"Slap me three times and hand me to my mother."

[fan_elune]

1. I do not know how I can have enjoyed a movie that gave Norrington a brainwash along with his admiralcy. What was that? No, seriously, what was that?

2. So the only one to have died in the hurricane was Gilette, since Groves and Murtogg and Mulroy are fine. Although technically, even Gilette survived since Groves' character suddenly seems to have become a Navy dick. Which I can forgive because he still has a crush on Jack. I can't forgive Greg Ellis for totally overacting that last scene, though.

3. Oh, my god, Gibbs, how I miss you. Anybody interesting in joining the_lands_end RP over on GreatestJournal? Should seriously seriously seriously consider Gibbs. Because, oh god. Gibbs.

4. Elisabeth was un-Mary-Sued. Thank the gods.

5. There was double-crossing ALL OVER. WOOHOO.

6. There was no real happily ever after and the wedding rocked.

7. Murtogg and Mulroy were alive yay!

8. Jack (the monkey) and Mr. Cotton's parrot totally are OTP.

9. I love Tom Hollander.

10. Did I mention how they totally screwed up Norri wtf?

11. I liked the epic dimension this movie reached. So much better than Dead Man's Chest.

12. Tia Dalma rocks, still.

13. Norri was totally a pod person in that movie. Although I kind of liked that he kissed Elisabeth.

14. I loved the song at the beginning. Part of the epic dimension, actually.

15. Oh, my god, Hector. Barbossa was MAGNIFICENT. And called Hector. We also need him at The Land's End.

16. This was much less Disney than the previous one.

17. Jack ended up singing the song! AND REALLY BAD EGGS!

18. Barbossa's piece of eight being the wooden eye? Genius.

19. I had a 19 I can't remember what it was. It could be about Pintel (or Raghetti?) saying it right to Tia Dalma to make her Calypso again, or it could be about the one scene in which I did like Davy Jones (and we saw Bill's face oh god so much better without the tentacles), or it could be about how I haven't mentioned enough how they completely screwed up Norri in ways that do not even involve his death, or it could be about crabs, or it could be about slaps, or it could be about rum, or or or or or. But it's not about any of these things and I can't remember, damnit.

20. I could keep on rambling so I'll stop. But I liked it, despite there being things I didn't like in it. By opposition to the second movie, which I disliked, despite there being things I liked in it.

We're watching Mysterious Skin now. We watched Tangled last night and it's so bad. We're not a bicycle, damnit.

Comments

[sarkastic.livejournal.com]

I've decided that I'm just going to pretend that Norrington wasn't even in this movie. In my mind, post-DMC: he got back his post, realized that life was empty, defected and became a pirate captain, and, uh, lived happily ever after, finally free from the life that had constrained him. Yes.

[havenstar.livejournal.com]

Well I like what she says about Norrington ::points up:: But I also totally loved that he smooched Elizabeth. XD Me and my friend Kendra giggleshrieked over that because first off, that looked like a Very Nice Kiss and second aaawww he totally deserved a kiss. actually no he deserved to be happy and awesome and sailing around all piratey and probably I'm going to write some sort of tagfic to the movie in which all my issues get resolved because I've.. got several.

It's Ragetti who does the sweetness of whispering to Tia Dalma and he does it SO WELL and I love him to bits, he's so cute. He's even cuter with the eyepatch! Love it, love him, love how giggly-happy he is. In the kid's book version, after they go over the waterfall he's all WEEE THAT WAS FUN :D Seriously he's awesomest.

Welll.. not awesomest. But within that top group of awesome. There are several people competing for role of top awesome. I really want to go see this again, actually.

[the-grynne.livejournal.com]

I've uploaded the score.

[fan-elune.livejournal.com]

I want to have sex with your icon.

Now that that's out of the way, yes, and queenspanky (who's right beside me) says she's totally with you. And just waved hi at the screen.

[fan-elune.livejournal.com]

See, I love that kiss, and that would have been a very good end for him in the first movie. But the way they wrote him here, it's like they totally forgot everything that happened with him in the second movie! Which I'm really miffed about.

I never know which is which, but yes, so well, I love Mackenzie oh god. He is so cool. So so so so cool and I want to smooch his cheek and braid his hair. (I get weird. So what?)

BARBOSSA is totally in that top group. I totally do want to go again, which is a hell of a relief. Heee.

[fan-elune.livejournal.com]

I love you. Thank you.

[the-grynne.livejournal.com]

But the way they wrote him here, it's like they totally forgot everything that happened with him in the second movie! Which I'm really miffed about.

That was exactly my issue with the kiss. They forget about the Will/Elizabeth/James triangle for a whole movie-and-a-half (although they picked up Will/Elizabeth/Jack instead, which I won't quibble with - I wish we could write WILL out of the entire equation!), and then they give us this one kiss, and a change-of-heart scene? WTF!

[sarkastic.livejournal.com]

I want to have sex with your icon. Oh Puresex!

Hiiii! *waves back*

[fan-elune.livejournal.com]

I don't mind Will! I'm not a big Will fan, but I truly don't mind Will. Elizabeth I actually totally minded in the second movie. Oh, hell, I minded everybody but Norri in the second movie. And Tia and Barbossa. ANYWAY. I wish we could write the second movie out of the entire equation, except not. Just, write it well? That would be nice.

But yes, they brainwashed Norrington before At World's End, they really did.

[shadesofbrixton.livejournal.com]

Oh my god.

Fan.

We agreed on a movie.

*blinks*

(Yay Mysterious Skin!)

[fan-elune.livejournal.com]

One of the signs of the apocalypse yaddi yaddi yadda? *loves up*

YAY MYSTERIOUS SKIN. And oh god Tangled I swear Midnighter wanted to kill Remy in my head. For realz. And in the meantime, Apollo is being awfully drawn and doing zen patience exercises (http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y35/leelan/Midnighter7-003.jpg). And it's Brick tonight. Woot!

[havenstar.livejournal.com]

I love the kiss but I am a Sparrington fiend at heart. But, yeah.. I mean.. Well I guess in the end he basically chose the pirate side over the Navy side, which is sort of like the second movie? except for how it isn't? I don't know. maybe basically the point of the second movie was to prove Elizabeth's line in the first movie about how rum is a vile drink that turns even the most respectable men into complete scoundrels. it's all because he was drunk at the time! curse you, alcohol! he never meant any of it at all really! that's Jack's problem, too, too much rum! otherwise they would all be CUDDLY TEDDY BEARS.

It's so true, he's the sweetest cutest damn thing. I am fully in favour of smooching and braiding and cuddling and keeping him in my pocket forever and ever.

Oh, hell fucking yes Barbossa is in that group. My friend and sister and I were discussing the fact that really, we would've been happy if they'd just left it at the first movie- except for the fact that the second one gives us Barbossa back, and he gets his apple. That's really all we needed. ..oh, and Bill Nighy. ..who is also competing for the spot of total top coolest. Him and Jack and Barbossa and Norrington and and and and and I love these goddamn movies. I wanna go see it again today but I should probably get chem lab work done? probably, maybe.

pirates > chemistry, though, by far.