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ealgyldenFor the third time. Not unusual for me- I saw The Lost World four times in the theater, and I didn't even like it that much (explanation? Jeff Goldblum). I plan to see Pirates once more (at least), and then I'll force myself to move on to Seabiscuit and other fancies, and begin the PotC DVD countdown.
Norrington has two lieutenants who have lines. One is Gillette (the Jerk). He's a little pudgy, somewhat younger than Norrington, and is identifiable by his rudeness. He's the one who calls Jack an idiot when he escapes at the end, who snarks at Elizabeth about the pirates being unkillable ("oh, a mermaid told us that, nyah nyah, suuuure"), and who is readying the Dauntless for sail when Jack and Will commandeer her (and who ends up having to jump ship, so ha, Gillette!).
But there's another lieutenant, the one who's helping Norrington with the Interceptor while Gillette and Jack are fighting over the Dauntless. He's the one who gushes (with restraint, since he's an officer of the Royal Navy and all) that Jack must be the best pirate he's ever seen (and how). He's quite good-looking, in the same sharp-featured way as Norrington. They make a handsome (if blurry) pair, actually (hmmm...). Problem is, Norrington never calls him by name. Does anyone recognize the actor? Could it be this guy? The age seems right, at least, though it's annoying that there's no headshot in the entry, and that the character isn't named.
I was impressed anew at how polite and well-spoken both Jack and Barbossa are. They use the creative "oi-be har har" grammar one expects from pirates ("by me onesies" is a great phrase, in particular), but they comfortably pepper their speech with words like "superfluous," "acquiesce," "disproportionate," "ecumenically," etc. as well. They also remember their pleases and thank yous while stealing, killing, cursing (with gold, not profanity, though that works too) and other dubious activities. Since we don't know anything about their pre-pirate lives, I've decided that they're both graduates of "Captain Patch's Finishing School for Corsairs, Buccaneers, and Gentlemen of Fortune," where one learns that gentlemanly manners cannot be overlooked by even a murderous, avaricious pirate.
It kills me that Geoffrey Rush actually says "Arrrr!" while he's chasing Elizabeth around Barbossa's cabin. And he does it without winking at us to be sure we know he's an Academy Award-winning actor snarling "Arrrr!" at an ingenue. I just love him. I also love that Barbossa calls Elizabeth "maid" during the first curse-breaking pep rally. Nice little touch, that.
When Pintel and Ragetti offer Elizabeth the "choice" of dining with Barbossa or eating naked with the crew, they really look hurt that she chooses Barbossa. Heh. However can she resist their charms?
882 pieces of accursed gold seems very specific, and Barbossa knows that number cold. I bet he's been dreaming of it for years. "It was horrible, I was being chased by 882 apples! Arrr!"
I know she's hungry and all, but what is with Elizabeth's table manners in Barbossa's cabin? Girl, this isn't a Renn Faire. Chew your turkey legges; don't swallow them whole.
I love Will's expression when he and Jack start fighting the pirates at the end, and he first sees one in skeletal form. Total Ozian deadpan "huh"-face. He's a practical boy- fight now, faint later. Either that or Orlando missed his reaction shot.
My favorite of the charges against Jack is, of course, "impersonating a cleric of the Church of England", but my second favorite has to be "depravity." It's so... broad. So many, many things fall under the rubric of "depravity."
Gibbs' story about Jack's escape from his new island home ("Then, on the fourth day, he roped a couple of sea turtles and made a raft....") is a thing of beauty. It has the classic folktale timeframe ("three days and three nights"), the appropriate animal assistants, the feel of being truly fantastic while not, perhaps, being too fantastic for the person involved... Gibbs might have surrendered some of his social standing with his move from honest seaman to pirate, but he's obviously lost none of his storytelling gift. He barely even needs Jack's capper ("Human hair. From my back.").
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carmarthen- Scarlet looks like a man in drag. That girl has some jawline. She makes Jack look positively delicate by comparison (I've become completely obsessed with his hands. Gorgeous hands.)
Will's hat in the last scenes gets sillier every time I watch this movie. How on earth do Jack and Elizabeth keep from giggling at him?
