Capn_Jack_Savvy
Sr Member
So here is my review SPOILER FREE!
We saw a sneak preview at the El Capitan Theater in Hollywood last night. It was shown to a VIP / media group and we were filler. Almost did not get in because the wifey showed up late but thank you to the security guy at the front of the line that bent over backwards to accommodate us. Good man! Good pirate......security......dude.......person!!
Pros:
- Great storyline. Just enough comedy and action.
- Good to see old characters.
- New characters were also good. Nice to see a new batch of individuals getting the stardom power now from this movie.
- Score was excellent especially the entire mermaid sequence.
- Ian McShane as Edward "Blackbeard" Teach aka Mr. Beard was a perfect match. Except he is a little short to be playing Blackbeard.
- Props, costumes, Queen Anne's Revenge WOW! NICE!
- London shots were funny and action packed.
- SOOOOOOOOOOOO many props to be made!!! I'm already starting on the 3D silver skull movie display in about a 20% smaller scale than a human sized skull! It is going well!!!
- Being a costumer I was paying close attention to some of the unanswered questions about Jack's costume as well as Angelica's costume!
- Sound editing was nicely done!
Cons:
- I could have done without the 3D but that was just the environment we were in. When we saw the 8 minute Sneak Peek at Disneyland in 3D the ambient light from the outdoors made it a perfect environment to view the Real 3D view. In the El Capitan theater it was very dark so that made the movie very dark. Even scenes that were filmed in the bright sun of Hawaii were darkened in post processing.
- Some recycled comedy lines.
- If you watched any or all the trailers / featurettes that have been hitting the web not all things made the final cut of the film. Albeit what we saw may not be the final cut.
- 2 hour 20 minute run time was a bit long so kids may start getting fidgety.
- Back story conversations in the present time. Interviews I see with actors from TV and film always say they hate when their scripts call for that sort of dialogue. But in some cases it is necessary.
- DO NOT SIT IN THE FIRST 5 ROWS IN WHATEVER THEATER YOU ATTEND IN 3D. You will get a "creek" in your neck that will last a day or so plus the Real 3D is always best middle center of any theater!
Over all I would give the movie a 4 1/2 out of 5 Stars but mainly because of the 3D and the environment in which we saw the movie. Definitely will be seeing it again! As a matter of fact we are seeing it in full costume on May 14th Pirate Fan Event and the midnight showing on May 20th!!
There you go Spoiler Free!!!!!
We saw a sneak preview at the El Capitan Theater in Hollywood last night. It was shown to a VIP / media group and we were filler. Almost did not get in because the wifey showed up late but thank you to the security guy at the front of the line that bent over backwards to accommodate us. Good man! Good pirate......security......dude.......person!!
Pros:
- Great storyline. Just enough comedy and action.
- Good to see old characters.
- New characters were also good. Nice to see a new batch of individuals getting the stardom power now from this movie.
- Score was excellent especially the entire mermaid sequence.
- Ian McShane as Edward "Blackbeard" Teach aka Mr. Beard was a perfect match. Except he is a little short to be playing Blackbeard.
- Props, costumes, Queen Anne's Revenge WOW! NICE!
- London shots were funny and action packed.
- SOOOOOOOOOOOO many props to be made!!! I'm already starting on the 3D silver skull movie display in about a 20% smaller scale than a human sized skull! It is going well!!!
- Being a costumer I was paying close attention to some of the unanswered questions about Jack's costume as well as Angelica's costume!
- Sound editing was nicely done!
Cons:
- I could have done without the 3D but that was just the environment we were in. When we saw the 8 minute Sneak Peek at Disneyland in 3D the ambient light from the outdoors made it a perfect environment to view the Real 3D view. In the El Capitan theater it was very dark so that made the movie very dark. Even scenes that were filmed in the bright sun of Hawaii were darkened in post processing.
- Some recycled comedy lines.
- If you watched any or all the trailers / featurettes that have been hitting the web not all things made the final cut of the film. Albeit what we saw may not be the final cut.
- 2 hour 20 minute run time was a bit long so kids may start getting fidgety.
- Back story conversations in the present time. Interviews I see with actors from TV and film always say they hate when their scripts call for that sort of dialogue. But in some cases it is necessary.
- DO NOT SIT IN THE FIRST 5 ROWS IN WHATEVER THEATER YOU ATTEND IN 3D. You will get a "creek" in your neck that will last a day or so plus the Real 3D is always best middle center of any theater!
Over all I would give the movie a 4 1/2 out of 5 Stars but mainly because of the 3D and the environment in which we saw the movie. Definitely will be seeing it again! As a matter of fact we are seeing it in full costume on May 14th Pirate Fan Event and the midnight showing on May 20th!!
There you go Spoiler Free!!!!!
