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Edited on Mon Jul-10-06 12:24 AM by jobycom
Keira Knightly was both less feminine and more erotic in this one. Nice mixture. Bloom is finally learning to act, and I swear his cheekbones got higher. Norrington's character was the complete opposite of the last film, and yet somehow that worked.
Only complaint--a bit long on the bits between the story. In the first one, the story sort of flowed through the action scenes, and the scenes themselves were more part of the story, creating a dramatic tension. In this one several of the scenes were choreography showstoppers, kind of like the old musicals when everything halted so someone could sing about how they felt. The best musicals are the ones where the songs don't stop the action, but move it along. Watch how Disney used them in Hercules and Mulan. I felt that the three-way sword fight was good dancing, and nice slapstick, but it still slowed the story down. That happened a couple of times.
Small complaint, though. I didn't expect Hemmingway, so I wasn't disappointed by his absence. Good, fun flick. I loved Naomie Harris's character, for some reason. Well, the reason should be obvious... Wow.
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