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[emerald_skies]

So, internets, Le Boyfriend and I finally saw Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (aka "Look! This one doesn't have Keira Knightley and Orlando Bloom and their combined range of five different facial expressions!") this afternoon and, well, it was...interesting. Not awful, but not amazing, but certainly not a horrendous way to spend an afternoon. Here's essentially what happened:

1) Missionary boy and mermaid girl were really, really adorable (I actually liked them the most, I think)

2) Johnny Depp and Penelope Cruz spent most of the movie smoldering insincerely at each other

3) Uncle Vernon was possibly the frumpiest, most ineffectual King I've ever seen in my life

4) Johnny Depp seduces Judi Dench (I'm not making this up, it was fucking hilarious)

5) Blackbeard's ship fwooshed things with its built in flamethrowers (I know, I know)

6) Blackbeard was basically awesome (ETA: And was also evidently Mr. Bobinsky in Coraline, which just cracks me up for some reason)

7) The Spanish were pointless (and cheekbone-y)

ETA 2: 8) I don't care if his appearance was totally random, everything about Keith Richards was awesome. "Does this face look like it's been to the fountain of youth?" HA!

The plot tried to go in too many places at once (which is why I think some of the acting suffered in places), but the effects were good, the cinematography/scenery was amazing, and some of the jokes were fucking hilarious, so Le Boyfriend and I came out of it mostly entertained.

Anyway, in other news, my neighbors acquired a Wii (more specifically a Wii Fit). You haven't seen funny until you've seen a balding, overweight, middle-aged white guy (aka Mr. Next Door) using an invisible hula hoop. It was like this



only multiplied by a factor of ten. His wife and I were watching in bemusement...

Mrs. Next Door: *glances at me* What're we gonna tell the paramedics?
Me: That he sprained his groove thing?

Much hilarity ensued, which was honestly worth the eye-bleach-necessitating sight that spawned the conversation.

Finally, of course, the meme continues:

Day Four: Do you have a "muse" character, that speaks to you more than others, or that tries to push their way in, even when the fic isn't about them? Who are they, and why did that character became your muse?

Erm...not really. I suppose it depends on the fandom, in which case I sometimes find myself focusing a bit more than I should I characters to whom I can more easily relate, but otherwise not so much. It's not really a constant thing. For instance, I can really relate to Tunny, but he doesn't always wind up being a focus in anything Idiot-related that I write (unless that was the point of the story from the beginning, lol)

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"May you live every day of your life..." -- Jonathan Swift

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Cheers.

Comments

[ladyseraph-756.livejournal.com]

I have to say, I found Angelina irritating and I'm not sure if it was me or not. She came across as one of those super annoying types. By the time she said 'I am Blackbeard's daughter' I was rolling my eyes so hard I'm amazed they're still in my head. I actually started to miss Elizabeth Swann, which was a sentence I'd never thought I'd utter.
Blackbeard wasn't in it that much but I thought he was suitably menacing and creepy.
I loved the mermaids, thought they were ominous. I've always liked that supernatural element to the 'Pirates' films.
Missionary boy was cute, which was a welcome distraction when I first watched this after a 14 hour shift.

That's an interesting question about muse characters. I'm not sure if I have one to be honest. Will have to think about that.

[emerald-skies.livejournal.com]

No, it's not just you, I didn't like her character much either. I think, for one thing, that I would have enjoyed her more if the Blackbeard's daughter thing really had been a lie, but that's just at the top of a llist of niggling little problems I had with her.

I did enjoy the mermaids though! I wish the story could have explained a bit more about them without further splintering the plot, like telling us about the growing legs thing. Can they do that at will or does it have to be a life-and-death kind of deal? That sort of thing.

[lauracoy.livejournal.com]

I hate Angelina, sweet JESUS the annoying and the facial contouring. No no. I adore Johnny, but he has to let Jack go, they're running the awesomeness into the ground :(

DID YOU SEE?


Second mini GK reunion in as many weeeks.

*heart eyes*

[emerald-skies.livejournal.com]

Say what you will about her character, but some of her outfits were pretty freaking awesome though *covetous grabby hands*

Second mini GK reunion in as many weeeks.

Oh boys <3 Alex, I adore you to bits, dear, but please for the love of God don't fall slave to the Wayfarer trend. Don't let the hipsters win!

(Also, I'm noticing a distinct lack of someone tall and green eyed in these reunion pictures, I wonder what gives?)

[pau494.livejournal.com]

But I love Orlando Bloom and his hopeless attempts at emoting! GO BACK TO BEING AN ELF, DUDE.

I'm still going to see this one eventually because pirates and Johnny Depp and Keith Richards! But I really think they should just let it die, already.

AHAHA OH GOD, THAT GIF. Still love Angel. I've seen people with the Wii Fit, it is HILARIOUS.

[emerald-skies.livejournal.com]

At least elves are supposed to be dispassionate and relatively emotionless, so yeah, that part was pretty much tailor-made for him. Will Turner? Eh, notsomuch.

But I really think they should just let it die, already.

Ugh, I agree. I mean, don't get me wrong, I love me some Johnny Depp (and Jack Sparrow by association), but the longer they make him do this, the less sincere he's going to be about it. Hell, he spent most of this past movie already looking like he wanted to be somewhere else.