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Jul. 24th, 2006 04:18 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mari4212So Dad and Thomas are now safely ensconced at boy scout camp, which means that the food Mom and I'll be making this week will veer even more strongly into what we call chickfood. It also means that the house is quieter, especially in the mornings, as Dad's idea of background noise levels tends to be much louder than Mom's ideas or mine.
I mentioned that I was going to see POTC2 with my friends yesterday, didn't I? It's the second time I've seen it, so I actually have coherent thoughts on it. I liked it, overall. I thought the four leads did well with their characters, some of the lines, especially "It's the Bible! You get credit for trying." and "Hide the rum." were hysterical, and I really liked the plotline between Will Turner and his father.
I do have some quibbles, though. One, the entire film felt a bit puffy and overlong. Parts of it, especially the battle scenes, could have been condensed or eliminated and it would have flowed better. Two, the CGI on Davy Jones' crew went too far. I think the concept, that they were humans being taken over by the sea, was interesting, but the execution was messed up and they looked more like cartoonish monsters than real people. The only one it really looked interesting and compelling on was Bill Turner, because he still looked human enough for the viewer to understand the real horror of what was happening to him. And three, I really didn't like what they did with Norrington's character. The one thing that really impressed me with the character in the first movie was his sense of honor, and it feels like they destroyed that part of him this time arround.
What else was I going to say? I've got more baby-sitting coming up this evening, with my normal clients, so that should be fun.
Oh, and in a week's time my journal will officially be a year old. It doesn't seem possible that I've been on here that long.
I mentioned that I was going to see POTC2 with my friends yesterday, didn't I? It's the second time I've seen it, so I actually have coherent thoughts on it. I liked it, overall. I thought the four leads did well with their characters, some of the lines, especially "It's the Bible! You get credit for trying." and "Hide the rum." were hysterical, and I really liked the plotline between Will Turner and his father.
I do have some quibbles, though. One, the entire film felt a bit puffy and overlong. Parts of it, especially the battle scenes, could have been condensed or eliminated and it would have flowed better. Two, the CGI on Davy Jones' crew went too far. I think the concept, that they were humans being taken over by the sea, was interesting, but the execution was messed up and they looked more like cartoonish monsters than real people. The only one it really looked interesting and compelling on was Bill Turner, because he still looked human enough for the viewer to understand the real horror of what was happening to him. And three, I really didn't like what they did with Norrington's character. The one thing that really impressed me with the character in the first movie was his sense of honor, and it feels like they destroyed that part of him this time arround.
What else was I going to say? I've got more baby-sitting coming up this evening, with my normal clients, so that should be fun.
Oh, and in a week's time my journal will officially be a year old. It doesn't seem possible that I've been on here that long.