![]() Two almost incompressible 3 hour long sequels followed. ![]() When the film was released people would say in almost disbelief, “you know, that Pirates Of The Caribbean movie was really good.” Then the producers got greedy and tried to manufacture a trilogy. Sure, the plot revolved around an almost impossibly bland romance between Orlando Bloom and Kiera Knightley, but at least it worked. Johnny Depp brought a batshit insane quality to his Keith Richards pirate, the action was lovably over-the-top, and Geoffrey Rush provided the necessary scenery chewing as the villain. Then somehow it ended up being entertaining. We went into the theater knowing it was a movie based on a Disneyland ride and had the considerably lowered expectations that kind of product-driven filmmaking demands. The first film was surprisingly good, just in that it was watchable at all. ![]() It really is a shame that Pirates Of The Caribbean became a franchise rather than just a one-off blockbuster. ![]()
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