Comments on: ARRRR!!

By: kenrufo

kenrufo — Tue, 15 Jul 2003 02:06:26 +0000

I couldn’t agree more – Pirates was utterly enjoyable. Depp is amazing as Sparrow, Orlando Bloom is becoming quite the charismatic hero. Plot was nothing new or surprising, but really, the film was what it was based upon – a really fun ride. After the disaster that was T3 (last weekend’s viewing experience, a very miserable viewing experience), I had given up hope for a while. Nice to know Hollywood – and Disney – can still pleasantly surprise me.

By: Allan Connery

Allan Connery — Mon, 14 Jul 2003 18:05:26 +0000

Dancing Aztecs is a stand-alone, written in Westlake’s persona, published in 1976. Still available in the used-book market, and very funny.

By: Bryant

Bryant — Mon, 14 Jul 2003 14:53:32 +0000

A counterexample: Clive Cussler’s Aztec Gold.

By: Jurjen

Jurjen — Mon, 14 Jul 2003 09:37:27 +0000

Scuttlebutt has it that Depp was heavily channeling Paul Whitehouse (notably the Ken “Suits you, sir!” persona from the Fast Show) in his role; anybody care to confirm or deny that assessment?

By: tew

tew — Mon, 14 Jul 2003 03:55:59 +0000

The movie has some pacing problems, for sure, but my god, Depp is fantastic. One of the things that I really liked about the movie was that the plot has the cursed pirates entirely obsessed with food. This reminded me of the late 90s changes to the theme park attraction, where animatronic pirates formerly chasing young girls now chase young girls with plates of food. These changes got a lot of press back then, a big PC brou-ha-ha. Every time Geoffrey Rush fondled an apple, I had a big grin on my face, thinking of this.

By: Henry

Henry — Mon, 14 Jul 2003 02:51:07 +0000

Not one that I’ve read, although I’m a big fan of both Westlake-as-Westlake and Westlake-as-Stark. Is it one of the Dortmunder books, or a stand-alone?

By: Allan Connery

Allan Connery — Mon, 14 Jul 2003 02:35:53 +0000

“all forms of popular entertainment with Aztec treasures are ipso facto good.” Yes. Further evidence is Donald Westlake’s novel Dancing Aztecs.

By: pathos

pathos — Mon, 14 Jul 2003 02:14:01 +0000

I wasn’t following this post at all until I realized that I was thinking of Pirates of Penzance, which is something altogether different.

By: chris.s@unsw.edu.au

chris.s@unsw.edu.au — Mon, 14 Jul 2003 01:02:49 +0000

Keith has always been a great hero to me and I felt that pirates of the 18th century were sort of rock and roll stars. Who better than Keith Richards to be your inspiration? Pepe LePew – I always liked him. LOL