Hmm, fun but tough choice this comming weekend (movies).

[MaxDepth]

Do I go see Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl first?

Or do I go see The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen before that?

Both look like good Saturday afternoon matinee, pop corn movies.

Depp or Connery?
Verbinski directed film or a flim by the same guy who gave us Hardware? (If you haven't seen Hardware then you haven't seen some of the best scifi around.)


EDIT: ah heck, I'll just throw up another useless poll.

 

[MaxDepth]

Bump

 

[BooGiMaN]

all the reviews point to pirates of the carribean being ur best bet

 

[leung324]

let's do this, MOVIE HOPPING! so you can see both

 

[waylman]

t3 was great. the hulk sucked massively. i'll be seeing pirates.

 

[0roo0roo]

lxg is sucking horribly

t3 = probably must see
carribbean = probably must see

 

[Mr N8]

Pirates is a great movie. League is a movie that will leave you wondering why you spent that much money on it. Its much more shallow than it could have been.

 

[glugglug]

Reviews say league of extraordinary gentlemen is even stupider than it sounds. The odd thing is I can't think of any other Sean Connery movie that sucked.

 

[MaxDepth]

Originally posted by: glugglug
Reviews say league of extraordinary gentlemen is even stupider than it sounds. The odd thing is I can't think of any other Sean Connery movie that sucked.

The James Bond movie that really sucked, Never Say Never Again.

I saw T3 earlier this week. I have to say that the movie surprised me. It was better than the marketing line they had been hyping earlier this year.

I think my vote will have to be the Pirates after reading the reviews for the League...


And if they are pursing more comic book characters for movies, then I need to find if "Doc Savage - Man of Bronze" has been optioned. Now that would be a great franchise.

 

[glugglug]

Wow, what a difference:

Pirates
League

 

[DaveSimmons]

And if they are pursing more comic book characters for movies, then I need to find if "Doc Savage - Man of Bronze" has been optioned. Now that would be a great franchise.

For a remake? The 1975 version was quite, quite awful. (IMDB) They tried to be "campy" and failed badly.

Go for the Pirates, Matey! From the EW article Depp got into his character at an Ed Wood level

 

[MaxDepth]

Whale Rider: great frikken movie. If you can go through the whole movie without a snuffle or a tear, you are one heartless bastard. (I did, but I am one heartless bastard.) Movie is about a modern New Zealand tribe faced with the apparent task of finding a new chief when the current chief's son refuses to accept the role. The duties would fall easily to the son's progeny, except that she is a girl.

28 Day Later: If I grew up in England and knew that Route 405 is more packed than our I85/40 in RTP, then yes, seeing it empty would be rather scary. Shot on video instead of film, I wouldn't sit too close to the front because of the enlarged graininess. (Sorry, Gregg.) Quick cuts and hand camera movements I feel lessen the shock impact of the zombies. But there are many, many points to ponder from the resolution of the film's end. But in the end, not up to the scary hype.

League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: A friend says it is a pretty good graphic novel, comic book. I believe him. And I see where it has the idea of a pretty good movie. But dammit, I want to shoot the writer AND
the director. Basically, a dumbed-down script and an overwhelming preponderance of visual cues to explain even more where each scene takes place. Hey, you only have to tell me once (or not at all where the scene
takes place or what year it is). Go see it as a matinee if you must, or rent it this Thanksgiving (or earlier). I am not spoiling it when I say the bad guy ultimately fails by not having a secret escape route from
his own master bedroom suite.

Pirates of the Caribbean: Wow. Two and a half hours and I want more! Depp, what can I say that already has been critiqued? This is what a saturday matinee movie is all about. Fun, fun, fun. I want a large poster of the scene where the pirates are underwater walking towards the ship. Yeah

25th Hour (on video): Ham-handed visuals and speechifying by Spike Lee ruins what could have been a great movie. I really cannot say anything more derogatory about the man for fear of him calling me a racist.
Blegh.