I actually liked the second pirates movie for the most part, mostly because I liked the fantasy universe they were setting up. I didn't share the complaints most of my friends had.
I extra-disliked the third movie because it didn't pay out the way I thought it was going and ended up being convoluted. I really liked the witch doctor lady until they made her into a god in disguise. I feel like that is a metaphor for everything wrong with the trilogy.
The sequels had some interesting world building ideas. But not in a way that makes a good movie, it felt more like an RPG sourcebook thrown in a blender.
On the subject of excellent campy movies, The Mummy Trilogy will also have a dear place in my heart.
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Librarian's ghostLibrarian, Ghostbuster, and TimSporkRegistered Userregular
The part I hated about the third pirate movie is the two pirate ships blowing up the flagship in one pass.
That was a hundred gun ship of the line. One broadside should have obliterated both those ships, but no. It's okay. The several hundred officers and crew of this massive warship will just sit here not doing anything while the twenty of you fire those tiny six pound cannons that are somehow more powerful than thirty-six pounders and reload in like five seconds.
Fun fact. After a War of 1812 reenactment I had dinner while sitting next to the historical advisor for the first Pirates movie. On my other side was the top expert in the world on the U.S. army during the war.
The most fascinating conversations ever were occurring on either side of me.
The part I hated about the third pirate movie is the two pirate ships blowing up the flagship in one pass.
That was a hundred gun ship of the line. One broadside should have obliterated both those ships, but no. It's okay. The several hundred officers and crew of this massive warship will just sit here not doing anything while the twenty of you fire those tiny six pound cannons that are somehow more powerful than thirty-six pounders and reload in like five seconds.
Fun fact. After a War of 1812 reenactment I had dinner while sitting next to the historical advisor for the first Pirates movie. On my other side was the top expert in the world on the U.S. army during the war.
The most fascinating conversations ever were occurring on either side of me.
didn't the pirate fleet have some kind of calypso magic on its side
like, maybe that's what summoning the goddess did, instead of just creating a big neutral whirlpool
The part I hated about the third pirate movie is the two pirate ships blowing up the flagship in one pass.
That was a hundred gun ship of the line. One broadside should have obliterated both those ships, but no. It's okay. The several hundred officers and crew of this massive warship will just sit here not doing anything while the twenty of you fire those tiny six pound cannons that are somehow more powerful than thirty-six pounders and reload in like five seconds.
Fun fact. After a War of 1812 reenactment I had dinner while sitting next to the historical advisor for the first Pirates movie. On my other side was the top expert in the world on the U.S. army during the war.
The most fascinating conversations ever were occurring on either side of me.
didn't the pirate fleet have some kind of calypso magic on its side
like, maybe that's what summoning the goddess did, instead of just creating a big neutral whirlpool
Try stabbing yourself a couple times. If you enjoyed that The Spirit might be your kind of movie.
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GumpyThere is alwaysa greater powerRegistered Userregular
I think the East India Company being the big big bad was one of the best choices they could have made in a film set in the dying age of piracy
We just never really got to see pirate ships really getting done over by fully armed galleons. Could have done a lot more to make them a serious threat.
Blake TDo you have enemies then?Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.Registered Userregular
I dunno.
The first one was about ghost pirate skeletons.
Having the bad guy be an actual enterprise who engaged in dodgy shit is a bit too gritty batman in a movie where they fight on a giant water wheel and the bad guys have detachable heads.
The Mummy does feel quite artificial on a rewatch; I would really recommend just preserving the nostalgia, along with a moratorium on whatever that third film was supposed to be.
Librarian's ghostLibrarian, Ghostbuster, and TimSporkRegistered Userregular
I always wished the admiral from coupling survived and rallied the Royal Navy to show up and join forces with the pirates to take out the East India Company.
The new RoboCop is on Netflix and I think everyone should watch it at least once. It gives a different take on the story that I like. It's not the exact story the director wanted to tell, but even with all the studio interference I give it a B+/A-.
Of course it's not as good as the first one, but that's a pretty high bar.
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Blake TDo you have enemies then?Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.Registered Userregular
There's a pretty big difference between being influenced by the things you like and defined by the things you like. Fandom is the latter. I hang out on the PA forums because I like the discourse, but heaven help me if I ever 'go to war' with another forum or some stupid bullshit
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I extra-disliked the third movie because it didn't pay out the way I thought it was going and ended up being convoluted. I really liked the witch doctor lady until they made her into a god in disguise. I feel like that is a metaphor for everything wrong with the trilogy.
The first one is exceptional, a lot of fun + good writing + I like the effects.
The second one is good too, though you can really see the green screen effects when you have characters and the kraken in the same shot.
The biggest problem I had with the third one was what I considered the completely B.S. way that they wrote out the kraken.
How often do we get a trilogy of campy as fuck, well filmed, pirate movies?
Never
I am going to love the hell out of all three of those flicks because they are fun incarnate and they made a lady a king
Oh yeah don't misunderstand me, I won't legitimately be compmlaining about watching it
That was a hundred gun ship of the line. One broadside should have obliterated both those ships, but no. It's okay. The several hundred officers and crew of this massive warship will just sit here not doing anything while the twenty of you fire those tiny six pound cannons that are somehow more powerful than thirty-six pounders and reload in like five seconds.
Fun fact. After a War of 1812 reenactment I had dinner while sitting next to the historical advisor for the first Pirates movie. On my other side was the top expert in the world on the U.S. army during the war.
The most fascinating conversations ever were occurring on either side of me.
Oh, yeah
At the end of the day they weren't amazing
But they're at least pretty fun, and we might never get their ilk again, so that's worth something in its own right
And the good guys are criminals and literally pirates.
didn't the pirate fleet have some kind of calypso magic on its side
like, maybe that's what summoning the goddess did, instead of just creating a big neutral whirlpool
Plus the Flying Dutchman is magic
That was always how I explained it away
I'm so conflicted.
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OH NO, IT'S DAVY JONES!
OH NO, IT'S THE EAST INDIA COMPANY!!!!!!!
The Spirit knows.
-Indiana Solo, runner of blades
pages and pages late, but my first reaction to that acronym is to expand it out to "A Sailor Moon Romance".
(which, by the by, was an old Sailor Moon Fanfic site)
Don't put salt in your eye.
Only seeing two pirate ships fight was a load of baloney
The Spirit is killing me, Danny.
I know, right? It's like, goddamn Hollywood studios, you know who doesn't like Hook?
Nobody.
Pirate movies are great!
Welllllllll, the East India company did engage in some pretty shitty practices.
We just never really got to see pirate ships really getting done over by fully armed galleons. Could have done a lot more to make them a serious threat.
The first one was about ghost pirate skeletons.
Having the bad guy be an actual enterprise who engaged in dodgy shit is a bit too gritty batman in a movie where they fight on a giant water wheel and the bad guys have detachable heads.
Satans..... hints.....
I feel like I would be unable to get past some of the CG in it if I watched it now.
The only line I can remember from that film is, "Toilets are always funny!"
what the hell is wrong with you, don't do this shit
Of course it's not as good as the first one, but that's a pretty high bar.
Satans..... hints.....
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