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DACrowe said:Now I agree Pirates 2 was disappointing. After watching the special features I think it is a mix of the first one not needing a sequel, the writers having run out of a lot of ideas, the writers not being given enough time to write or finish a screenplay and the writer, director, cast and crew not having enough time to do a third movie on top of it (it becomes very clear the "trilogy" came from Jerry Brucheimer wanting twice the amount of money and stretching a thin story over two films).
With that said, I still throughly enjoyed the second movie as pure popcorn fare (done right unlike oh say Michael Bay) and is to the first what Temple of Doom was to Raiders of the Lost Ark or more adequately in comparison BTTF2 compared to the superior BTTF3. I remain hopeful b/c in both cases the third installment was a return in form (and Last Crusade arguably tops Raiders of the Lost Ark).
With that said I think the acting matches the simplistic story well. Save for Bloom who is a little better than he was in the first (thanks to Ridley Scott giving him a crash course in good acting, if not great with KOH) but Knightley and the rest play their parts well. And I can't understand how someone can criticize Depp, even if he is picking up a paycheck.
Also, to the point, anyone who says Brando could barely be realistic much less naturalistic loses a lot of respect around here then.
Do you really think Last Crusade tops ROTLA?
I personally do not, but I feel we both agree Temple of doom is the worst...and it isn't even that bad which is how awesome Indiana Jones are
much are my feelings about POTCDMC, it isn't better than Curse, but I think it is a very good 2, it just felt like a 2 should, and it had more fantasy in it i feel than Curse did (outside of skeleton pirates obvs)...I dunno, I liked it alot, I thought it was as good of a summer movie as there has been since the first came out
. Im glad you do like it though, dmc gets far more hate then it deserves.

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