randomness: PotC & Heroes

[xparrot]

As the entire flist is going on about Pirates 3, I gotta throw my two cents in. Saw it yesterday and loved it. I'd have to see it again to be sure but I think it was my favorite of the trilogy. Truth be told, I was the only fangirl on the planet who didn't care for the first movie...I dunno, it just didn't grab me. But Dead Man's Chest was a blast and At World's End manages to surpass it by going over the top in every single conceivable direction, action, f/x, maelstroms, backstabbing, music, melodrama...like Jack Sparrow, it's loud, ridiculously nonsensical, a drama queen and and more than a little silly, but so darn charming you can't help but succumb.

-- The constant betrayals were hysterical, every one.

-- Poor Norrington! But he redeemed himself. Yays!

-- 9 pieces of eight! Heh, that just cracked me up all the way through. And then the actual pieces in question...

-- Rather quite loved the end. I never cared much about Will/Elizabeth one way or another but they were wicked cute when they finally decided to hell with it, they were going to be tragic lovers no matter what. The marriage ceremony was almost as good as that at the end of The PeaceKeeper Wars. And then! Tragedy! Jack doing the right thing! Triumph! Tragedy anyway! Then sex! Aww.

-- Speaking of the wedding, Barbossa is teh awesome. Well, he is all the way through. But especially there. "Dearly beloved, we are gathered here..."

-- Out of curiosity, is Elizabeth still Kaizoku-Oh Pirate King? When did she find the One Piece, anyway?

-- Will is going to be so much a better Dutchman Captain than Davy Jones was, or Jack would've been. (I heard a rumor that there was a cut scene explaining that the curse could be broken if the captain found true love? So it might be broken at the movie's end? Which would be nice for them, but I like it either way.)

-- Besides, would you really mind dying at sea if he were the one coming to get you?

-- Because yeah, I don't have much in the way of respect for Orrie's 'acting' talents, but the silver & scar suit his scrawny ass like a crazy hot thing. MMMM.

-- Am I the only one who was totally awwing at Davy Jones & Calypso? So tragic. And they love each other anyway, even with the betrayals and hatred. Awww.

-- All of the above is thinking way too much about a movie that really doesn't need to be thought about; the important thing is SWASHBUCKLING ON SHIP MASTS! WHILE SWINGING ON ROPES! WHILE GOING DOWN A GIANT WHIRLPOOL! Now that is action.



We also watched the final four eps of Heroes. Don't have much to say, but...

Sylar! Wins! In future evil bad-ass-ery and in present angst!

Yay for heroes (Hiros) who go darkside over friends dying. Awws!

So in the future Peter Petrelli is destined to become Neo? Huh, now. Wake me when Agent Smith shows up.

Matt is really very likable for no particular reason, which makes me like him even more.

Mr. Bennet - Noah! He has a first name! - continues to be my favorite character by so very much.

Especially if they just killed Nathan. No! Why'd you have to pick now to go be a good guy, Nathan? Even if you did go out being as incesty as it is possible to be with your brother. Umm. They were kissing when Peter exploded. You cannot convince me otherwise.

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[praiseofshadows.livejournal.com]

-- The constant betrayals were hysterical, every one. Totally agree with you their (as was the dialogue for said constant betrayals -- especially when Jack was all like, "Listen to the tool!" XDDDD

-- Speaking of the wedding, Barbossa is teh awesome. Well, he is all the way through. But especially there. "Dearly beloved, we are gathered here..." *nod nod* This movie cemented Barbossa firmly as my favourite character, and the wedding scene just made me crack up and not stop. I mean only Barbossa would want to do a rushed, impromptu wedding like that. XDDDDDDD

[nekokoban]

♥♥ The third movie was my favorite, too -- followed by the first (because it was a fun standalone), and then the second. But man, the third movie hit so many buttons I have for fictional things -- gigantic epic-scale story! mortal/immortal dynamics! gods among men! underground governments! honor and lack thereof amongst thieves! I might've had too much fun with it♥

And honestly, I never cared much for Will/Elizabeth beyond a sort of "eh, they're cute and they're the movie's OTP, at least" -- but the third movie made me honestly root for them♥ But I did love the story between Calypso and Davey Jones -- I had friends mutter a bit about their ending, but I found it signifigant that the storm dies pretty much as soon as he falls into the water. :B

Though, for the most part, I kept looking at Will at this movie and thinking the DREAD PIRATE ROBERTSON. Which, you know, wasn't such a bad thing. XD

[yma2.livejournal.com]

Isn't Sylar awsome? I felt the ending was a bit... meh. I saw it coming, to be honest and that's pretty rare from Heores. It didn't seem to quite fit with the tone of it generally, but there you go.
The Future one, however, was utterly fantastic, I loved Dark!Hiro. And I cannot wait to see the next series, it looks utterly facinating! I've heard they are going to look into the past and goings on of the 'previous' generation. I for one cannot wait to see what, (if anything) will be the power of Hiro's Father. (I wish I could remember this name.)

[naye]

I fear spoilers! But hopefully we'll go see it this weekend. Looking forward to it - glad you liked it!

Eee, Heroes! The future ep was SO COOL when we watched it right on the heels of everything that had come before. And so, so much love for Hiro and his Unspecial Ando that he will do ANYTHING for, and can't really be whole without. I'm so glad he lived! I was worried!

Mr. Bennet is AWESOME. Made of awesome. Yep. Pure awesome. (And I like Matt too, even though I found him and his wife horribly boring, and his future self was an ass.)

Also: Mohinder needs to be around kids, because it makes him absolutely adorable, and Micah and Molly should become best friends!

[innueneko.livejournal.com]

If you stayed till after the credits, there was a short cut with Elizabeth and her erm, son waiting for will to come back ten years later. And then lo and behold! Upon the horizon comes Will sailing back on the Flying Dutchman! Uh, yeah.

I thought the movie was fun, although I'm not a fan of relationships built on lies and deceit. :/ Jack's ending was awesome though, and very much Jack in nature.

[bagheera-san.livejournal.com]

Barbossa ruled so much. I was totally meh about him in the first movie, but this one - yay! And the same for Will - he was still dead boring, but at least he was sorta hot. Huh. I'd never thought I'd say that about Orlando Bloom. Weird. And I could just squish Davy Jones and his squishy tentacles. *loves squids*

But this movie was so much crack. It didn't even pretend to make any sense at all, and I could for the most part forget that I have such a thing as disbelief except: 1) not freezing to death in the Arctic and 2) magically shaved legs WTF!

[jakrar.livejournal.com]

Just saw Pirates 3, and it truly is loads of fun, and Barbossa definitely rocks! Also, I like Davy Jones' tentacles, and he and Calypso are absolutely together now at the bottom of the sea. *nods firmly*

Why'd you have to pick now to go be a good guy, Nathan? Even if you did go out being as incesty as it is possible to be with your brother. Umm. They were kissing when Peter exploded. You cannot convince me otherwise.

Of course Nathan and Peter were kissing when Peter exploded. As far as I'm concerned, that's canon. I'm just sad Peter never seemed to get anywhere near Linderman; if he had, he could have healed Nathan afterward. *deep sigh*

[chalk-of-doom.livejournal.com]

I feel compelled to de-lurk and bounce around happily because I wasn't the only one who thought "OMG Luffy!" when they mentioned the words "Pirate King". *g*

Also, Barbossa + weddings FTW.

*slinks back into the shadows*

[dana-aeryn.livejournal.com]

I liked Dead Man's Chest more than Black Pearl and I'm looking forward to seeing the third one.