Dead Man's Chest

[lady_karelia]

The weather sux. It's downright oppressive, with about 70% humidity, rain and thunderstorm lingering nearby but not quite reaching here. And it's damn hot still, although it's supposed to cool down a little bit over the next few days. We'll see.

We went to see Dead Man's Chest last night. I don't think it was due to the heat of the cinema (no a/c) that I did not like it. Johnny Depp has always held both fascination and repulsion, although when I learned that Nestlé were heavily involved with Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, I really lost any interest in him. In this latest of his, I simply found I can't be bothered to find any reason to like him, and his acting skills really didn't persuade me on this occasion. Keira Knightley? Who let her loose on Hollywood??? *shakes_head* And Orlando Bloom was somehow just misplaced. Maybe it was the director who didn't do as well as he could have done, I don't know. There were no acting skills nor any plot that had me raise my eyebrow. Not a movie I'll bother watching again. But then, I'm not really a movie watching person. I tend to prefer plot over action, and even more so, acting skills over action, any day.

There are, of course, some movies I'm looking forward to watching. One is, naturally, The Perfume. I read the book when it came out, and it was at a time when I still enjoyed reading German, so I read it in its original version. I was captivated entirely, to this day it is one of the most riveting reads I can think of. Another that has grabbed my attention recently is Freedom To Fascism. Anyone who is not already a complete sheep should see it, I think.

And now I'll return to melting some more.

Comments

[lady-rhian.livejournal.com]

I loved DMC, but everyone's bound to have a different opinion. My best friend is in total agreement with your stance, though. She didn't like it all.

I do have a question though: Scruffy!Norrington? I loved him. A lot. Any opinions? :)

[veradee.livejournal.com]

Have you seen the Perfume trailer? I think it looks very promising.

[mundungus42.livejournal.com]

Everyone in San Diego has been going to the movies to get away from the heat- I can't imagine how awful and stifling the theatre must have been packed with sweaty people and no AC. Good luck staying cool and hydrated!

I was pretty disappointed with Depp's creepy man-child in Charlie, too. DMC was also hard to watch at times (could the cannibals have been more offensive?), but I thought there were enough redeeming qualities (http://mundungus42.livejournal.com/37086.html) to make it worth the price of admission.

I third the scruffy Norrington appreciation, but only in the scenes when he's not splattered with pig dung (ew). A teaser trailer for PotCIII I saw at Comic-Con showed a shot of Norrington back in powdered/brushed wig, so perhaps he'll end up somewhere in the middle by the end of the franchise. Lovely long brown hair.. *sigh*

[mundungus42.livejournal.com]

By the way, I love that you're listening to the vengance aria. Gives me goosebumps every time I hear it!