Spoilers, ye be warned

PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN : AT WORLD'S END... SPOILERS!!!!

So I saw Pirates III this evening with Brandlyn. And so here's my review (which kind of has to do with Pirates II, since it was a continuation of it):

Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed it.

As for the plot of III, it was RIDICULOUSLY CONFUSING. I have a feeling I'll be seeing it again in the next few weeks (several times?) and it will make more sense, but basically I sat in my chair being baffled the entire time. At the end, it makes little to no sense, as well.

Jack goes loco (or even more loco than usual, if it's possible) having conversations with himself, his multiple selves, who are anything from dopes, chickens, peanut-lovers, and even a Davy Jones crewmember. He's even got the little shoulder-selves (although it's unclear which one is the devil and which an angel.) Like all of the castmembers, Jack switches sides a million times.

Will is an entirely OTHER deal. He finally marries Elizabeth (FINALLY...) and then kills Davy Jones and thus becomes the new captain of the Flying Dutchman. Which means he can only see his bride once every ten years. Joy of joys, eh? Will's character (before he becomes captain) is rather confusing. He betrays people (?) but not really (?) and then becomes the captain of the black pearl, then is on the bad guy's side, but in the end is on the good guy's side... and then at the end, he gets to wear a bandana and sets his father free. Whoop de do.

Elizabeth.... Oh Elizabeth. She goes through the most interesting transformation of all. She becomes the captain of a ship, then the King of the council of Pirates (or something) and then she goes all badass with swords and yaddayadda. She and Will are all "I want you but I can't trust you" throughout the whole movie, except at the end where they finally get married. It's a large stretch between the 'You want pain- try wearing a corset' girl from film one, to the 'I'm badass, take orders from me or I will stick you with my sword' of film three.

So... Tia Dalma and Davy Jones were (are?) lovers (I totally guessed that) and then at the end it turns out that she's Calypso the goddess trapped in human form. And then when the pirates release her from her fleshy prison she yells incoherently and becomes a billion crabs, causes a whirlpool to form, and thus makes the final battle all the more impressive. But she disappears.

Overall, I really enjoyed the movie... great battle scenes, funny one-liners (nothing like the Jar of Dirt, though :)) and then you leave the theatre feeling all "Yay, I got SOME sort of closure this time."

Advice: Don't expect this movie to make sense, stay through the credits, and DO NOT buy a large drink. It's a long movie and you don't want to miss any of it, lest you REALLY confuse yourself.

So go see it. It's worth the $7.

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Pirates III, Breadbox edition:
Everyone: Singapore sucks. Let's go freeze our asses off. Hey look, there's the edge of the world, let's fall off.
Jack: I'm crazy! You're not there so I'm going to shout profanites at you. Let's rock the boat.
Everyone: Okay! Now, let's betray each other!
Everyone: Okay!
Everyone: ...Where's the rum?
Will/Elizabeth & Tia Dalma/Davy Jones: Hold on, I do love you.
Will/Jack/Davy Jones/Norrington/Boostrap/Barbossa: I'm getting bored over here. Your side looks more interesting... And you're winning. -switches sides-
Tia Dalma: I'm a goddess, so set me free and I'll turn into a billion crabs. By the way, I hate you again, Davy Jones. -smite-
Davy Jones: Oh no. Jack that's my hear you've got.
Jack: I want to be immortal, but damnit what a time to grow a conscience.
Will: I'm dying.
Jack: Damn I hate consciences, here you stab him.
Davy Jones: Hey Will, that's my heart you stabbed!
Will: How is it that cutting out my heart makes me alive again?
Elizabeth: Honey, let's make babies. See you in ten years!
-END-

Something like accomplishment

So I'm a geek and I'll admit this freely. I love playing this RPG (role-playing game) online called "Runescape"... knights, castles, fighting, quests, you know. The whole shabang. Personally, I love the medieval feel, but I love the fact that you can almost set up a craft. In this game, I love mining and smithing, for two reasons: 1) It's mindless. (Click on rock... click on rock... click on rock.) 2) It makes oodles of money. 3) Not many people do it. I mean, sure. There are several million people playing the game, but out of that million people, maybe 300,000 people mine/smith. And when you get really good at it? Buckets of gold.

But, like everything else, it takes time, and the sufferance of many a Noob. Today I've gained 1 mining level, and 2 smithing levels... Quite an accomplishment, seeing as I'm levels 55 and 49 resepectively. It takes a lot of work to get a level in both. And from making steel and iron chest armor, I've made 60,000 gold today. I guess that's what I'm most proud of, because I only had 20,000 gold this morning.

Yes, I know this is all fake!

But it feels like I did something today...

(And in the Real World, I got my car inspected. And replaced one of my tail lights that's blew out last october. Whoops!)

See ya later. I'm going to go bother my brother. :)

Dilemma

Okay, blogger... here's my dilemma.

I need a job this summer... like a hostess job, or a grocery-shop job, or even an Old Navy job... just to earn some extra cash, you know.

I have a babysitting job three or so days a week. Which is good, I love to babysit... and the lady I babysit for is just wonderful. She's funny and kind of like a projection of me in 30 years time. Which is cool... it makes me feel optimistic for my future. Yay! The house (or what I saw of it) looks lovely, dirty, and homely (isn't that what every house is?)

I babysat at last minute this evening for a "Westlake Born and Bred" (copyright?) woman who has two kids, who aren't bad... just kinda spoiled and... well, they don't listen to me very well AND chew with their mouths open. Yuck. But I was exporing through their house, and it's all gold-manicured, untouched, and one of those homes that you feel isn't lived in. Except that in front of the television, there are little indents in the couch where people sit all the time. (Yes, actual indents... as in the ones that don't poof back up when you stand up.) And when they got back (40 mintutes late, mind you) she offered me a babysitting job over the summer, several days a week, $10 an hour, yada yada. But while I can smile at her and say the pleasantries now, I don't know if I can do it all summer. I didn't feel comfortable in that house, I didn't feel at all at home, and if I'm spending a really good portion of my summer there I want it to feel real... not gold embossed and manicured.

I talked to my mom tonight, and of course she didn't help. She just made me guilty for being in the mindset of not wanting to do it (God forbid!) I just can't express enough why I don't want to take this job! Nevermind the fact that I would be making oodles of money. Frankly, the only reason why I would take the job is for the oodles of money. Is that a good reason? I don't think so...

Help!

Girl talk!

So Alycia and I are chatting it up about our asian boys. -teeheehee- We're both a little bit crushing on asians and so we swap stories. Well, frankly we'd swap stories no matter WHO we crush on, but anyway.

I'm all giddy and girly right now because of all of the 'YAY!' and 'OMG!!!'s that are going on.

But amidst (<-$1 word there!) all of the emotional highs, I feel like I can't be careful enough around him. Like, he's coming down in a month's time and I keep imagining things that might happen, (none of which are rated over PG13 thankyouverymuch) I keep building up this intense excitement and I don't want to be disappointed! But I'm really, REALLY excited.

-jumps up and down and girly squeals-

Superstar

Yeah, right.

The musical was this weekend, and oh what a weekend. All of the performances went really well (in my opinion) and though the audiences kind of sucked throughout the weekend (Saturday's was best, and that was a stretch of the word) they all seemed to love the performance.

As the week wore on, my voice felt better, probably because I actually did avoid caffeine and sugar. Hmm... so it does work!

I've just found this great site, Meebo.com, which gives you all of your instant messaging programs all in one. AND... it's not blocked at school! (SHOCK OF ALL SHOCKS!!!) Everything is blocked at my school.

Well... 10 minutes of school left...

9...

8...

-sigh-