Pirates of the Carribean

Post by **caamora** » Thu Jul 10, 2003 5:58 am

Saw it today. It was wonderful!!! Johnny Depp is the bomb! Orlando Bloom (LOTR) is fantastic! The heroine (don't know her name) is beautiful! I highly recommend it! Good comedy, swashbuckling action, hints of the ride (for those of you who have been on it) - all over a very fun movie. I give it

5 laughing emoticons!

Post by **Infelice** » Thu Jul 10, 2003 6:11 am

I saw the trailer at the movies the other night and Orlie looked scrumptious. Definitely on my *must see* list. Thanks for the heads up Caamora.

Post by **[Syl]** » Thu Jul 10, 2003 5:02 pm

Pirates has been and always will be my main reason for going to Disney Land (and the ride is much better at Disney Land than Disney World). I can't wait to see the movie. Jonny Depp rocks.

Post by **caamora** » Thu Jul 10, 2003 10:35 pm

Depp is wonderful in this movie.

Post by **Skyweir** » Fri Jul 11, 2003 1:34 am

cool .. i saw the trailers too .. and immediately placed it on my 'to see list'

thanks for the great recommendation caam

Post by **caamora** » Fri Jul 11, 2003 1:36 am

When I saw "Pirates" they showed a preview for "The Haunted Mansion" another ride-inspired movie from Disney. It looked great, too!

Post by **Skyweir** » Fri Jul 11, 2003 1:39 am

ooh cool .. have you ever seen House on Haunted Hill .. thats quite a ride

dark and disturbing .. as a horror should be

Post by **birdandbear** » Thu Jul 24, 2003 1:08 am

My 7 year old son is really into pirates. I'm thinking of taking him to see this movie, even though It's rated PG13. He doesn't mind a little bit of scariness, but I wouldn't want to take him to something too scary. What do y'all think? Should I wait for Peter Pan to give him his pirate fix?

Post by **Worm of Despite** » Thu Jul 24, 2003 1:35 am

I vividly recall sitting through Cliffhanger when I was 7, and the only thing I could think of was not being scared but being bored. Same year, I saw one of those Alien movies, and it did nothing for me. I guess it was because I saw Terminator 2 when I was 6 years old, so my standards were quite high. And when I was five years old, my favorite movie? A close tie between Robocop and Total Recall! I turned out okay.

Heck--I remember laughing out loud in the theater in 1993, when I saw the T-rex from Jurassic Park eat that guy who was hiding in the toilet stall. I must’ve been eight years old!

For me, movies were extremely important to my creative development. Had I not experienced an early childhood filled with that stuff, I'd probably not be writing a book that involves such graphicness. I take that back; I'd probably not be writing at all! I'd probably be a totally different person--one that I would probably beat up for not being the current me. Heh . . .

House on Haunted Hill, Sky? 1959 version or remake?

Post by **caamora** » Thu Jul 24, 2003 4:13 am

It's not that scary. There may be one or two parts that he might hide his eyes if he scares easily. Otherwise, I think he will like the action and the pirates and the swordplay!

Post by **birdandbear** » Thu Jul 24, 2003 9:36 pm

Thanks guys. I think I'll take him. He really doesn't scare that easily. He saw Lake Placid when he was four, and he thought it was funny. He also liked that killer shark movie that came out a few years ago, and that didn't bother him either. Oddly enough, it seems the more realistic the monster, the less it bothers him. If anything's likely to scare him, it's exactly the kind of cartoony, haunted house stuff in Pirates. But I think he can handle it. He does really love pirates.

Post by **[Syl]** » Fri Jul 25, 2003 11:21 am

I saw it last night. It was decent, though I think it had a bit of a problem deciding who its audience was. Had a lot of great references to the ride, and Depp, of course, stole the show.

Post by **Nav** » Fri Jul 25, 2003 1:23 pm

Apparently JD has based his character on Keith Richards, that alone ought to justify the ticket price.

Post by **duchess of malfi** » Sat Jul 26, 2003 6:29 am

Heh. Am really considering taking my kids to this one, it really does sound fun. They're at an odd age right now -- too old for regular kid stuff, not old enough for most R rated things...

This one might be good...

Post by **duchess of malfi** » Tue Dec 23, 2003 4:36 am

I finally got a chance to watch it on dvd tonight, and it was a very fun movie! Johnny Depp was great!

Post by **Landwaster** » Tue Dec 23, 2003 4:37 am

I went on the ride!

Post by **duchess of malfi** » Tue Dec 23, 2003 4:47 am

I have several times, one of my favorites at Disney. I love how they had bits of the ride as scenes in the movie.

Post by **Brinn** » Tue Dec 23, 2003 2:11 pm

I hate to admit it but I was a bit disappointed. I had heard so many good things about this movie that I think I was expecting "Citizen Kane" and only got a light but entertaining pirate movie with decent special effects and a couple of neat but hardly inspired twists. I think this movie suffered more from my expectations rather than lack of artistic merit. Oh well...

Post by **CovenantJr** » Tue Dec 23, 2003 4:23 pm

Whereas I expected it to be rubbish, and left the cinema thinking it was the best pirate film in history

Post by **danlo** » Tue Dec 23, 2003 5:46 pm

It was great fun! Depp rocked! (I know what u mean Brinn, I think the same guys that paid off Ebert, Roeper and Lyons 4 Master & Commander paid them off 4 the PofC reviews 2...some Disney/2Oth Century Fox thing going on there...

LOTRs paranoia, perhaps?)

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