Yo-Ho-Ho
Yes, I am slightly behind the crowd, but I finally got around to watching Pirates of the Caribbean – Curse of the Black Pearl. I hadn’t really spared the time to catch it in the cinema, and didn’t have the inclination to buy or rent it on DVD, however, when I saw Heth she mentioned wanting to see Pirates of the Caribbean – Dead Mans Chest and I told her I hadn’t caught the original – and which point she lent me her DVD.
It was great. Slightly different than I expected from the trailers on TV, which seemed to imply more time on theisland and stuff, but it was a great laugh that reminded me a great deal of Indiana Jones movies. The special effects were superb and the storyline was very gripping. Well worth a watch.
I’m due to see Dead Mans Chest with Heth and the boys at the cinema too.
However, not so sublime viewing was Mezzo DSA which Rapture TV have chosen to put on after Fullmetal Alchemist to replace Wolf’s Rain after it finished. I’m not sure if I like the show. It had it’s good moments – for example, schoolgirls ‘suggesting’ a peer should raise money for blackmarket goods by going online for lecherous old men; the hitching up of very tight spandex clothing; assorted costume poses; and a very overenthusiastic girl who reminded me of Excel from Excel Saga. The downside was that it seemed to change art style every so often to look rather poor, and it just seemed to drag a bit.