Tuesday, May 22, 2007

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...

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