Perusing IMDB.com is definitely a must in these parts and while looking at the cast of the various Marvel comic book movies coming out this summer I stumbled upon a page for the Nick Fury solo movie which has Samuel L. Jackson as Fury, Clark Gregg as Agent Coulson and Neal McDonough who will be seen in Captain America in July as Dum Dum Dugan.
Check it out: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0482631/
I'm a big fan of the Pirates of the Caribbean Trilogy. Despite the unnecessary length and crowded story lines, I definitely argue that the way the characters were woven and balanced into said story was enough to make the movies very entertaining. Also the caliber of actors, Bill Nighy, Geoffery Rush, Chow-Yun Fat; just to name a few brought a real ferocity to their roles. The end of the third movie, titled, At World's End, concludes with Capt. Jack going after the fountain of youth.
This brings us to On Stranger Tides, which to be honest really doesn't make any kind of sense. It might as well have been called Pirates of the Caribbean: Fountain of Youth. From the preview, this movie looked like a slam dunk; Jack Sparrow is our main character and a breath of new characters are introduced. Sounds like a fresh exciting start, right?
I remember reading articles that Disney executives didn't really know how to quite take Johnny Depp's creation of Sparrow and were really worried people might not get it. But three movies later, the eyeliner, deadpan stares and those dreadlocks have solidified him as one of the most popular characters in movie history. It's truly amazing to see Depp back in his signature character in On Stranger Tides, but I'll be honest something is really missing. Depp makes his regular quips here and there but I feel like throughout the entire movie Depp is trying to find the character again and its kinda uncomfortable.
Penelope Cruz plays Angelica, the daughter of legendary pirate Blackbeard and former lover of Sparrow. Now, while her exchanges with Sparrow are meant to be clever and hold tons of comedic innuendo, their playful banter quickly outruns its course and gets really boring. Ian McShane, who portrays Blackbeard is also really underused here, while torching someone to death numerous times was a real mood changer and kind of cool in this movie; that was really the only real "Wow" factor I got from this character in the Pirates cannon of villain's.
New director Rob Marshall does a nice job at setting that "Pirates tone", but a staple that is lost here in this fourth installment are those grand and well choreographed pirate ship battles that were a treat to behold in the original trilogy. In On Stranger Tides we spend alot of time on land and with being on land we are now subject to watch our favorite water based characters in the same old "modern like" action sequences that I'm almost sure I've seen before in the Renny Harlin directed pirate movie Cutthroat Island. This might be a cause of the lower budget on this movie but even still you are making a movie about PIRATES!!!
On Stranger Tides doesn't really try and set itself apart from the previous three movies. Its a movie that goes through to motions and takes its audience for granted mainly because they've added a few new characters and we've seen three movies already, why not a fourth. There are even certain set pieces and fights in this movie that are almost exact replicas of encounters in the previous movies; Lazy.
If your a fan of the Pirates movies, nothing I can say, can sway you from seeing this one but if I can impart any advice its to be smart and catch a matinee.
Hey Everyone, hope your seeing some great movies this weekend. Briefly, every time we shoot an episode there always ends up being some extra conversation that doesn't always make it in the cut. Well from here on out we will be releasing these bits as their own small informative video pieces called "Extras". Keep checking back for all the updates.
In the meantime if you haven't gotten the chance to see our newest episode on the trailer to THOR then enjoy now!
Briefly this trailer looks like there's something missing. There is so much action going but not even a sense of a plot. Now, you might be asking yourself; "Bobby, is this a movie your really looking at to have a descent story?" This simple answer is no, but at the same time, give me something! There are some very mediocre visual effects that are only there because the movie is in 3D. LAME!
Jason Momoa who stars as Conan really is not selling me on the weight that, that name carries with it, yes he's big, but other than that I didn't get chills down my spine when he said he'd follow an enemy into hell.
Another disappointing factor in this trailer is that it doesn't feel like a Marcus Nipsel directed movie. Now, say what you will about the remakes of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Friday the 13th, but those Marcus Nipsel directed films had a really great tone and texture that I was really hoping would be in Conan, but its no where to be found.
Check out the trailer and let us know what you think. Conan is in theaters August 19 2011
