Jul 26, 2006 12:33 AM
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(Updated Jul 26, 2006 02:47 PM)
YES IT DOES... this movie has the biggest opening in movie history and I have a theory as to why that is so.....
Besides being one of the most expensive movie ever made it is BY FAR THE MOST EXTENSIVELY MARKETED FILM OF ALL TIME, the marketing budget of this film alone is 150 million dollars......(add to that the fact this movie took 250 milions daollars to make total 400 mil.)unfortunately that proves that however ordinary the movie is if you force the people to see it they will, and then say they love just because thats what everyone it saying. Also unfortunate is that, this now turning into a trend with most of the newer big budget films being strictly OK (superman recently).
As almost everyone did I went into this movie expecting a good time and nothing more, but this movie was STRICTLY OK !! Despite the fact that I lowered my expectations to factor in the fact that this is nothing but a fun movie.
The story is boring, humdrum AND HAS At least A DOZEN PLOT HOLES, fans of the earlier movie and the ride will point out at least a dozen more.
The Story is completely unidimensional and is unable to justify the length of the movie.
Heres how a sequence in the movie is ....
"The giant creature is attacking................hmmm cool graphics, OK now what......the giant creature is attacking again............OK so now what................hell the creature just attacked again..........at least a dozen scenes have been unnecessarily added. I think one day the editor went for a nap and never came back.
The acting was one department where this movie excelled, Johnny Depp as expected was great, HE HAS CERTAIN FLAIR ON SCREEN WHICH IS VERY ENTICING AND UNIGNORABLE (you can love him or you can hate him but you cant ignore him), the supporting cast including Bloom, Jack Davenport (the guy from coupling), and the 2 stooges was brilliant. The only complaint was from Keira who doesn’t have the flair to play a pirate/fugitive.
The 2 stooges were absolutely hilarious and provided some of the best comic moments of the movie.
Again this movie has been made to please the entire range of demographics, (this means we have bumbling Indian Pirate which is historically true also but good), but that also means that Orlando Bloom will unnecessarily be stripped ALA Salman Khan, there is adult oriented humour, A F@#$ING LOVE TRIANGLE (MAYBE QUADRANGLE), hell as usual this movie has been voted higher by women then men.
The special effects were absolutely mind boggling, (not any scene but the scale , nearly 1 in 2 scenes have computer generated elements in them), you cannot tell whether they are sets, or robotic costumed, or CG.
The ending of the movie was probably the biggest disappointment with the last 15- 20 mins being very boring. Lets face it THIS IS NO EPIC and I cant why the movie-makers are trying to make one.
In all movie that can best be described as STRICTLY TIMEPASS, you are assured a good time BUT YOU LEAVE THE THEATER FEELING THAT YOU HAVE BEEN BULLIED IN TO SEEING IT.
+s great cast and acting, superb animation, 2 stooges, good humour
+/-s Keira Knightley
-s overdone and overused animation, loooooooooong, humdrum story, no real action, feeling that you have been forced to see it because of the hype.
total 5/10 (only because I laughed a lot but I’m torn between honesty and promoting such ordinary film-making)
Trivia despite that fact that his movie has the biggest opening of all time Disney expect this movie to collect only (hehe) 392m at the box office............but they expect ateast 600 mil by way of mechandising, selling theDVD (trilogy also), increased ride traffic etc.
