If you haven’t seen this movie… I suggest you get your asses of your computer monitors and watch it. I absolutely loved this movie. In fact, regardless of what other critics may say, I think so far, of the movies I’ve watched this topped my list of “most enjoyable” movies of the first half of 2006.
The way the battle scenes were kinda over-the-top was absolutely brilliant for that type of film. It was like watching a cartoon. Which isn’t surprising since it was a Disney story. But nonetheless, it was so much fun to watch.
The effects of course were great. I didn’t really pay much attention to effects nowadays since as long as what I see seems believable, then I really don’t give a rat’s ass how much effort they put into pulling it off. As one of the effects people of the Lord of the Rings said: “the goal is to not let people think you were using computers, etc.”
The story was interesting enough, and the ending was superb! Seldom have I experienced an excited “whoa” moment when watching an ending. And the clever part is, while it does leave you wanting to see the third installment, it still actually finishes the current movie.
I dare say, I liked this movie better than Superman. I must say however that I only appreciated the latest Superman movie after Katz explained to me why it was great: apparently, it was the closest to the comic books, and a lot of the imagery used were taken directly from the comics.
While I can see how Superman fans would love that, as a viewer who didn’t really follow the Superman saga closely, I have to say I’d hoped that the movie would be far more interesting. I’m almost inclined to think that the major reason why the fans loved it was because of relating it to the comic-book – and not so much because the story of Superman Returns was actually compelling. I could be wrong… but I will say this: a friend who loved the Superman Movie still liked the new Pirates better 🙂 That should count for something.
Though if it’s pirates you’re talking about… I still vote for this:
Cool new look/layout for the site, though I kinda prefer the previous layout…looks less cluttered. Anyway, you’re right in saying that the movie just makes you wanna see the 3rd installment ASAP…so much so na feeling mo tuloy bitin yung movie. By next year ata lalabas na yung 3rd installment. They’re supposedly filming it now, ala LotR na continuous shooting. 🙂