Pirates of the Caribbean at the Barrel’s Bottom

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides – was the trilogy really crying out for an extra installment, minus the original director and plus a third spatial dimension? Jerry Bruckheimer obviously thought so. Sort of. As usual Katie and I travelled to Malvern cinema in order to be spared the eye-aching party trick that is 3D, but I hear that this film’s 3D was fairly shallow to the point where you wonder why they bothered. I was unable to observe any difference in the camera and editing style from what I’d expect in a 2D movie – there was just as much handheld material and quick cutting in the action scenes, so I can only conclude that watching it in 3D wouldn’t be very pleasant. Honestly, watching it in any format isn’t very pleasant because Jack Sparrow has been transformed into something approaching a heroic romantic lead, thereby robbing the character of at least 50% of what made him so great in the original trilogy.
But that’s enough of that. In other news, I’m making a short Super-8 film next weekend… that is, if I can sort out an actress and a location in time. Watch this space.

Pirates of the Caribbean at the Barrel’s Bottom