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Subject: Charrrrmed! Author: Susan [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 23:57:11 08/22/06 Tue In reply to: Susan 's message, "Misc. piratical gab" on 15:11:31 07/06/06 Thu Even "Charmed" has boarded the piratical bandwagon ... and invoked the famous "arr" word. Here's a description for the episode airing on Thursday, August 24, at 4 p.m. on TNT (US): "Charrrmed! "Arg! An immortal pirate (Harve Presnell) who continues to age passes his curse onto Paige, and her sisters can only restore her by stealing a chalice that taps into the Fountain of Youth. Unfortunately, a Homeland Security agent (Kerr Smith) has taken an interest in the women. Meanwhile, Leslie manipulates a contest to win a date with Phoebe." [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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[> Subject: Pirates of the Caribbean 3 Author: Susan [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 06:52:08 05/31/07 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? [ Post a Reply to This Message ]