Viewing Thread:
"Pirates Of The Caribbean Reviewed - Ok it's a bit late lol:S"

I know it's a bit late but I wrote one for Ciao and thought I'd also post it on here as a GAD attempt only to find they don't sell that particular DVD. Hmph. Ack well I still thought I'd post it here for you guys to view. Enjoy:

Pirates Of The Carribean
------------------------

Don't you just love it when you're walking through you're local HMV and find a gem of a DVD in their half price sale? You know what I mean, a film like Gattaca or Top Gun. Well Pirates Of The Caribbean may not be as innovative as Gattaca or emotional as Top Gun but this is definitely a modern day masterpiece that you definitely wont regret paying full price for.

By the director of the popular horror film, The Ring, Gore Verbinski has delivered a spectacular film with a cast that some directors can only dream of. The up and coming A-List elf Orlando Bloom delivers a surprisingly good performance as the dashing young Will Turner, the dazzling Keira Knightley who plays the perfect love interest and Cap'n Jack Sparrow himself, Johnny Depp.

Mr. Depp delivers a stunning performance after a fair few years out off the movie making game in his come back film, and what a come back it is. His fabulously camp performance as the comical yet skilled pirate of the seven seas is one that simply does not disappoint. His cheeky little comments provide well-needed light relief in this otherwise generic pirate movie.

"Welcome to the Caribbean love!" Says the apathetic scally wag in an attempt to get Keira to loosen up and drink some Rum. Just like a real pirate. It's grade A material I'll tell you that.

Now, I'm not saying it wouldn't be a good film without him only that without Cap'n Jack this film would have far too much doom and gloom for your average viewer, which, in itself can be comical.

The plot itself is a solid one typical of the genre and as you would have guessed from the 12 certificate it's a bit darker than usual for a Disney film. The CG for example allows us to see the skeleton remains of a crew of the damned. Probably not a good idea to play the lenient parent with this one and show it to your kids. I'm 16 and still jumped out of my seat the first time I saw one of them!

However this is not about me looking like a jumping fool in the cinema. This is a list of my opinions; you may not like them; you may not agree with them but don't argue! "Do you think it wise to cross blades with a pirate” I don’t! So go and buy a copy from the shops or plunder your mates house and take his for a stunning adventure on the high seas.

You've stopped using emoticons but now you say 'heh' constantly. It's okay to just finish sentences like this, you know.

See?

Took my English mock on Monday.

Didn't do brilliantly, but I think I got an A.

I get C's in English so I was suprised I knew that lol.

> Oh I just checked dictionary.com and apparently I was right the first
> time. You misled me Maverick lol. Just kidding, easy mistake to make.

Always thought it was tonnes.

I'm supposed to be good at English as well.

Erk.

Heh it's ok I wont, I do get testy though because all my mates keep calling it a waste of time because quite a lot of students take it as a course in their last year of high school just to mess about. I took it as soon as I could though because I really want to be in the media and think I am quite good at it unlike the generic stupid media students you're talking about heh. I totally agree with you about the camera thing. It gets reaaaaaaaally tedious after seeing about the millionth student outtake because none of them could stop laughing and so on heh.

> I'm going away all this weekend to a secluded hotel to shoot a 5
> minute film with media studies. Should be good and we have done and
> will do a lot of new things for that.

That sounds worth it...seriously thought media studies reeks of this, general pratting around with a camera. Yep some it may be good, but I've seen an awful lot of crap even at Uni.

> P.s. have you taken media studies? Have you done that stuff before?
> Believe me I thought it as easy to do those things too but I find
> myself taking 5 pages of notes on the first 15 minutes of each film I
> watch. My folder is bulging.

For two lessons yes. Then I came to the conclusion it was pointless and transferred to Eng lit instead. When your teacher launches into a "disney is evil" style rant you know its pointless. Ultimately anything you say or do is subjective even if backed up.

Don't take any offence at this general anti media studies rant, its more directed at the subject than you.

I'm going away all this weekend to a secluded hotel to shoot a 5 minute film with media studies. Should be good and we have done and will do a lot of new things for that.


P.s. have you taken media studies? Have you done that stuff before? Believe me I thought it as easy to do those things too but I find myself taking 5 pages of notes on the first 15 minutes of each film I watch. My folder is bulging.

> Write now we are analysing Alfred Hitchcock films. The narrative
> threads, conventions, technologies, languages and so on. It really
> doesn't come up much heh. Ack well.

Eh? Can't any reasonably intelligent person who has seen the films do this anyway? I mean I can't, because I chose not to watch the films, but I could do it for any film I have seen after one rewatch. Tell me there is more to media studies than this?

Well I don't plan to leave anytime soon so I'm sure you'll continue to be flabergasted over the years heh.

> Aha! Haha!
>
> Let me get this straight you made fun of Shrubber for being immature
> in the General Chat but then you do that. Cough hypocrit cough.

I haven't called anyone immature, and that wasn't an immature comment.

I was flabberghasted that you couldn't see what you were doing.