Pirates Of The Caribbean

[Xocrates]

Well, my brother can find a dead pixel in a big ass TV and once complained that the shadows of a game were too dark, I wouldn't put that past him 

Me on the other hand, am used to outdated games and casual/indie games, so anything with a good gameplay and/or a good story will appeal to me. 

[FoolStudio]

I used to have a friend who complains about crap like that.

"That song had one note mess up I hate it."
"youre hair is too long i don't like you."

He's really a jackass.


I just got back from the third one just about an hour ago. I thought it was badass (cough) sparrow (cough).

[Toom]

Did I come accross as nitpicky for disliking this horrible movie? Sorry guys!

[FoolStudio]

Well, we all have our own tastes. I just hate people that are picky. 

[Toom]

Regrettably, my tastes don't seem to run for unevenly-paced, sloppily-plotted, unecessarily-disjointed SFX wankathons. I read a critique of parts 2 and 3 that argued that Pirates only needed to be two movies, the second being composed of about 70 minutes each of parts 2 and 3, and I agree. There's not enough story to go around, so it's padded out in the third one with loads of let's-throw-this-in-for-a-change-of-scenery leaps. It's a dreadful, bloated CGIsplosion of a movie that appears to have been built, from the ground up, around the formula of Set-Pieces + Established Franchise = Dollars For Everyone (much like the rest of this summer's big movies, I suppose). Boooooooo.

[Eileen]

It seems strange... I mean, you know everything in fantasy movies is made up so - - - Wouldn't all movies suck...
(If you don't like the whole "knowing it's not real" thing)
 
How depressing!

[Toom]

That really isn't what I said at all.

[Assault]

Too bad so many of you didn't like the movie. Usually movies these big are hated more because "it's easy to hate what the mainstream likes".

Even though I think most of the things coming out of Hollywood are a disgrace, filled with amateurish movie making bullshi*ers... If I enjoy a movie, I would gladly say so. Not only that, Pirates 3 was an above average movie, and I'm always nitpicky, but you hardly get to see anyone treat fantasy movies with such respect.

I enjoyed the movie a lot and like the whole series. Even though there is something missing, maybe making the storyline a bit more solid, I still find it odd that most of you didn't like it. I'd take movies like this any day over the crap Michael Bay brings to the screen. If you guys say the things you say about this movie, I wonder how much you hate so many other movies.

Everyone is entitles to an opinion, and I guess it's your loss if you didn't like it, but this movie is not "bad".

[Eileen]

That really isn't what I said at all.

I'm sorry, I probably misunderstood! : )

Too bad so many of you didn't like the movie. Usually movies these big are hated more because "it's easy to hate what the mainstream likes".

Reminds me of Alec and Harry Potter... Sorry ... Sorry!

[Alec]

Haha. Hey, I really liked the 3rd Harry Potter movie. And I didn't mind the other ones.

But yeah, I do feel allergic towards reading the books for some reason... I'm not really sure why.

Hmm... I think one of the things I dislike the most from the mainstream is Halo. And that's more just cause I don't get it. Like I've tried playing it and it just seems like a very average experience to me. For some reason I loved Perfect Dark though.  (?) I think I tend to like games better that have a main character with some personality.

[Assault]

Hmm... I think one of the things I dislike the most from the mainstream is Halo. And that's more just cause I don't get it. Like I've tried playing it and it just seems like a very average experience to me. For some reason I loved Perfect Dark though.  (?) I think I tend to like games better that have a main character with some personality.

Halo has always had this issue as well. The thing that makes Halo so great is just how solid the game is. Everything in the game runs incredibly smooth, but when people get your expectations to a peak, it can never live up to that.

What Bungie did with Halo is successfully translate what was going for years on the PC to the consoles. They managed to be the corner stone for FPS with a gamepad, and pretty much revived this rotting genre. They put many new touches, they got creative with beautiful open environments, great vehicle control, new type of health system and weapon system and surprisingly smart AI. What I personally find as Halo's strongest point is the CO-OP, it's the best CO-OP I've seen and puts Halo's experience a few levels higher.

Halo is a good game, with some great points to it which are used everywhere in today's shooters. But it's not some work of genius, just hard work.

[Alec]

I'm not saying its not well made, just that I don't like it.

Goldeneye was probably the first console game to do an FPS well.

[Xocrates]

I'd take movies like this any day over the crap Michael Bay brings to the screen.

Don't mention that name!

I'm buying a sniper rifle for the day after transformers comes out.

Just in case, obviously 

[Derek]

I just have to say that I enjoyed Halo.  It's fun!  The story is crap and there are some boring bits, but the actual combat is fun, and the way you can screw around with the game is quite enjoyable (e.g. Warthog Jump).  I love throwing grenades... in any 3d game, if you can throw grenades, I'm happy.

Then again, I think I eked like a week's worth of fun messing around with the Postal 2 demo, and probably 2 weeks out of a single-level demo of Hitman 2, so... yeah, when you're an only child you can entertain yourself quite easily.

[Alec]

See, I think not liking Halo is just personal taste... I can respect that its a well made game for sure. I can respect that lots of people like it for sure. I'm not trying to knock anyone who likes it.

But personally, I really can't stand its "style". The whole game's style is just very childish. Not like immature teenage fantasy (cause immature teenage fantasy done right would be horrific and awesome), but like kindergarten kids fighting in the playground. Everything feels plastic and silly compared to the subject matter. And when the style is so off putting its really hard to get immersed. It doesn't even matter to me what the story is about, or how well the game plays if the style feels lame.

Like you know how from the original Metroid on, the Metroid series has had that creepy vibe? They really had a distinct, dark style going on there. They even managed to import that feel to 3D pretty well. Gears of War has a look and feel to it that sets it apart from a lot of games as well. But Halo just feels too "gamey" to me.

I'm sure its fun, but it also feels like its gameplay you can find in other games that have a more appealing style. So I can't say I feel the urge to play it.

But yeah. The lesson is ignore what everyone else says, and stick to what you like.

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