Still haven't seen the third, but I will simply because I'm a completist and I feel obligated.
You know I actually loved the first one, until I kept hearing about it constantly. It was like being stuck in 97 but instead of Myers it was Depp. I was ready to strangle anyone who said, "But why is the rum gone?"
I honestly don't get the love for this series. In many geek circles, people are saying it surpasses any other action/adventure movie before it. Yes, including Star Wars and Indiana Jones.
On top of that the popularity of the film is spreading like a cancer. You can't ride the original POTC at any Disney park anymore, and Tom Sawyer's Island in Disneyland is being completely overhauled to fit into the theme of the movie. That's sorta like if they decided to turn the Haunted Mansion into a Lilo & Stitch or Emperor's New Groove attraction simply based on the popularity of those two movies.
I can see where people have fun with this movie, because believe it or not I had fun too. What I don't see is where this sliced bread syndrome is coming from. I really don't.
On a sort of unrelated note, I wonder how terrible Alan Silvestri's score for the first movie actually is, seeing as they dumped it in favor for that Zimmer protege, Klaus Beldt. You can tell they wanted Zimmer all along because the next to movies they kick Beldt to the curb and hire Hans. Not the first rejected score and complete composer trade-off. But the original score has been kept so tightly under wraps it never even leaked onto the Internet. Even Silvestri's pre-Elfman Mission: Impossible score is an easy find online. But it seems like they were predisposed to hate it. As late as May 03 all posters for Pirates still listed Silvestri as composer.
Wow, I am a total nerd of the worst kind.
