Pirates of the Caribbean 3

Just caught this movie in Brunei courtesy of the local Brunei Pirates. How appropriate =). I am a bit late to the party, and thank god for that !

This movie as far as I am concerned is a steaming pile of cow dung ! The convoluted story line and the unfunny action scenes ( case in point - orlando and kiera getting hitched in the middle of a full blown action fight sequence ) just nails this pirates' franchise coffin tight in this doozer of a movie with johnny depp reprising his role as Captain Jack sparrow. Thanks to the overly complex plot, I was half way asleep when the climatic battle came and even then scenes of the "smart" tactical manoeuvers by the pirates failed to rouse me from my slumber and looked contrived at best. I can distinctly remember a better movie on that topic helmed by the capable mr. Crowe ...

Ok ! Ok ! People tell me to be positive ... right ! there are a few gems in this movie ! There I said it... but seriously the acting of Chow Yuen Fatt and Geoffrey Rush as Captain Sao Feng and Barbossa respectively is good. Sadly, good acting from these veterans fails to rescue this movie from it's watery grave, that is it's PLOT. Sorry guys and gals. That is about as positive as I can get for this.

Also, sorry no trailers for this movie.. I am not going to waste my time going to youtube to cut and paste this turd. Go there yourself if you have an inclination for that sort of thing.

Grade : 1/10

2001's memento

This is one heck of a good movie ! Imagine, your wife is killed, you got nothing more to live for except for revenge and the fire burning inside of you to hunt down her killer. To put a whole new twist to this time old tale of revenge, your brain can no longer make new memories due to an accident sustained during a tussle with your wife's killer. Christopher Nolan in this noir classic successfully puts us in Guy Pearce's character ( Leonard / Lenny ) and conveys his fears, pain and confusion with scary realism. He does this by turning traditional story telling on it's head by literally telling the whole tale upside down. Carrie Ann Moss is great here as the conniving Natalie who sees a way out of her problems utilizing Leonard's memory problems to her advantage.

For me Nolan, successfully lifts this normal tale of murder, intrigue and revenge up a notch by doing this. This truly makes the movie memorable. I love both the lookout and this movie.

Some short scenes from this classic :



Check out more about this movie at imdb

I say this movie is worth your time and is extremely rewatchable ( watched it about 4 times with different people now ... ) so go ahead ... you won't be disappointed. 9/10