Dead Man's Chest
Aug. 4th, 2006 10:42 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
demoneyes_philSomewhat to our surprise, the cinema was packed and the only seats we could get were right at the front which was annoying. Really just a bit too close/low down to make it comfortable - more so than I remember from being in front rows in my younger days - wonder if they're packed closer now?
Film was sadly a tad uninspiring. Some great stunts, wonderful SFX and occasional gems of dialogue - plus a great in-joke for those who remember Monkey Island! - but the plot, which face it didn't need to be much, didn't even manage that, being horribly incoherent and fragmented for the first half of the film. And whilst Capn Jack was on good form as ever, Orlando Bloom's character seemed to have lost the wide-eyed heroic innocence and unrequited love of the first film whilst not managing to replace them with anything.
And whilst one expects characters to reappear in a sequel, this one did seem a little obsessive about it!
Was still fun though. And whilst I'd read several people grumble about its not having an ending, I didn't find this particularly jarring. Sure, it doesn't resolve the story, but it stops at a suitable dramatic point - Empire Strikes Back would not be an unfair comparison I suppose.
Film was sadly a tad uninspiring. Some great stunts, wonderful SFX and occasional gems of dialogue - plus a great in-joke for those who remember Monkey Island! - but the plot, which face it didn't need to be much, didn't even manage that, being horribly incoherent and fragmented for the first half of the film. And whilst Capn Jack was on good form as ever, Orlando Bloom's character seemed to have lost the wide-eyed heroic innocence and unrequited love of the first film whilst not managing to replace them with anything.
And whilst one expects characters to reappear in a sequel, this one did seem a little obsessive about it!
Was still fun though. And whilst I'd read several people grumble about its not having an ending, I didn't find this particularly jarring. Sure, it doesn't resolve the story, but it stops at a suitable dramatic point - Empire Strikes Back would not be an unfair comparison I suppose.
