has anything ever been crafted as perfectly as the pirates of the caribbean soundtrack? i genuinely mean it. every single piece on each of the five albums is not just a banger, it gets the blood flowing to my brain, it lifts my spirits in a way i'm afraid nothing else can anymore
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Dead men tell no tales.👻🏴☠️
Every time I remember how Javier Bardem said he based his movements off of and compared the character of Captain Salazar to a matador, pre curse, and a wounded bull, post-curse, I need to gnaw on wood and bite and scream and throw up-
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I know this is a Legolas blog but this is kind of related because of Orlando Bloom.
I just rewatched the entire Pirates of the Caribbean series because of watching LOTR and liking Legolas, then remembering Orlando Bloom was Will. I hadn't seen these movies since I was a kid and hardly remembered them. The first three are pretty good and a lot of fun and my queer self enjoyed seeing Will and Elizabeth be hot. The last two are...less good but still fun. Anyway if anyone wants to chat about The Pirates of the Caribbean hit me up.
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Merlin: I'm very stealthy.
Lancelot: Really? You don't seem like it.
Merlin: Well, that's because I use heavy stealth.
Lancelot: Which is...?
Merlin: No one can see you if there are no witnesses.
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We could have seen Barbossa dance
So I was dicking around on the POTC wiki and in doing so discovered one of the early screenplay drafts of Dead Men Tell No Tales written by Terry Rossio, who wrote for all the POTC films, as well as Aladdin, The Road to El Dorado, Shrek, and Treasure Planet. There are some less stellar works in his biography, too, but overall I respect Terry Rossio as a writer immensely. If you listen to his commentary tracks, you can tell he cares and thinks deeply about characters and motivations and telling a good story. And you guys, this early screenplay draft of his--there is some gold in there.
Like, it's flawed, for sure. But it is so much better than the actual fifth film, to which the screenplay bears essentially no resemblance. And you guys, it has so much Barbossa.
Things we were robbed of by not seeing this screenplay come to fruition:
Barbossa getting his leg back
Barbossa dancing to celebrate getting his leg back, and being good at it
Barbossa falling madly in love* and attempting to woo a lady (*supernaturally induced)
Barbossa reciting poetry in said attempts to woo
Barbossa being a huge fucking romantic, all dramatic speeches and vows
^^ He follows that up by destroying Blackbeard's magic sword to prove his devotion
Barbossa cleaning up good
Barbossa acknowledging that love is madness (correction mine; the screenplay means to say "Marty")
Barbossa getting married and being a total drama king about it
I love it so fucking much, you guys. We could have seen Barbossa dance!
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