potc: awe

[mimesere]

...AHAHAHAHAHAHA. No.



So. I'm supposed to be cheering for the side what has Barbossa on it? REALLY? Barbossa? And against the side with my boo? Like, I am supposed to *not* be cheering for the anti-piracy people? Um. AHAHAHAHAHA No.

'Cause I will say again: what made CotBP awesome was not that it (entirely) posited PIRACY YAYS! but that it presented piracy as one way to be a good man *and* that it implied that there was a middle ground between Jack and Norrington (Will) that could be walked.

We have long since left that message in the dust. Whatevs, Jerry, Gore, and T&T, WAY TO SUCK THE CHARM OUT OF A FRANCHISE. Boo fucking hoo, piracy is being exterminated. BOO FUCKING HOO. Let me pull out the world's tiniest violin.

Just...no.

Comments

[mimesere.livejournal.com]

*g* I'm not a fan of Beckett's, but like...seriously. How am I supposed to be on Barbossa's side? How does that make sense? argh!

[galadhir.livejournal.com]

I feel sure that I wouldn't be this fond of Beckett if the other side wasn't so shady. But when he goes through the film with a big 'this is the villain' sign above his head, while actually not in any way being worse than the 'heroes' then I feel like I ought to cheer for him out of simple fairness.

Because exactly - the other side is *Barbossa's* side, and just *no*.