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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.
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Date: 2003-07-28 02:24 am (UTC)*holds up hand to join the club*
"defrag network drive". Not a good idea. No. :)
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Date: 2003-07-28 02:48 am (UTC)I've always been fond of that Eddie Izzard bit: "I... I wiped the file? I wiped all the files? I wiped the Internet?! I don't even have a modem!" It speaks to me, for some reason. *g*
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Date: 2003-07-28 04:47 am (UTC)They *do* look rather cute together. Such a small part, but I liked him.
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.
By jove, I think you've got it! I searched a bit and found an offical site for Greg Ellis, and it looks like he's our man. Go here (http://www.gregellis.tv/photo_resume.html) and check out the pics. Quite a resemblance, especially the one in the bottom right-hand corner. Too bad he's only listed as "Officer", though. I suppose we get to name him :)
Ditto about pirate speech patterns. A lovely blend of typical pirate-speak and impressive vocabulary. Pirate charm school...hee!
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!"
Rotfl. I'd wager his plan was to eat 882 apples after the curse was broken, to make up for all those lost years *g*
I wonder how Jack managed to impersonate a clergyman, considering his hair, his complexion, his fondness for makeup, etc. Of course, maybe that's the point, that it's in the list of charges because he *failed* to impersonate the clergyman successfully.
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Date: 2003-07-28 03:44 pm (UTC)Hee hee hee! A very witty observation, m'dear! You too have evidently attended a finishing school for Corsairs Buccaneers &c. ;)
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Date: 2003-07-28 09:44 pm (UTC)I liked his character, for all that he has 30 seconds of screentime- I mean, it helps that Gillette is such a dweeb (he insults Jack and Elizabeth! Boo!), but even so, it's a good thirty seconds. Definitely needs a name. Silly scriptwriters- no first name for Norrington, no name at all for this lieutenant... Don't they understand that the fangirls need to know these things? *g*
I'd wager his plan was to eat 882 apples after the curse was broken, to make up for all those lost years
Hee! That'd definitely give him nightmares. I bet the idea would appeal to his sense of drama and poetry, though. Seems like just the kind of thing he'd go for.
I wonder how Jack managed to impersonate a clergyman, considering his hair, his complexion, his fondness for makeup, etc. Of course, maybe that's the point, that it's in the list of charges because he *failed* to impersonate the clergyman successfully.
That's a very good question. He'd practically need a mitre to hide all that hair and keep it from jingling, and I don't think that many bishops have gold teeth or makeup (or tattoos, or wavy hands, or...). Isn't it fun to picture though? Too bad he'd be unlikely to try it again since it didn't work the first time- I'd love to see Norrington's expression when confronted with His Holiness Jack Sparrow. Snerk.
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Date: 2003-07-29 03:34 am (UTC)(I love that icon, btw. Your icons are always so classy.)
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Date: 2003-07-29 05:17 am (UTC)Silly scriptwriters- no first name for Norrington, no name at all for this lieutenant... Don't they understand that the fangirls need to know these things? *g*
Really! Such rudeness and oversight.
I'd love to see Norrington's expression when confronted with His Holiness Jack Sparrow. Snerk.
Oh, what a mental image! It *is* fun to envisage Jack in that sort of getup. Even if the disguise worked, Jack would sound like a clergyman who'd gotten into the sacramental wine *g*
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Date: 2003-07-30 01:38 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2003-07-30 03:10 am (UTC)Ha! So very true. That's one thing you can definitely say about Jack- he isn't dull.