Filmspotting #113: Pirates of the Caribbean 2 / Top 5 Movies We Should've Hated
It's the summer of 2003. You ask 100 random people the likelihood that "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl" will be the biggest hit of the summer and will spawn a sequel that will be received with more enthusiasm than the first Superman movie in 20 years. 99 out of those 100 people refuse to answer the question, furious that you wasted their time with a question so patently absurd. Three years later, "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" has arrived.
Coming off an emotionally charged split over Bryan Singer's "Superman Returns" last week (and still stinging from a heated debate over "The Lake House"), Adam and Sam make peace over "Pirates." Both agree that Johnny Depp and company have, with this new film, done what the first "Pirates" movie could not: remind them of the creaky, cartoonish, long-past-its-expiration-date ride at Disney World that inspired the movie in the first place. A long, loud, and utterly confounding spectacle, "Pirates 2" seems to exist for the sole purpose of justifying a second sequel ... conveniently filmed right along side the first.
Also on the show: an early review of writer/director/actor Ed Burns' new film "The Groomsmen," which opens Friday in New York and L.A. 10+ years after "The Brothers McMullen," Burns returns to the friendly confines of suburban Long Island to tell the story of five 30-something guys reunited for a wedding. Featuring Jay Mohr, John Leguizamo, Matthew Lillard and Donal Logue as the groomsmen to Burns' groom-to-be, the film takes a comic look at what it means to be a man and the consequences of postponing adulthood.
Plus: Listener Feedback, Massacre Theatre, "Our Best Fiends" -- the Best of the Herzog-Kinski Awards -- and the Top 5 Movies We Should Have Hated.
Music by Alejandro Escovedo courtesy of Bloodshot Records.
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Filmspotting #113
:19-16:25 - Review: "Pirates Of The Carribean 2"
Music: Alejandro Escovedo, "Rhapsody"
17:20-19:24 - New DVDs, Donations
19:25-24:03 - Poll Questions, Animation Marathon, Dope Sheet Winner
24:04-26:13 - Screball Comedies Marathon setup
26:14-33:30 - Listener Feedback ("Why The World Doesn't Need Superman... Returns")
Music: Alejandro Escovedo, "I Was Drunk"
34:35-38:53 - Massacre Theatre (Winner: David Hann)
38:54-50:06 - Early Review: "The Groomsmen"
Music: Alejandro Escovedo, "Castanets"
50:39-59:34 - "Our Best Fiends" - Herzog Marathon Awards
59:35-1:03:19 - Listener Feedback (Movie Scores)
1:03:20-1:16:32 - Top 5 Movies We Should Have Hated
1:16:33-1:18:20 - Next Show/Close/Outtake
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6 Comments:
what the F ?? Interview with Ed Burns on an upcoming show? Paint me impressed! good goin. You guys were very suave in how you casually announced that too. Unless it's your building's custodial manager who shares the name of course and I just missed the joke.
can't wait.
Adam, Adam, Adam! Samuel Barber's "couple-of-hundred year old" Adagio for Strings?! From Classical.net: "[Barber] originally wrote it as the second movement of a string quartet in 1936, but within two years arranged it for string orchestra. In this form, it became not only his most popular work, but also an unofficial American anthem of mourning, played after the deaths of Presidents Roosevelt and Kennedy."
Love your show. It is cinecrack!
A listener said 'the 1800s' in an email and I didn't check it. I just knew it was older than me!
LOL! I'm a self-confessed film music fanatic -- Herrmann, Rosza, Newman, Williams are the principal gods in my pantheon -- and own at least 500 CDs and LPs worth of just film music. So, if you ever need help, write me.
There was something mentioned in the Dopesheet about the Ghost Dog soundtrack. For whatever reason, the actual score wasn't released in the U.S. but you can get it on Amazon (lots of $ though)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00004VT9G/ref=pd_bbs_null_3/102-6469325-8608926?s=music&v=glance&n=5174
I was just listening to this episode (a little late, yes, I know) and noticed a glaring error- one of you mentions Bill Nighy's excellent performance, saying he was under "all of that special effects make-up". One problem- that character was ENTIRELY CG. Bill was a placeholder with a light grey film on his face and white around his eyes to help the animator pick up facial expression. See the USA Today article.
By the way, I loved it. Call me a cheap, shallow filmwatcher, but I couldn't get enough of it.
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