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Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Best. Swordfight. EVAR.
I'd read interviews with the cast, in which they'd said that they had the best swordfight ever committed to celluloid. "Oh yeah?" I thought. "Better than the one in Princess Bride? Better than the swordfights in Zatoichi? Better than the teahouse scene in Crouching Tiger? Better than the scene in the bar in Kill Bill Volume 1?"
I can reveal that it is, indeed, better than all of those. Go and see it. Stand not upon the order of your going, but go at once. It's OK, I'll wait for you.
But don't get the idea that it's just one great set-piece in an otherwise bad film. The film is GREAT. Really good fun. Maybe not quite as good as the first one, but hell, I was sorely tempted to hang around for half an hour and go back and see the next showing. I haven't felt like that about a film since, well, Pirates of the Caribbean 1. (Or maybe Ocean's Eleven, when I actually did do that).
And the third film will apparently have Chow Yun-Fat in it. I can't wait...
*bounce bounce bounce*
I'd read interviews with the cast, in which they'd said that they had the best swordfight ever committed to celluloid. "Oh yeah?" I thought. "Better than the one in Princess Bride? Better than the swordfights in Zatoichi? Better than the teahouse scene in Crouching Tiger? Better than the scene in the bar in Kill Bill Volume 1?"
I can reveal that it is, indeed, better than all of those. Go and see it. Stand not upon the order of your going, but go at once. It's OK, I'll wait for you.
But don't get the idea that it's just one great set-piece in an otherwise bad film. The film is GREAT. Really good fun. Maybe not quite as good as the first one, but hell, I was sorely tempted to hang around for half an hour and go back and see the next showing. I haven't felt like that about a film since, well, Pirates of the Caribbean 1. (Or maybe Ocean's Eleven, when I actually did do that).
And the third film will apparently have Chow Yun-Fat in it. I can't wait...
*bounce bounce bounce*