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Subject: Pirates of the Caribbean 3

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Susan

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Date Posted: 06:52:08 05/31/07 Thu
In reply to: Susan 's message, "Misc. piratical gab" on 15:11:31 07/06/06 Thu

Any opinions on the new "Pirates of the Caribbean" movie, "At World's End"? I found it too cluttered with extraneous, undeveloped characters; anachronistic legends; vague plot lines; and overwhelming creature FX to follow it very well. Both my husband and I were both confused by what exactly the story was, who was on what side, etc.! The first movie ("Curse of the Black Pearl") stands as the best of the three; it had a relatively intelligible plot and a clear villain, as well as character development and humor--and an awesome swordfight between Geoffrey Rush and Johnny Depp. There's lots of "cut 'n' rip" in this movie, but there's a lot more "cutaway," with too many things going on at once to get a good view of anything. (And the swordfight on top of the swinging yardarm in the midst of a storm was just too absurd to be believed; I mean, seasoned seafarers all too often fell to their death from the rigging--and at least there they had something to hold onto for support!)

The only part I really liked was lots of Barbossa. He's really the only pirate actor right now who comes anywhere near Robert Newton in natural charisma (although I thought he was better developed in the first movie)--and his performance is an obvious homage to his predecessor. In fact, if it hadn't already been done twice in the past year and he weren't already Barbossa, I think he might've made a pretty good Blackbeard.

What about you?

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Geoffrey Rush on Robert Newton, Arr!

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Susan
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Date Posted: 21:27:43 06/04/07 Mon

The new "Film Fantasy" magazine is loaded with stuff about the new "Pirates of the Caribbean" movie. It includes this nod from Geoffrey Rush:

"Rush believes that Hollywood has a penchant for foreign-born bad guys had paid off for both himself and English actors. 'We went through a period where you had the Alan Rickmans and Gary Oldmans of the world playing the bad guys in Hollywood movies,' he says. 'It's this American tradition that if you want a villain, you've got to cast British. It probably goes back to the War of Independence or something.'"

Oh, is *that* the reason? (It probably *is* the reason I always seem to be drawn to movie villains! Although in real life, when's the last time *you* heard of British people coming over here to do horrible things to American citizens--more horrible, I mean, than, say, putting us down in a really great accent? Geez, I mean the UK is practically the last ally we have left in the world! Interesting that GR--who's Australian--has noticed this odd casting trend too.) Anyhow, back to the article:

"He welcomed the opportunity to do bad things with Barbossa. 'Getting to play the first serious pirate since Robert Newton almost have me a fresh slate. It wasn't like I had to play one of those weird guys who was going to take over the world by midnight, which is what all villains in all blockbusters do.'" Yay, he acknowledged our hero--one great movie pirate bowing to another. :-)

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[> [> Subject: Re: Geoffrey Rush on Robert Newton, Arr!
Author: Jenny [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 20:03:19 07/13/07 Fri Yes! GR's portrayal of Captain Barbossa is a brilliant homage. How cool of him to pay credit to RN! Hopefully it will inspire "the wiser youngsters of today" to learn more about the man behind our dear Cap'n Silver. "So be it! And fall on!" [ Post a Reply to This Message ]