Chuck Mayer
Senior HTF Member
6.5/10
Not doing too well this summer. I skipped Shrek 3, but I imagine it had the same issues as Spidey 3 and Pirates 3. I guess the cycle is turning, because it feels like 1996-1997. Spectacle is trumping competent storytelling.
That said, Pirates 3 boasts some great scenes, some spectacular effects, and a very rousing score (that I will be getting). It's not all bad, and often it managed to rise above the tepid script and weak momentum.
About 1/2 of it merely spins wheels, waiting to get to the point. Imagine a three hour film of Captain Jack spinning around the rope from Pirates 1. What works in small doses irritates in large ones. I don't like characters winking at the audience (not literally, but you know what I mean) in EVERY scene. It's the classic case of liking your characters too much as a writer...they become caricatures (and the characters didn't have far to go to get there from where they started).
But all is not lost. I think it's worse than DMC, which was worse than TBP. But it's still not bad...just mediocre. Some good stuff, some bad stuff.
The audience I was with seemed to like it a lot...they laughed everywhere the filmmakers wanted them to. They clapped at the end. Teenagers...
Buyer beware,
Chuck
Not doing too well this summer. I skipped Shrek 3, but I imagine it had the same issues as Spidey 3 and Pirates 3. I guess the cycle is turning, because it feels like 1996-1997. Spectacle is trumping competent storytelling.
That said, Pirates 3 boasts some great scenes, some spectacular effects, and a very rousing score (that I will be getting). It's not all bad, and often it managed to rise above the tepid script and weak momentum.
About 1/2 of it merely spins wheels, waiting to get to the point. Imagine a three hour film of Captain Jack spinning around the rope from Pirates 1. What works in small doses irritates in large ones. I don't like characters winking at the audience (not literally, but you know what I mean) in EVERY scene. It's the classic case of liking your characters too much as a writer...they become caricatures (and the characters didn't have far to go to get there from where they started).
But all is not lost. I think it's worse than DMC, which was worse than TBP. But it's still not bad...just mediocre. Some good stuff, some bad stuff.
The audience I was with seemed to like it a lot...they laughed everywhere the filmmakers wanted them to. They clapped at the end. Teenagers...
Buyer beware,
Chuck