Hey there everybody! Did you enjoy your Mother's Day weekend?
Assuming I have some mums reading my blog I hope you had a nice day. After last
week's Comic Week I think I'll be making today's blog a little more subtle.
I'll also be giving the comic discussions a break for a while too for those
sick of that.
Movie spoilers possibly lie ahead so tread lightly!
So arrrgg ye mateys! We've setting sail once again on our Pirates
of the Caribbean movie trip! Last time we joined Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) as he made port
(Though he prefers Rum) at Port Royal in Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of The Black Pearl. With Captain Barbosaa gone Jack now faces a new enemy though not
an enemy unknown in the 2006 released Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's
Chest. This particular movie is part 1 of a two movie story arc involving Davy
Jones (Bill Nighly), a ghostly pirate part Man, Octopus and Lobster.
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Assigned to ferry the
souls who died at sea to the after life he has abused his power, forced the
souls he captures to serve a board his ship, the Flying Dutchman and now plans
to conquer the ocean that betrayed him.
While the first movie was more so a self contained story this
movie launches Pirates into a storyline that, while Davy Jones isn't involved
anymore, has continuing elements from this two parter.
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Similar to the movie and
the later movies though Jack and crew (Accompanied by some new crew ages such
as a wasted washed up Norrington and Elizabeth Swan.) are once again after a
treasure, this treasure being none other then the dead man's chest.
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A chest
that holds none other then Davy Jone's heart. Anyone who stabs the heart must
take control of the Flying Dutchman and become it's eternal Captain. Of course
immortality peeks our Swashbuckling Pirate's curiosity and after a startling
encounter with Bootstrap Bill Turner (Will's Father.) he sets off with Gibbs (Kevin McNally) not too far behind to seek the key to this chest.
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Our other protagonists Elizabeth (Keira Knightley) and William Turner (Orlando Bloom) back in Port
Royal are to be married but soon are interrupted and sentenced to death by Lord
Cutler Beckett of the East India Trading Company who basically serves as the
2nd antagonist of this plot line. Apparently freeing Jack Sparrow in the ending
of the first movie has gotten these two into some hot water. (Ha, water puns,
get it?)
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Lord Beckett (Tom Hollander) however strikes a deal with William Turner and in
exchange for him and Elizabeth going free Will is to seek out Jack and bring
back the man and his magic compass, which played a small part in the previous
movie. This compass might seem broken to the unaware sailor but actually points
towards your deepest desire... Man I wish I had a compass like that.
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So begins the journey of these Pirates in what leads into an
ocean wide war between the living and the undead. I absolutely love the first
movie this and it's follow up titled At World's End are just as action packed,
humorous and a great adventure movie. I will admit Barbosa still wins me over
when it comes to Pirate antagonists but Davy Jones proves to be an interesting
villain as he sets out to settle his debt with none other then Jack Sparrow.
Johnny Depp brings just as much witty and humorous energy to the Jack Sparrow
actually I would say his performance in this and the following movie outshines
his performance in the first movie, which Is saying something.
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My favorite scene in this movie has to be the island of the cannibals scene, which actually takes place earlier on in the flick. In his search for the key Jack ends up being captured on a island full of, well cannibals. These natives view Jack as their god and plan on releasing him from his human body... By burning him alive. Well Will, in attempt to find Jack appears on this island only to get caught up with the rest of the Black Pearl's crew. Also THE MOORING LINE! No idea why that line gets stuck in your head but it does.
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Dead Man's Chest takes it's soundtrack up a notch and proves to
be just as suspenseful and thrilling as the movie itself which is proven the
moment the film starts. Hans Zimmer takes the lead on this and the next to
movie's soundtrack. He only composed one song on the first movie but with The
Dark Knight series, Inception and Gladiator under his belt Hans Zimmer is an
amazing composer. No offense to Klaus Badelt (Who composed the first Pirates
movie.) but Hans Zimmer knows how to make a thrilling soundtrack. Sadly he does
not have any part in the new Dead Men Tell No Tales film score by the looks of
it so I'm unsure as to what to expect in that movie regarding soundtrack.
Finally I want to point out that this movie uses a lot more CGI.
I mean octopus men are not easy to come by so a computer was obviously needed
to turn Bill Nighly into the mean Davy Jones. Bill also had to stand
inside a bucket in a green suit with dots for a couple a scenes, bet that's a
memory he won't forget. While the CGI falters slightly at some small points it
really brought the movie to life and was pretty awesome for 2006. I'm
interested to see what the new movie brings to the CGI table.
While most of you have probably seen this movie already you can
get this movie on iTunes for $17.99 HD and $9.99 SD. Would have been cool to
get some sort of bundle of all four movies but iTunes and to my knowledge
everywhere else only offers these movies individually. If you've not seen this
movie in a while or at all it's an awesome, thrilling action adventure pirate
movie that doesn't forget how to have fun with itself. The actors play their
characters wholeheartedly even though Johnny Depp tends to outshine.
