Because while it distracted us for two entertaining hours, it is so bleedingly obvious that “Dead Man’s Chest” is nothing but a money maker; a bridge to the concluding volume; a movie I felt was only made because trilogies seems to be the thing to make these days.
It adds almost nothing to the plot, beyond the whole “heart of Davy Jones” bit. The character interaction is basically a blueprint copy of the same in “Curse”. And Knightley and Bloom can still be out-acted by 16-year-olds.
So I come to the conclusion that if I gave most of the Star Wars movies mediocre ratings, I can’t be any kinder to this load of offal. 5.0/10.
But at least it helped me set a new record: 64 (or possibly 65) movies in six moths.
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I watched this movie in the theaters when it first came out, and I seem to recall that I liked it quite a bit. Then I watched it again when it was released on DVD, and find it to be hopelessly boring. Just like King Kong, this is a movie that performs its best on a the big screen. But then again, I would also proclaim that Dead Man’s Chest is just as shitty as this film.
3. July 2007 @ 21:50 ( Permalink )
As shitty as King Kong? Hardly. It’s not that awful.
3. July 2007 @ 23:37 ( Permalink )
I actually liked King Kong quite a lot when I watched it in the cinema. It’s too long, but it’s not a bad movie by any means.
4. July 2007 @ 15:15 ( Permalink )
I too found it entertaining, most of the time, but, like you say, it’s too long, and have too many too similar scenes, serving no narrative purpose; they’re hardly anything but visual masturbation.
Also, I seem to remember not being too impressed by the dialogue.
I have no intentions of finding out what I’d think of the movie on a small screen, though. I got better things to do with my time and money.
4. July 2007 @ 20:21 ( Permalink )
Terje, why is “Visual masturbation” a bad thing? After all, whole schools of painting have been founded upon that idea. “Visual effects masturbation”, on the other hand… ;D
4. July 2007 @ 21:23 ( Permalink )
You’re quite the despicable little nitpick, you know.
14. July 2007 @ 23:41 ( Permalink )