HerUni: The Return Of Captain Jack Sparrow

It has been announced that Johnny Depp will be returning to our screens as our favourite pirate (Captain!) Jack Sparrow.

 

 

The IMDb status claims that the film is ’announced’ with comments of ‘scripting’. This was updated on August 5th of last year. Terry Rossio, who has written all Pirate’s of the Caribbean scripts, has once again took his place as scriptwriter of this instalment. Undoubtedly, Jack Sparrow’s speeches will be classic comedy with funny one-liners and a splash of witty stupidity in a clever way.

 

The question is: When will it be time to say goodbye to the pirates?

 

Obviously, there are many tales of the sea that can be retold through the eyes of Captain Jack Sparrow and his friends, enemies and frenemies, but just how many times can Disney, or Johnny and the rest of the crew, return to the seven seas?

 

Another question is: Will Penélope Cruz be returning as Jack’s other half?

 

She was stranded on the island after all with only a voodoo doll of Jack to keep her company. It would be great if she came back for this film, and perhaps another in order to make the franchise an even six. The first three would have had the epic love of Elizabeth Swan and Will Turner. This half of the franchise could focus on Jack and his wacky ways of showing, or not showing, love to the Spanish Enchantress. But that is just contemplation.

 

IMDb states that the year that this anticipated film is unknown at this point. However, the Facebook page of the Pirate’s of the Caribbean franchise states it will be out in theatres Summer 2015. Sadly, that’s another two years to wait.

 

FB page: http://www.facebook.com/PiratesoftheCaribbean?fref=ts

 

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"Yo Ho Yo Ho, a pirate's life for me!"

"wake up me hearty's you're home"

Pirate's of the Caribbean 4: Stranger Tides came to cinemas today and my mother and I booked our seats for the 3:10pm viewing.

At first, the screen would black out for minutes on end, something to do with the TSM or something like that...

Anyway, eventually we got to watching an amazing film.

Of course, there had to be a love story entwined in the fantastic action scenes and there wasn't just one, there were two (apart from the romances with the pirate's and their ships).

Finally, Captain Jack Sparrow (the gorgeous Johnny Depp) got his love story with the beautiful Angelica, played by 'La Encantadora', Penélope Cruz. She was an old fling. Well, they truly loved each other no matter how much they said they didn't.

Then, there was the relationship between the boy who had a faith, Philip (Sam Clafin) and a captured man-eating mermaid, Syrena (Astrid Berges-Frisbey). He saved her and she saved him in different ways. The end for them is open to all possibilities as it turned out that the mermaid could walk, but they both went deep into the dark sea together in their last scene.

As I said, action filled the screens with fights between the English, Spanish and BlackBeard's pirates, but there was another group that definitely won a few battles, the mermaids.

The mermaid's faces turned into a vampish style, fangs and different cat-like eyes, just after they had lured a man in and just before they went in for the kill. They jumped, flew, swam and screamed as well as using a whip of some sort to drag people into the dark waters.

It was truly an adventure, a rollercoaster of events as per usual that led up to the climax of the Fountain of Youth.

The Fountain of Youth turned out to be a different element of the world altogether, where the characters rose up through water from the ceiling and landed in a wave of mist. More action occurred as all three voyeurs arrived in the Fountain of Youth together. BlackBeard lived up to be the selfish pirate he was and Jack Sparrow saved his 'damsel in distress'.

A few images of the film itself...

(apart from the last one, I think this is the third, sorry for the mix up! my bad!)



As you can see from the images, there are a mixture of emotions that occur throughout the film.

Truly 11/10

faye xoxo

p.s where do i sign up?

Mermaids

There's something about mermaids this month and next. 

Last Thursday, when I was still in Roehampton, my friend and I decided to watch The Little Mermaid 2: Return to the Sea online. After about 38 minutes of the film, it froze and we couldn't get it to work and by that point I had to go and let my boyfriend onto campus. So, we'd watched half of it and the idea of a mermaid film stuck in my head. I finally watched the rest of the film online at home instead of doing work early last week and it's safe to say that that night, I had the mermaid idea floating around my head. 

So, the idea.... a 21st century film version of The Little Mermaid, but with a twist. I want it to be a dark thriller with the plot being full of revenge. Whether that is a good idea or not, I will never know unless I threw it at some big producers in Hollywood which is as likely as me shaving my head (I'm obsessed(!) with my long hair). 

I'll still continue on with creating and moulding it into an idea, a precis and maybe even a script and will keep you posted! 

The link to anything about any of my ideas for film or stories will be under the link Project. 

Another reason for the post about mermaids is the new Pirates of the Caribbean film... On Stranger Tides. 

I cannot wait to see it! Not only does it have the ever so gorgeous and hilariously hysterical Johnny Depp in it for the fourth time, it has La Encantadora aka Penélope Cruz whom I absolutely adore! 

On this voyage across the Seven Seas, the thing that Mr Depp, or should I say Jack Sparrow, I mean, Captain Jack Sparrow, needs is a mermaid who are devious creatures that lure young men into the sea to face only their deaths. 

It will be as exciting as ever although Disney are (sadly) leaving behind Elizabeth Swan and the gorgeous(!) Will Turner. 

Link to the trailer: http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi3649608985/

After this film, mermaids are destined to become big both on page and on screen.

faye xoxo