Comments on: Watching for Keira - Almost Nightly http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/05/28/watching-for-keira-almost-nightly/ culture blogging for the good of the planet Sun, 07 Sep 2008 02:57:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: DefOrgara http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/05/28/watching-for-keira-almost-nightly/#comment-86284 DefOrgara Tue, 29 Jan 2008 18:10:31 +0000 http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/05/28/watching-for-keira-almost-nightly/#comment-86284 hi! google info <a href="http://google.com" rel="nofollow">http://google.com</a> hi! google info
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]]> By: Seb http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/05/28/watching-for-keira-almost-nightly/#comment-4872 Seb Mon, 04 Jun 2007 16:52:44 +0000 http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/05/28/watching-for-keira-almost-nightly/#comment-4872 Atleast we don't have to see her in another one... check the interview on the site above. I mean, ya charmer, she's a pokey-face charmer.... Atleast we don’t have to see her in another one… check the interview on the site above. I mean, ya charmer, she’s a pokey-face charmer….

]]> By: Tom Watson http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/05/28/watching-for-keira-almost-nightly/#comment-4779 Tom Watson Fri, 01 Jun 2007 14:11:29 +0000 http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/05/28/watching-for-keira-almost-nightly/#comment-4779 Let's put it this way - the first Pirates was Casablanca in terms of crispness, economy, timing, and plot compared to P3. Let’s put it this way - the first Pirates was Casablanca in terms of crispness, economy, timing, and plot compared to P3.

]]> By: Kevin Wolf http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/05/28/watching-for-keira-almost-nightly/#comment-4772 Kevin Wolf Fri, 01 Jun 2007 12:42:42 +0000 http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/05/28/watching-for-keira-almost-nightly/#comment-4772 I haven't seen P3 but I'm sorry to hear that Depp is ill-used (if well paid). He was the unexpected highlight of the already bloated first film in the series. I haven’t seen P3 but I’m sorry to hear that Depp is ill-used (if well paid). He was the unexpected highlight of the already bloated first film in the series.

]]> By: Tom Watson http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/05/28/watching-for-keira-almost-nightly/#comment-4667 Tom Watson Tue, 29 May 2007 17:03:10 +0000 http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/05/28/watching-for-keira-almost-nightly/#comment-4667 Lance - excellent analogy, and no they don't. He's the joke the audience loves. So he does his schtick in the margins of what can only be called a plot in the most charitable sense. Lance - excellent analogy, and no they don’t. He’s the joke the audience loves. So he does his schtick in the margins of what can only be called a plot in the most charitable sense.

]]> By: Lance Mannion http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/05/28/watching-for-keira-almost-nightly/#comment-4664 Lance Mannion Tue, 29 May 2007 15:09:31 +0000 http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/05/28/watching-for-keira-almost-nightly/#comment-4664 Haven't seen it yet. But what the Moviegoer said about Depp being over at the margins, amusing himself and no one else, struck home, as did what Tom writes about Depp's performance in Dead Man's Chest and At World's End being copies of his original Jack Sparrow. That's sort of what I felt when watching Dead Man's Chest, that he had forgotten how to play Captain Jack and so he had to imitate himself. But I also thought that the director and screenwriters had forgotten what made Jack Sparrow tick and so they didn't give Depp any help in recapturing the character. The difference between Captain Jack in the original and Depp playing at being Jack Sparrow in the second, and I gues s the third, since it's really the same movie, is that in The Curse of the Black Pearl the Keith Richards act is a disguise Jack wears to throw people off and in the other two it's all there is to him. In other words, Depp and the Verbinski and company have turned their main character into a joke because they decided what audiences loved about Jack was the joke. At World's End doesn't correct that course, I guess. Haven’t seen it yet. But what the Moviegoer said about Depp being over at the margins, amusing himself and no one else, struck home, as did what Tom writes about Depp’s performance in Dead Man’s Chest and At World’s End being copies of his original Jack Sparrow. That’s sort of what I felt when watching Dead Man’s Chest, that he had forgotten how to play Captain Jack and so he had to imitate himself. But I also thought that the director and screenwriters had forgotten what made Jack Sparrow tick and so they didn’t give Depp any help in recapturing the character.

The difference between Captain Jack in the original and Depp playing at being Jack Sparrow in the second, and I gues s the third, since it’s really the same movie, is that in The Curse of the Black Pearl the Keith Richards act is a disguise Jack wears to throw people off and in the other two it’s all there is to him. In other words, Depp and the Verbinski and company have turned their main character into a joke because they decided what audiences loved about Jack was the joke.

At World’s End doesn’t correct that course, I guess.

]]> By: Tom Watson http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/05/28/watching-for-keira-almost-nightly/#comment-4628 Tom Watson Mon, 28 May 2007 23:35:50 +0000 http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/05/28/watching-for-keira-almost-nightly/#comment-4628 Yeah, total charmer is a good description - sure, she's pretty, but she's got a presence. The movie, however, should have been called Dreck Three. Yeah, total charmer is a good description - sure, she’s pretty, but she’s got a presence. The movie, however, should have been called Dreck Three.

]]> By: Dan Leo http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/05/28/watching-for-keira-almost-nightly/#comment-4618 Dan Leo Mon, 28 May 2007 18:19:02 +0000 http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/05/28/watching-for-keira-almost-nightly/#comment-4618 What, am I gonna be the first one to comment? Okay, here's the thing, Tom: Keira Knightley is a total charmer. I even watched "Domino", that's how sick I am. And y'know, it was worth two hours of nonsense, just to watch Keira kicking butt. Plus you had Mickey Rourke in the same movie. And, y'know, you have to wonder if Tony Scott is just a few cents short of a dollar, but I can always watch one of his movies. However, I still don't know if I could manage to sit through "Pirates 3". I did see the first one on DVD, and I'll tell ya, that was worth the DVD rental because Keira did a voice-over commentary that was more entertaining than the movie's dialogue. What, am I gonna be the first one to comment? Okay, here’s the thing, Tom: Keira Knightley is a total charmer. I even watched “Domino”, that’s how sick I am. And y’know, it was worth two hours of nonsense, just to watch Keira kicking butt. Plus you had Mickey Rourke in the same movie. And, y’know, you have to wonder if Tony Scott is just a few cents short of a dollar, but I can always watch one of his movies. However, I still don’t know if I could manage to sit through “Pirates 3″. I did see the first one on DVD, and I’ll tell ya, that was worth the DVD rental because Keira did a voice-over commentary that was more entertaining than the movie’s dialogue.

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