pirates and psychics, oh my!

[theladyrose]

Watching the third installment of Pirates of the Carribbean is like sticking your brain in a clothes dryer: you're a little confused at first as you try to remember what exactly is going on, then things start warming up and become less boring. But the cycles of treachery/swordfighting/getting the cast sweaty and/or wet in new situations/fatuous pseudo-angsty love scenes for adolescent fangirls gets repetitive, and then the action speeds up to an insane point where the plot is nothing but hot air, and then it manages to slow down enough for a reasonably satisfying end.

I never was very good at figurative language.

It took 8 reasonably intelligent friends and I half an hour afterwards to figure out all of those "Wait, what exactly happened there?" and "Why the heck did they do that?" moments. I'm surprised that the editor didn't contemplate strangling him/herself.

Hans Zimmer's score eerily resembles his work for the Lion King, which basically caused me to laugh so hard that my eyes were watering. Seriously, I could predict what was happening next because the approach was so "cut in generic swordfight cue / fake Asian sounding cue / big serious orchestra version of the Disneyland ride theme / Davy Jones organ theme / Davy Jones heart theme / love theme / cheery fiddle welcome to the pirate life theme / comedic ship crew motif" here. I have to confess, though, that I rather like that idiotic Davy Jones music box theme. Umm, yeah, and I'm opening myself up to ceaseless mockery for that admission.

In non-related TV news, a guy I recognize from the Birnkrant 616 set is appearing in my favorite new comedic detective show, Psych. You can read more about the actor here. There are so many talented filmmakers and cast members on that show - for the many who graduated just a few weeks ago, I honestly hope that they make it in Hollywood because they're seriously amazing. The guy who plays Roger really reminds me of James Roday, the lead actor in Psych. To a certain degree, I feel sorry that I couldn't keep working on that show because of other committments this semester because being a production assistant on that was one of the few highlights of first semester freshman year.  It's a pity the second season's still not through post production yet; hopefully it'll be up for online viewing sometime this summer.

Comments

[phoenixbird27.livejournal.com]

Hey thanks for the review! I was contemplating going to see it on my way home from work, but figured I would need the brain power to decipher the plot(s) as I'd heard that from other people too. I'm planning on seeing it next week when one of my friends from out of town is visiting so I have someone to go with--it's always so depressing going to the movies by yourself and so much more fun to have someone to discuss it with afterwards.

[theladyrose.livejournal.com]

You're quite welcome! POTC3 is definitely the sort of movie you want to see with friends when the multiple storylines and crazy edits are absurdly incomprehensible yet entertaining. I hope you have a good time with your friend!

[lastgiraffe.livejournal.com]

for the record, i was using the music to figure things out before they happened too, whatever that means. i'm obviously not a film score expert... but i always think it's kind of funny when i can pick up the music that way.

[theladyrose.livejournal.com]

You know far more about music than I do. And with a composer like Hans Zimmer, you can easily identify the different musical elements; maybe it's the filmmakers' way of making it easy for the audience to figure out what was going on when all of the crazy editing cuts and storylines were flying around?

[one-blankpage.livejournal.com]

teach me film score analysis haha :)

is potc3 worth watching? was supposed to see it at 8 yesterday; was too tired.

[theladyrose.livejournal.com]

It's a fun movie to see with friends. But you probably do want to be awake when watching it because there are a lot of weird storylines going on.