Pirates 2

[avram]

bugsybanana and I saw Pirates 2 today.

Me: We’ve gotta see Pirates! I’m wearing my pirate underwear!
She: I shudder to think what sort of underwear you’ll wear for A Scanner Darkly.

Not as good as the first. Not terrible, but just not as good. Not as coherent, the characters’ motives aren’t as clear, the double-crosses aren’t as clever, the wacky fight scenes seem overdone. And, of course, not one but two references to the rum joke, because it’s easier than coming up with new material.

Even the incredible tentacular special effects (now the Pirates slash ficcers can branch out into hentai) don’t match the sublimity of the underwater march scene from the first film.