekly. While I'm not happy about this, a free magazine is a free magazine and Paris is plasted over the pages as of late.

A pretty decent magazine I check out every once in a while is Empire, a British movie magazine packed with good writing and odd features. They recently had an article where two staff writers stayed up for two whole days doing nothing but watching Bond films. They do cost $10 an issue, which is pricey for a movie magazine, but at least each issue is of a reasonable length (~170 pages) and is printed on glossy paper.

Paris Hilton to Spend at least 23 days in Jail -- LA Times

There and Back Again

After a few false starts, I am restarting this blog yet again.

So, after months without updating, my readers (all 7 of them) might be wondering where I've been?

Busy with work and moving. I am still in Portland, but recently moved into a 1 Bedroom apartment, which beats the hell out of living in a tiny room in a cat filled 2 Bedroom apartment!

On the video game front, I am a bit surprised to find as I get older, I play video games less and watch DVDs more. Part of it might be because my main collection of PSX, PS2, and GC games are still in Atlanta. I have been enjoying my Nintendo DS Lite a good bit and liking the quirkiness of Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime.

I do have a podcast in the works that should be popping up in about a month or so. More on that early June-ish.