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Reviews: Pirates of the Caribbean; On Stranger Tides
Strange Tides Indeed. . .
The Pirates of the Caribbean franchise has always been full of action and adventure. It's had wonderful storylines that took you the moviegoer to strange and exotic locales and had you cheering on your favorite characters as you got to know them through their personalities, quirks and flaws. It's great over the top sequences, witty banter between familiar protagonists and antagonists, plot twists and triumphs have made it a must see summer blockbuster franchise. But Stranger Tides falls short in a few areas that keep it from living up to it's full potential.
On Stranger Tides is a story about the search for the fountain of youth. The story starts with Jack being recruited to lead an expedition to find Ponce De Leone's fabled fountain, but he's not the only one searching for the treasure. The famous pirate Blackbeard is also searching for the magical fountain to avoid a prophecy which sees him dead at the hands of a one legged man. And yet a third party sets out to find the Spanish adventurers bounty intent on keeping the fountain from being misused by ner-do-wells. In the process, Jack comes across an old flame who he has unfinished business with. The film has it's usual "Pirates" formula of plot twists, betrayal, and overall adventurous fun.
The movie is packed with new faces as some of the familiar ones from the franchises' past did not return. Gone are Will Turner(Orlando Bloom) and Elizabeth Swann(Keira Knightley). Along with other secondary characters like the lovable, bumbling first mates Pintel and Ragetti, or the pint sized Marty the midget. These absences play a big part as the movie is a bit long and at times slows down to a snails pace. This problem is brought to the forefront when the main characters who you've come to love aren't on screen. When a franchise that's in it's fourth outing changes most of it's winning cast, its hard to feel a connection with the new players in a two hour timespan. At times I watched the movie with a lack of interest because you didn't care about who the new people were or what was happening to them. The performances were good but a lack of connection with new faces caused a discord.
Returning to reprise his role as lovable Captain Jack Sparrow is the ever charismatic Johnny Depp, who gives his usual spot on performance. Also returning, Geoffrey Rush as Barbossa, Jacks on again off again partner and rival for the rule of the coveted Black Pearl pirate ship. Kevin McNally reprises his role as Gibbs, Jack Sparrow's trusty sidekick. One of the new faces this time around is Penelope Cruz who play Angelica, a lovely mysterious female pirate with ties to Jacks past. Also new to the franchise is Ian McShane who gives an inspired performance as the famed pirate, Blackbeard. In the end, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides has a good story and great performances from the old staples. It even gives you new faces to get to know but the overall lack of friendly faces from past Pirates movies leaves this movie with just a mediocre rating.
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides gets 2 1/2 stars review by Lethal Bhudda
Other Editor's Rating: 3 1/2 stars review by Apple
Pocast 3 – just a little furious… and fast.
Podcast 3 – We're back for our next installment with Sony Network outage fun and a little talk about being furious… and fast…. five?
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Podcast 2 – We give you a Sucker Punch!
Podcast 2 – We are back with our latest podcast and we cover some of the latest video game news and quick hits on new release games and movies. Join the GT crew as we welcome Brandon out new editor to the site.
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Guerillatron Podcast 1 – You knew we would come!
This is our First podcast Lead by Podcasting Veteran Apple (dcuo unlimited, the batman universe, etc) and introducing Dragond aka Shawn (dcuo unlimited) and Terran Hawkins (dcuo unlimited).
Join the Army as they introduce themselves and history with video games in this part 1 edisode. This is the first podcast for our website and a great team to take Guerillatron to the next level of gaming. it is time…………..
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MORTAL KOMBAT BACK?
So what the heck just happened yesterday???? First we are making plans to pick up our new iPhone 4′s or sprint EVO’s and BAM!!!!!! the internet strikes again out of nowhere.
Well we were treated to a nice surprise of a video made by a director (who remains anonymous for right now). The video starred deep space nine actress Jeri Ryan who played Sonya Blade in the 7 minute video pitch to Warner Bros. We also say SPAWN actor Michael Jai White as Jason Briggs. “Okay, so… Mortal Kombat. It’s not a game trailer. Actually was made for the director to sell WB on his vision for a re-imagined MK film,” Ryan said on her Twitter account, explaining the footage that recently found its way to the web.”I did it as a favor to a friend. No idea yet what WB’s reaction to it was.”
Mortal Kombat has been in some legal issues but with the popularity of this short film might just make WB pull the trigger to get MK back up and running. WB also bought MIDWAY games who owned the rights to MK, so you can now see the bigger picture here.
Warner Bros. to make Lego movie?
In a bit of a shocker Warner Brothers is apparently in the works to make a Lego feature film. That's right, a LEGO feature film.
Variety Reports
WB is toying with plans to develop a movie around Lego and its popular building blocks.
Scribes Dan and Kevin Hageman are penning the script for the family comedy that will mix live action and animation. Warners is keeping the plot tightly under wraps, but it’s described as an action adventure set in a Lego world.
This is certainly an interesting development and we will see if it will come to fruition.
