Late Night Movies

[jackofallgeeks]

So I went out to dinner and a movie with Sarah last night. I'll try and get a proper post on that later today, but for right now the point is that we went to a 10pm showing of Pirates 2 and I didn't get to bed until 1:30 or 2:00. I'm tired. Coffee has seemed to help a little bit, but...

And just to keep score, on a scale of 1 to 10 with 10 being the best movie I've ever seen, Pirates gets a 4. It was an alright movie, but I think the story was a little thin and it relied too much on in-jokes and references to the first movie for its humor. Some of that is good stuff, sure, but when you have no fewer than 3 references to "why is the rum gone," a good line in the first movie but weak to keep repeating. All in all, I think it sets the stage for an interesting third movie, but that's about it. Which, I guess, makes it a wonderful example of "Middle Trilogy Syndrome."

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[jackofallgeeks.livejournal.com]

Just as a note, Kill Bill wasn't meant to be two movies, last I heard. Tarantino just made it too long...

[metis2be.livejournal.com]

I meant to change that sentence, but I forgot. He figured it would be better to break a movie into two parts than to shorten it into one, and when you think about it, cutting that much from the movies would have ruined them. Kill Bill pulled off making the plotline for one movie into two movies, but I doubt pirates will be able to do that.