Yo Ho, Yo Ho!

"Dead Man's Chest" was not a very good movie on its own, but how can you resist pirates??? It suffered very much from middle-movie-itis, where there is too much set-up and not enough pay-off, but that's fine. It was still a lot of fun, even if the coolest part of the movie was the last shot (BARBOSSA??? OMFG WTF WHAAA???). Davey Jones and his crew were just too cool for words, and now that everything's been set up, the final movie is sure to be a blast. Who will Elizabeth fall for? What's the back-story on Davey Jones? Who did he fall in love with? What will happen with Davey's heart? And how will Chow Yun Fat play into the whole thing? I'm betting this movie will be the weakest of the trilogy, but that doesn't mean it still can't be enjoyed to the utmost degree. Arrr!!!

If it were up to me, I would have left the cannibal stuff at the beginning out since it had nothing to add to the plot (even if it had some great action moments). Also, I may have let certain side characters go such as Norrington and those two guys who played the R2 and Threepio role this time around (one of them has a wooden eye). They were fun, but the movie ran too long because of them. I love a long movie, but in this case the pacing was so frenetic it got to be a bit exhausting, and the plot was confusing too at times. I never had a chance for a breath of "air," so to speak. If these extraneous things had been taken out I think the audience would have had more of a chance to really understand the dynamics between all the characters a bit better.

Even so, this "Pirates" at the moment looks well on the way of beating all Spider-Man records (surprise, surprise). A little Depp, rum, and swordplay goes a long way.

A lot of other heavier stuff has been on my mind lately aside from movies, but I'm too exhausted to write about it now. Specifically the sheer amount of work I have been doing is taking its toll a bit on my social life, so that I am too tired to interact with friends when the want to get together. But such is the choice I made...I had to make dough this summer one way or another, and the hours really aren't great as a prostitute. And nobody would buy me anyway.

Drink up me hearties, YO HO!!!