In anticipation for the upcoming Dead Men No Tales, which
releases this upcoming May the 26th I'll be discussing the 3rd and 4th movies
in this franchise so be sure to come back when I do!
Speaking of the new movies they recently announced and revealed a
cameo appearance in this movie... Pirates of the Caribbean is no stranger to
bringing in cameos of famous music artists such as Keith Richards as Captain
Teague in the movie I just discussed. Well in Dead Men Tell No Tales another
famous music artist is making an appearance as a fellow pirate, take a look
below.
Yes Sir Paul McCartney himself is dressing up as a Pirate! It'll
be pretty awesome to see how his role plays out and his character definitely
looks interesting with those playing cards and all. Don't forget Pirates of the
Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales releases in theaters on May 26th which is
only two weeks away.
Aside from watching movies I've been busy on the artistic side of
life. You know I have to say I wish I started this whole art thing years ago
because I might have a bit more confidence about this by now. I've been
redesigning characters from my story Dream Eclipse in attempt to build my art
style. While I'm a writer at heart and I want to write novels one day I'm also
an avid comic book fan and it would be a dream (Haha... Dream puns) to turn
Dream Eclipse into a comic/graphic novel, especially how it's plot line seems
to fit the comic format to a key. My long time writing passion mixed with my
new interest in art could be a great fit for Graphic Novels so I want to pursue
that. I started this art thing back in March and obviously I could of given it
up by now but it's sticking with me. I've had some frustrations regarding the
drawing of my character faces but I think I'm getting my art style at least to
a point where I like it. I need to start working on more poses and placing
these characters in environments too.
I've also been diving into the world of watercolor. It's been a
big interest of my more artistic Sister and Mother for years so after taking it
for a test dive I've found it to be an enjoyable medium as well. While I'm not
sure I'm using watercolor the way most people do I am trying to learn
techniques. Maybe I'm developing my own style I don't know. If you've been
keeping up with my Instagram I redesigned Aeris in a more realistic less big eyed
style to fit my current style and now I'm taking this sketch a step further and
turning it into a watercolor painting.
She's far from done but i'm happy with how it's looking so far.
She's far from done but i'm happy with how it's looking so far.
While I don't usually show off my practice sheets I'm also
currently practicing trees in watercolor using a couple of techniques from Mum
and an awesome water colorist/illustrator named Steve Mitchell. He runs a
Youtube channel by the name of The Mind of Watercolor and he has some very
informative Watercolor tutorials while having a personality and has been very
easy to follow. I recommend anyone wanting to get more into Watercolor to check
him out! He also has a cool skeleton head co-host who pipes in from time to
time. (What? Watch you'll find out what I'm on about.)
That's about it for now I'll keep you guys posted on what's what
in my artistic journey.
Of course I haven't forgotten about knitting and you'll be seeing
more of my work very soon again but until then it's time to keep up tradition
with these blogs and feature a free knitting pattern! After traveling the seven
seas and plundering for treasure I've come across the ultimate prize... this is
"Pirate Bootie" by Patricia Lillie.
Unlike patterns i've shared before this pattern actually has two objects inside. A beanie and a pair of, well, booties. Most patterns I've shared so far have been for older folks but this pattern is geared towards toddlers of size 6-9 mos. I believe you could increase the size of this pattern as it's a fair isle chart but this would make a great gift for your younger siblings, daughter, son or any Pirate loving kid. For the hat you'll need US Size 3 (3.25 MM) DPNS set of 4 or 5 and for the Booties a US 3 (3.25) set of Circular needles as well as some sport weight yarn. You can read more and download the pattern on Ravelry and Patricia's website.
Unlike patterns i've shared before this pattern actually has two objects inside. A beanie and a pair of, well, booties. Most patterns I've shared so far have been for older folks but this pattern is geared towards toddlers of size 6-9 mos. I believe you could increase the size of this pattern as it's a fair isle chart but this would make a great gift for your younger siblings, daughter, son or any Pirate loving kid. For the hat you'll need US Size 3 (3.25 MM) DPNS set of 4 or 5 and for the Booties a US 3 (3.25) set of Circular needles as well as some sport weight yarn. You can read more and download the pattern on Ravelry and Patricia's website.
Before I leave I have an announcement regarding Pokemon Sun and
Moon. I've not talked much about Video Games the past couple of weeks but
Pokemon Sun and Moon currently have an awesome event happening. Two codes are
currently available to allow you to download mega stones not available in game.
These Mega Stones are for Pidgeot, Mawile, Beedrill Heracross, Houndoom,
Steelix, Mewtwo X, Mewtwo Y, Audino and Medicham. You can get these mega stones
by going into mystery gift and entering the codes individually. These codes are
M2DESCENT, INTIMIDATE and AZUL. I read that the AZUL code wasn't going to work
until May 16th but it worked for me so go ahead and enter it!
I apologize for not discussing Video Games and Pokemon more often
but I may have some more coming in the new future... Like end of this week
future.
That's a wrap folks!
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