The new EW has a blurb on the PotC game with a few quotes from Keira Knightley, and I thought this one was cute: "I managed to shut down my entire school's computer system... Everything shut down, and apparently it was my fault." Ah, sweetheart, I know what you mean. Been there, fried that system.
Norrington has two lieutenants who have lines. One is Gillette (the Jerk). He's a little pudgy, somewhat younger than Norrington, and is identifiable by his rudeness. He's the one who calls Jack an idiot when he escapes at the end, who snarks at Elizabeth about the pirates being unkillable ("oh, a mermaid told us that, nyah nyah, suuuure"), and who is readying the Dauntless for sail when Jack and Will commandeer her (and who ends up having to jump ship, so ha, Gillette!).
But there's another lieutenant, the one who's helping Norrington with the Interceptor while Gillette and Jack are fighting over the Dauntless. He's the one who gushes (with restraint, since he's an officer of the Royal Navy and all) that Jack must be the best pirate he's ever seen (and how). He's quite good-looking, in the same sharp-featured way as Norrington. They make a handsome (if blurry) pair, actually (hmmm...). Problem is, Norrington never calls him by name. Does anyone recognize the actor? Could it be this guy? The age seems right, at least, though it's annoying that there's no headshot in the entry, and that the character isn't named.
I was impressed anew at how polite and well-spoken both Jack and Barbossa are. They use the creative "oi-be har har" grammar one expects from pirates ("by me onesies" is a great phrase, in particular), but they comfortably pepper their speech with words like "superfluous," "acquiesce," "disproportionate," "ecumenically," etc. as well. They also remember their pleases and thank yous while stealing, killing, cursing (with gold, not profanity, though that works too) and other dubious activities. Since we don't know anything about their pre-pirate lives, I've decided that they're both graduates of "Captain Patch's Finishing School for Corsairs, Buccaneers, and Gentlemen of Fortune," where one learns that gentlemanly manners cannot be overlooked by even a murderous, avaricious pirate.
It kills me that Geoffrey Rush actually says "Arrrr!" while he's chasing Elizabeth around Barbossa's cabin. And he does it without winking at us to be sure we know he's an Academy Award-winning actor snarling "Arrrr!" at an ingenue. I just love him. I also love that Barbossa calls Elizabeth "maid" during the first curse-breaking pep rally. Nice little touch, that.
When Pintel and Ragetti offer Elizabeth the "choice" of dining with Barbossa or eating naked with the crew, they really look hurt that she chooses Barbossa. Heh. However can she resist their charms?
882 pieces of accursed gold seems very specific, and Barbossa knows that number cold. I bet he's been dreaming of it for years. "It was horrible, I was being chased by 882 apples! Arrr!"
I know she's hungry and all, but what is with Elizabeth's table manners in Barbossa's cabin? Girl, this isn't a Renn Faire. Chew your turkey legges; don't swallow them whole.
I love Will's expression when he and Jack start fighting the pirates at the end, and he first sees one in skeletal form. Total Ozian deadpan "huh"-face. He's a practical boy- fight now, faint later. Either that or Orlando missed his reaction shot.
My favorite of the charges against Jack is, of course, "impersonating a cleric of the Church of England", but my second favorite has to be "depravity." It's so... broad. So many, many things fall under the rubric of "depravity."
Gibbs' story about Jack's escape from his new island home ("Then, on the fourth day, he roped a couple of sea turtles and made a raft....") is a thing of beauty. It has the classic folktale timeframe ("three days and three nights"), the appropriate animal assistants, the feel of being truly fantastic while not, perhaps, being too fantastic for the person involved... Gibbs might have surrendered some of his social standing with his move from honest seaman to pirate, but he's obviously lost none of his storytelling gift. He barely even needs Jack's capper ("Human hair. From my back.").
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carmarthen- Scarlet looks like a man in drag. That girl has some jawline. She makes Jack look positively delicate by comparison (I've become completely obsessed with his hands. Gorgeous hands.) Will's hat in the last scenes gets sillier every time I watch this movie. How on earth do Jack and Elizabeth keep from giggling at him?
The new EW has a blurb on the PotC game with a few quotes from Keira Knightley, and I thought this one was cute: "I managed to shut down my entire school's computer system... Everything shut down, and apparently it was my fault." Ah, sweetheart, I know what you mean. Been there, fried that system.
