Thread: Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
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Old 12-14-2010, 12:10 AM   #5
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I'm all for fun movies, but I also don't subscribe to the idea that just because something isn't high-end it has to be utter shit.

I think we had the same discussion in the Transformers thread, Figgy. I agree with the general idea.
I enjoyed the first Transformers movie, and the first 2 Pirates movies on that very principle. They were competent and fun.

But the third Pirates movie was garbage no matter what angle I look at it from. Pretty much the same way I felt about Transformers 2 in that other thread.
I'm all for good fun, but there are certain standards to me. I'm not willing to defend anything with good SFX and action up as a popcorn movie, because there are a lot of bad popcorn movies.

I just cannot enjoy a movie like Wolverine, no matter how much I love the character and a good time at the theatre.
Those same standards make me enjoy something like Iron Man or Star Trek way more, though.


Maybe this can be good, though. It probably will be if they keep it simple and take it back to basics. The reason the Pirates movies got progressively worse was because they tried to create this mythology and overall fabric that I just didn't buy.
I'd rather see these movies follow individual adventures and back off with trying to be a saga.
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