Fealiks Posted June 8, 2009 Posted June 8, 2009 With all this Monkey Island news, I'm in a Piratey mood (which I'm usually in anyway because of my awesome pirate hair), so I'm going to watch all of the Pirates of the Caribbean movies, each of which I have on 2-disc special edition DVDs. They're good movies, and if Monkey Island had to be ripped off, I'm glad it was done so so well. Oh, and also I just noticed some concept art in the inside cover of the first DVD, showing skeletal versions of the tall/skinny (guy from the office with the wood eye) and short/fat pirates, making it painfully obvious that they were stolen from the CMI cutscene where the two pirates find LeChucks boots afloatin' in the sea. Even down to the clothes they're wearing. Actually, I hope I can enjoy these movies properly without constantly noticing little stolen things... oh well. Anyway, flame away.
Sabretooth Posted June 8, 2009 Posted June 8, 2009 Actually no, I like all three PotC movies as well, I also agree that despite their similarities to Monkey Island, they're still pretty good and not complete rip-offs or anything. I wouldn't mind a nod here or there.
Fealiks Posted June 8, 2009 Author Posted June 8, 2009 Yeah, it would be nice if they acknowledged their influence.
Isak Posted June 8, 2009 Posted June 8, 2009 You should also check out the new Pirates of the carribean game
Fealiks Posted June 8, 2009 Author Posted June 8, 2009 Looks pretty good at first glance, but I think I'm gonna stick to Monkey Island game-wise. Oh, and maybe Bill Tiller's upcoming pirate game.
Isak Posted June 8, 2009 Posted June 8, 2009 Yeah, me too. I've heard that the previous Pirates of the carribean games sucked. The only thing that attracts me to this one is the free roaming piraty world, yumm . Loved Pirates!
Giant Graffiti Posted June 8, 2009 Posted June 8, 2009 Does anybody agree with me when I say that only the first Pirates film was good?
TunaMurray Posted June 8, 2009 Posted June 8, 2009 Does anybody agree with me when I say that only the first Pirates film was good? I Totally agree with that! Anyone else still angry about the first pirates of the Caribbean game when it took over and wiped out sea dogs II?
Jeff Posted June 8, 2009 Posted June 8, 2009 Does anybody agree with me when I say that only the first Pirates film was good?I thought the other two were good, but the first is definitely the best.
Joshi Posted June 9, 2009 Posted June 9, 2009 The sequels weren't nearly as bad as a lot of people seem to want to believe.
urluckyday Posted June 9, 2009 Posted June 9, 2009 Don't be ashamed that you like movies based on a boring theme park ride at Disney...nothing wrong with that! lol...nah the first one was good...others were merely "meh" worthy.
Isak Posted June 9, 2009 Posted June 9, 2009 I've only seen the first and the second. Thought both of them were ok.
TunaMurray Posted June 9, 2009 Posted June 9, 2009 I believe in the pirate code. I can believe in cursed gold. I can believe in undead evil monkeys. I can believe in Davy Jones. I can believe in the Kraken…I can’t believe Jack sparrow could fall off a cliff and be ok and nor can I believe the water wheel of death fight scene. I felt the first movie set the tone and the second did not follow at all. The third brought it back a little, which is why I have the 1st and the 3rd, but the 2nd was neither worth my money nor worth pirating in any sense!
Sabretooth Posted June 9, 2009 Posted June 9, 2009 The only quip I have with the last two PotC movies is that the plot (and it was a single plot) was extremely convoluted and flew over my head by the time the second act started in PotC 3. Everybody's running their agenda, cutting deals, searching for something, controlling someone, it's crazy, put some order somewhere. But still, I enjoyed all three films very much.
parabolee Posted June 11, 2009 Posted June 11, 2009 Loved he first. Could not even finish watching the second. My wife told me three was worse so I skipped it. Think I'll watch the first again this weekend.
Fealiks Posted June 11, 2009 Author Posted June 11, 2009 I think that the first was the weakest one. Orlando Bloom's acting was terrible and it was overall too "clean" looking for a pirate film (although it was still good). I understand what you said about the plot being convoluted, Sabretooth, but if you watch them one after the other, the story's really good.
Sabretooth Posted June 12, 2009 Posted June 12, 2009 I think that the first was the weakest one. Orlando Bloom's acting was terrible and it was overall too "clean" looking for a pirate film (although it was still good). I understand what you said about the plot being convoluted, Sabretooth, but if you watch them one after the other, the story's really good. I agree, the first one actually feels lacking somewhere, I get that feeling too. And I'm not really complaining about the plot, I enjoyed it a lot, it's the most definitive pirate story I've seen, I guess it wasn't translated to the screen properly or something, it just got very difficult to keep track of things by the middle of both films.
Fealiks Posted June 12, 2009 Author Posted June 12, 2009 Yeah, that's true. It was almost like they needed more films to cram all of the story into (even though they used two films for what was essentially one plot)
Miltiades Posted June 12, 2009 Posted June 12, 2009 I enjoyed the movies, and whatever flaws are in there, it captured the piratey feeling very well. Hadn't really tried searching for similarities between the movies and Monkey Island. Will have to do that the next time I see it.
LordTrilobite Posted June 13, 2009 Posted June 13, 2009 It's a good trilogy. The first one was definatly the best one of the three. In the second, Davey Jones was a really interesting character, in the third, he wasn't (repeating lines and not remotely scary anymore) The third movie is also not really true to Disney endings.
ThunderPeel2001 Posted June 13, 2009 Posted June 13, 2009 The first one was easily the best, the others had their moments. (A lot like the Matrix trilogy in that respect.)
LordTrilobite Posted June 13, 2009 Posted June 13, 2009 Actually, I think the Matrix trilogy is better as a whole. There too, the first one was best. But the other two were also quite good.
Serpentine Cougar Posted June 14, 2009 Posted June 14, 2009 The first one is awesome, but the other two went downhill. Confused Matthew has some interesting points about what's wrong with the third movie.
Fealiks Posted June 14, 2009 Author Posted June 14, 2009 The first one was easily the best, the others had their moments. (A lot like the Matrix trilogy in that respect.) The Matrix trilogy was different, there should never have been any sequels. Everything that there was to be said and done was over in the first movie. The way the sequels were made was as if they hadn't even seen the first movie, which was metaphorical and deep and stuff and things... To make the sequels as they did was like only reading the literal imagery of a poem. I still can't believe people think that the second two movies were that bad! I think that the second one was probably the best (better than the first, anyway).
Isak Posted June 21, 2009 Posted June 21, 2009 I just saw the third Pirates of the Carribean movie, and I didn't like it that much (ok to see if you got nothing else to do). I thought it was much worse than the first one, and just as silly as the second one.
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