PotC4 - World Premier OMG!!

[dwgm]

It was a pirate's life for me last week, meeting my buddies tndixie and compassrose7577 in the real OC for a few days of beach, fabulous food, and piratey fun at Disneyland. We played in the parks and Saturday night we attended the world premier of On Stranger Tides, walking the same black carpet that the stars did. It was an amazing night, and I have lots of pix, just haven't had time to get them ready to post yet as there was a big party for me (!!) on Sunday when we got home and after that I was too dead tired. So pix tonight, and if there is anything you want to know about the movie, ask away!

Speaking of pix, though, corrielle went and stood on the sidelines at the black carpet event and has an entertaining report and lots of pics here, go check it out! She got way closer to the stars than I did, I must say.

*hugs you all*

Comments

[viva-gloria.livejournal.com]

I'm so envious of you, but so glad that you got to attend the premiere! {{{hugs}}}

Is it GOOD? Is Jack lovely? Is it less handwavy than AWE?

EEEEE PIRATES!!!!! K and I are going to see it at the IMAX, a week tomorrow. EEEEEE! ARRRRRRRRR!

[captaintish]

Glad you had a good weekend!

Okay, I want all the details about the black ? carpet and pics and all that.

And about the movie, I want to know

-- Did you like it? Did you think it was good?

-- Is it a cliffhanger?

-- At the sneak peak thing at Disneyland, they said there is something about voodoo in the movie. That creeps me out, what's the deal?

-- Is Barbossa as awesome as he was in AWE?

Okay, that's it, I think, for now. I'm willing to wait for the rest. I just saw a new commercial last night that made me squee, and I have to say, with Lost over, not a lot makes me squee these days. :D

[lilouche007.livejournal.com]

lucky you !!!

my questions

does jack kiss angelica? please tell me !!!
is jack in love with her (and vice versa) ?
is it a cliffhanger?

did you meet johnny ?

[corrielle.livejournal.com]

I'm SO glad you had a good time, and I can't wait to see your pictures!

I also wanted to say that even though that post you linked to is f-locked, I'll friend any PotC fan who wants to see it in a heartbeat.

[whensheflies.livejournal.com]

*raises hand*

I am a PotC fan and would like to see the pictures!

[whensheflies.livejournal.com]

I don't want to know anything about the movie, so I need to get out of this post ASAP, but it sounds like you had a great time. Yay! I saw bits and pieces of Johnny and Penelope at the premiere on the local news. Wish I could have been there!

[sunshine304]

The most important question is indeed: Do you think it's good? Is it really more like CotBP, as Jerry et al. said?

I'd also like to know whether you felt the characters ... well, were IC. *g* How does that thing with Jack and Angelica work - chemistry?

Like 0nthe0therhand I'd like to know about the serious!Jack moments. From the little clips I've seen I assume that there are some.

Then: Do we get to know where that cross on Jack's cheek comes from? *g*
And: What's the Pearl doing in that bottle?!

[the-dala.livejournal.com]

Glad you had a great time! And happy belated birthday :)

I'm avoiding spoilers, but I'd just like to know from a fellow fan - was the story satisfying? I'm worried that I'm just going to spend 90% of it missing Will and Elizabeth and James...

[compassrose7577.livejournal.com]

Good times are always that much more better with good company, and I was in double that. It was a blast!

[aletheiafelinea.livejournal.com]

There's many things I want to know, but the most I want is just to see it! Well, maybe one thing, what captaintish asked, are we going to get the next half-movie or is it a whole? And if so, how much sequel-promising is it?

Now I'm waiting for the photos. Tell more about the event! How was it like? :D

[aletheiafelinea.livejournal.com]

*peeks shyly* Um, could I...? Please? :)
By the way, I see here a nice chance to friend a nice ficlets writer. May I? *pleading eyes & charming smile*

[krystallazuli.livejournal.com]

WOO HOO! I can't wait to see your pics. SOunds like it was worth it for you!!! Now I'm so jealous and can't wait to see it.

[florencia7.livejournal.com]

YAY! It's so great to hear that you had a wonderful time! :D

& Since all the interesting questions have already been asked (& I can't wait to read your answers! ^^), I'll just throw one more into the mix: Are there any references to the trilogy, Elizabeth, Will, etc. in the movie?

I can't wait for the pics!!! :)

[hendercats.livejournal.com]

Yay - am still so very excited for you! *squees and bounces for (and with) you*

[hendercats.livejournal.com]

Me, please? Would love to see the pretties....

[pearlseed.livejournal.com]

My baby had a good weekend!! I've spent the day today looking at the same 4 clips over and over and over and I'm in love--the palace escape is just so sweet and so Jack and I'm just high as can be cos it's my pirate...the cute scene on top of the cliff is pretty funny with both of them grousing at one another like little kids and there is a look on Angelica's face when she's dancing with Jack and he's lowered her to the deck==she's like shy and eager, a little unsure of herself...but leaning into him, ready for the next part. Also, it appears they blow up the Pearl, burn the Pearl...

WHERE IS HIS BELOVED PEARL??????@@@@@@@@@@!!!!!!!!! It will break my heart if something has happened to her...I mean seriously hurt my heart. I got my ticket for midnight on Thursday next...first showing at our IMAX and how is the three D--is it silly or cool? Love you madly glad you got to make the party--22000 peoples now that's a pile!

[cbtreks.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you had fun - it sounds like it was a blast! (And I'm not reading further comments just in case of accidental spoilage. :-) 10 days....)

[jenthegypsy.livejournal.com]

Huzzah for you! YaY!!

