I watched the third Pirates movie the other day- At World’s End. Now, I loved the first movie as much as anyone- I’m convinced Johnny Depp and I are Meant To Be- but there were two things that bugged me about the last two: Orlando Bloom, and the plot.
Yeah, Orlando Bloom. It is so damn obvious that he’s only getting great roles because he’s utterly gorgeous. Lord Of The Rings? … I actually didn’t like it (It wasn’t badly done, just not my type of film), but I could’ve thought of ten different actors who would have done the part justice. His emotional range is 1/10, where as someones like Cate Blanchett is 10/10… But he sure as heck made a sexy elf. In the second Pirates movie, his emotions were all over the place, they were irritatingly quick-changing. Depp and Knightley were good as per usual, but Bloom? The scene in which he was whipped by his father? That should be even slightly heart rending, right? Even with a performance like his? In a nutshell:
“Ow, you hurt me Daddy!”
“I did it out of love!”
“No you didn’t!”
“Yes I did!”
“Okay! I love you Daddy!”
Ugh… Just. Ugh. I truly, truly wish he would quit acting and become a world famous model instead.
The plot was actually really good for the first film, but it was less than good for the last two. In the second it was, kill me! This plot is horrible! Someone save the movie! but in the last one it was, ehhhh. It didn’t make me want to cry hysterically. The good, and bad, thing about the Pirates movies is that they all start off like they could be brilliant, then they either fail miserably, or give the audience an enjoyable movie.
In the second movie it was very exciting. The slow motion blurred shots of the rain storm, and the tea cups? And Keira Knightley looking as beautiful as ever? It could have been one of the Best Sequels Ever. But then it failed, blah. It was like the writers went, Hmmm…! We need a way to recycle the jokes from the old movie and stuff them into as many places as possible to make the painful descent into movie plot Hell as humorous as possible… I know! Let’s use this plot that doesn’t make any sense! It was like the second movie was made entirely to set up the climatic finale of the third.
Also, I watched Wah-Wah yesterday. But only because Nicholas Hoult is in it, who is in About A Boy, which is one of my favourite movies. About A Boy was the only movie I’ve ever seen him in and woooowww! I freaking love Nicholas Hoult. I love Nicholas Hoult. Hello? Where is his Oscar? He is amazing. It was great. There were some moments of darkness (a la Donnie Darko… But definitely not as dark) which made it different, and interesting. And Hoult? Oh my God. He is wonderful. His performance is so, so honest it’s like he believes he really is that character. I just want to snog him senseless. Because he rocks. So. Hardcore. The plot was unoriginal-ish though: It was all based around the whole ‘child deals with slowly breaking family’ thing. But I recommend watching it, just to see Hoult :D.
I love movies, probably a bit too much. It’s great that I’m on holidays now, because I get to watch a whole lot of movies that I wanted to watch but couldn’t before.
… Yeah, and do my massive amount of holiday homework *sigh*. I feel so guilty everytime I think about it. Eeeeeerrrrgggh.
I think my Aunty and cousin are coming from Fiji in about a week. This is exciting! The last time I saw them I was 12, and Mona Jiji (A casual term for sister in Fijian- it’s usually used by a younger cousin addressing an older female cousin) is so, so awesome. She is ridiculously smart. And she’s so much fun! Besides, they always bring presents. Moo ha ha.
I just saw on the news that they built a ‘prayer room’ at a train station. I don’t think I need to say anymore on this… But what the Hell? Completely useless, right. Sillies!
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I liked the Pirates movies.. but I probably mostly couldn’t get past how gorgeous Johnny Depp is as a pirate lol. I’m not sure you could blame Orlando Bloom for the crazy emotions he’s showing in the movies.. I would say the writer(s)/director? would be blamed for that. I do understand not agreeing with who plays the roles in movies though. & the fact that Orlando is hot probably helps him out sometimes lol
I watched the end of Pirates the other day (not my sort of movie), and I have to agree Orlando is just eye candy in the film. I haven’t seen enough of his movies to say he’s talentless, but his character there was dull
I absolutley love Johnny Depp he is an amazing actor.I cant wait to see him in Sweeney Todd.But i do believe that the writers and directors are to blame for orlando blooms acting.I have seen him in other movies and he did those really well.i havent gotten to see the third movie though.i found donnie darco to be a really odd movie.
i have only seen the first one, though i want to see teh next to :P
and ive also never heard of wah-wah
I find that Johnny Depp isn’t so attractive without his pirate makeup.
I agree, it would be so much easier on all of us if Orlando Bloom just became a model :P
Fijian sounds like such a cool language!
I loved the first Pirates movie, good ol’ Johnny’s humour was great. That is what I dislike about the second one though. Captain Jack didn’t have a lot of humour. The third one he was back on a role again, which I thought was great. Especially the peanuts. That was really random and funny at the same time. :cute:
I completely agree with you on Orlando Bloom. My friend is obsessed with him because of his looks not his acting.He can be too over dramatic a lot. I luffles Keira and Johnny though. They are marvelous!
I hope you have fun with your Aunt and cousin from Fiji. I always like the word Fiji. I sounds neat.
Same reaction on the “Prayer Room”. Not even going to waste my fingers on that. It is just plain odd and silly.
I loved the new PoTC movie. I saw it in theaters. Orlando Bloom is very pretty too I will have to agree with you.
I want to see this. I saw the first two.
Oooh, thanks times a million. i love the Pirates movies :]
I was one of those people who just couldn’t sit thought Pirates 1. I love Johnny, but I just didn’t understand what all the hoop-la was about. Now, Pirates 2 I acutally liked which is why I went to see Pirates 3, but that one was just crap. They dropped entire plot lines right in the middle of the movie not to mention that the over all plot made no damn sense anyway. I’m thinking about giving Priates 1 another try. Maybe I wasn’t in the right head space the first time. As far as Orlando Bloom is concerned, you can’t deny that he is very attractive, but he CANNOT act is his way out of a paper bag and he needs to make some decisions about how he’s going to remedy that if he wants to keep doing this acting thing.
I liked Pirates of the Caribbean, however I am that person that fails to understand parts of it. I am not a big Johnny Depp or Orlando Bloom fan, I think I miss the part of the brain that swoons after famous people. I agree that LOTR was bad, I liked the books, so I thought “Okay I will watch the film”, however due to the fact it was constant fighting, I feel asleep after 1 hour, maybe less.
I liked the movie, i think he is a good actor- not the best but good. There are times when i think he is over acting things. Well i would like to see Sweeney Todd it looks good he might do good in that movie.
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