POTC3

[tagryn]

Donna and I sat through the endurance event that is Pirates III. Clocks in at just under 3 hours - ouch. The first hour or so was pretty enjoyable, but the last two hours were full of boom-bang-explosion-assault on the senses interrupted by a few moments of Lucas-level (i.e. forgettable) dialogue and platitudes, none of which added to the story much. We stayed for the extra scene after the credits. I left with a bad headache, Donna with general aches from sitting for so long in the theater seats.

I'm thinking the DVD sales for this one could be disappointing, since I don't think anyone who saw it the first time will be interested in owning it. But it'll probably end up under a lot of Christmas trees, so the actual quality of the movie may not matter re: sales.

Of the previews, Ratatouille looked like the clear winner. Live Free or Die Hard looked OK, what you'd expect, ditto with Evan Almighty (I expect in the latter they have a way of getting around the promise God made to Noah after the flood not to repeat the event?). Golden Compass looks interesting, but I wonder if its too much of a ripoff of other recent movies to have anything new to offer?

UPDATE: Donna gives her impressions of POTC3.

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[donnafair.livejournal.com]

I found a review of the source material for the movie "The Golden Compass". Looks pretty interesting:

http://www.epiphyte.net/SF/golden-compass.html