All I want to know is....was it better than II & III? Oh please, please say yes! :D

[felaine.livejournal.com]

I'd like you to friend me so I can see the post pics, and what you thought of the movie compared with the last two.
Also any Barbossa moments....mmmmm.
Felaine

[veronica-rich.livejournal.com]

Did you get to see Kermit the Frog on the black carpet? *G*

(My sister was showing me the video on YouTube earlier; I posted a link to it. Kermit dressed as Jack!)

[luvvycat.livejournal.com]

If it's not too much trouble, could you Friend me too, please? I'd love to see your pics, as well as find out what your first impressions are after seeing PotC4...

Thanks! :-D

-- Cat

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

OMG it was SO much fun, wish you could have joined us, too!


Is it GOOD? Is Jack lovely? Is it less handwavy than AWE?
It is very good, I think, and it can stand alone, I don’t believe one would even need to have seen any of the previous three to enjoy it. There are only very minor references to the other movies, and I think the action and characterizations allow an understanding of the relationships. The plot is typically complicated in detail, but that’s part of the fun, of course. It all makes sense, in the way CotBP did.

Jack is wonderful, and there’s a LOT of him, he really carries the film.

EEEEE PIRATES!!!!! K and I are going to see it at the IMAX, a week tomorrow. EEEEEE! ARRRRRRRRR!
Excellent! I may go to the El Capitan for the midnight show on the 20th, which is when it comes out here, though I’ll have to work at least a half day on Friday (before I go see it again – squeee!!).

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

Glad you had a good weekend!
I had a fabulous five days, way too much fun, still so tired! Had dinner with some other friends last night, too, the fun hasn’t stopped yet.

Okay, I want all the details about the black ? carpet and pics and all that.
Next post. A very different experience than the previous two premiers, obviously, when I was sitting on the curb on Main Street, USA.

Did you like it? Did you think it was good?
Yes, and yes! Hopefully your mileage won’t vary too much. I really enjoyed it, though I have to say I really missed Will and Elizabeth, too. Thank God for fic.

Is it a cliffhanger?
Not as such. There are elements that can be continued and expanded – particularly the Pearl’s situation – but most could be dropped, or set aside for a later time and it would still make sense.

At the sneak peak thing at Disneyland, they said there is something about voodoo in the movie. That creeps me out, what's the deal?
Blackbeard is into the black magic voodoo thing, an element they got out of the novel, Tim Powers’ On Stranger Tides. He’s very scary and grim, and unlike Barbossa in the first story, or Davy Jones in #2 & #3, one feels virtually no sympathy for him, which I think makes him a less interesting character. It’s hard to see why his daughter Angelica cares for him enough to want to “save his soul” – it seems pretty hopeless. The voodoo is a bit scary, but on the whole I don’t think it’s any worse than the stuff we’ve seen in the other three, so no worries. There’s only one scene that squicked me at all, and I’m notoriously weak of stomach when it comes to violence.

Is Barbossa as awesome as he was in AWE?
YES!!!! In his Royal Navy Privateer persona he’s a purse made from a sow’s ear, so to speak, and hilariously so – God, I adore Geoffrey Rush!!! And in the end, well, he’s back, that’s all I can say. And his scenes with Jack are great, I was thinking “lj user="p0wdermonkey"> would LOVE this!” even as I watched.

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

I'd really love to know about Jack's character ... Are there any of those man behind the mask moments? You know, the ones where he isn't acting like a drunk clown! ;) And what about the Angelica thing? Does/did Jack really have 'feelings' for her (and vice versa)? Can we look forward to any real romance involving the good captain?

Jack is fabulous, and it really seems to be a return to what his character was in CotBP. He is funny and clever and wonderfully appealing, and a very capable pirate, though he has a terrible foe in Blackbeard. His love/hate relationship with Angelica is very entertaining, it’s hard to tell if either of them really love each other, though Jack keeps saving her – she has a good heart under the pirate façade, unlike her father (and is he really her father? That’s a question…though why else would she care for Blackbeard if she wasn’t? Not a likeable man at all.) ‘Feelings’ may be too strong a word for what Jack felt/feels for her, he’s attracted to her and doesn’t trust her much more than an inch. We’ll have to look to fic for lasting romance, I don’t think we’ll find it in the movies.

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

does jack kiss angelica? please tell me !!!
Yes! Though what he says afterwards is rather hilariously ambiguous. Highlight for Extreme Spoiler: “I always wanted to do that!” he says – and is it because she’s an old flame or because she looks like a duplicate of him? (Very near the beginning of the movie she’s been impersonating him in order to recruit crew for the Queen Anne’s Revenge.)

is jack in love with her (and vice versa) ?

He may have had “feelings” for her, maybe still does – or “feelings” may be too strong a word. At least that’s what he claims. As for Angelica, it’s sort of the same situation, in reverse. The actors, writers, etc. did a nice job making their relationship “love/hate”, just as advertised.

is it a cliffhanger?

Not precisely, there are elements that may show up in the next film, issues that may or may not be resolved, but it’s not half a movie, the way DMC was.

did you meet johnny ?

No! I wasn’t anywhere near him. I was sitting way up on the west side of the theater (there were 3000 seats), though I could see the stage in front of the screen clearly and there was a big projection of the actors on the screen as they came out to greet the audience. He looked good, from what I could see, and happy to be there, happier than he seemed to be at the AWE premier. The closest I’ve been to him is when we came for the DMC premier in ’06 and he came over and signed a magazine cover for me, and spoke briefly with a little girl who was standing next to us.