pirates of the caribbean: on stranger tides

[bedlamsbard]

I have now seen Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. (I am way behind on the whole movie thing; no, I have not seen X-Men First Class yet either.)

Uh, so that happened.

Mermaids: kind of awesome. Ships: not enough. Recurring characters: also not enough. Plot: tacked on. Black Pearl: in a bottle. Jack Sparrow: Jack Sparrow (and occasionally not). Barbossa: still awesome. Spanish: speaking English. Preacher: boring. Blackbeard: around. Angelica: confusing. Will and Elizabeth: sorely missed. Sequel: no doubt oncoming.

(For the record, I am among the minority who actually adores Dead Man's Chest and At World's End, so I'm not one of those people who thinks the whole franchise went downhill after CotBP.)

*trolling back through potc tag* Ugh, I really wish I'd finished that PotC/SPN crossover. I couldn't muster up enough feeling about SPN to actually finish it now. (Oh, hey, ran into a bunch of my unfinished SW fic and original ideas. And some other odd bits.)

Comments

[dancewithoutyou]

- I am among the minority who actually adores Dead Man's Chest and At World's End...

Agreed. At World's End is actually my favorite. I would never give up a chance to see Norrington, so. I just, yes, love them. I thought the plots were fun. Even if the movies were just made for the money.

[dogstar]

What she said!


Also, randomly, while I was looking for something else, I randomly came across your old SW stuff - I wish you were still writing in that fandom. Prequel SW stuff is awesome. :)

[bedlamsbard]

Oh, gods. *facepalm* I ran across my old SW stuff yesterday too. (Also, some of my old original stuff that's still online, which is, uh, it's like a cross between SGA/SG-1 + Star Wars + The Unit + Space: Above and Beyond.)

[dogstar]

I like your genderflip stuff - there's not a lot of that in the SW circles I read in (since I started out in Q/O fandom (my first slash fandom) right after TPM came out) - it reminds me a bit of Flamethrower and Jameswalkswithwind's stuff. :) (And that's a compliment. They both write the big massive AU epics that I like.)

[bedlamsbard]

Thanks. :) I still go through a phase with every fandom where I try and genderflip everything just to see what happens.

[bedlamsbard]

AWE is my favorite too! Interlocking complex politics and everyone having different plans, plots, goals, and motivations = MY FAVORITE THING EVER.