PotC: On Stranger Tides

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Aye, strange tides were sailed. No Orlando Bloom or Keira Knightley aka two thirds of the original main cast that made up a very large part of the fan base. Okay so first I must say that yes I can review this movie before it came out in theatres because I went to an advance showing. Anyways, overall I was pretty disappointed in the movie.

It had those overall bits of the original Pirates movies that everyone loves; classic Jack Sparrow correcting people to call him Captain and his overall demeanor as a whole was still intact. But the situations around him and most of the characters were just wrong. Penelope Cruz's accent admittedly got annoying as the film went on. Disney, you know, those people who made the Little Mermaid, also managed to destroy any respect I ever had for mermaids by making them extremely evil and almost vampiric. Actually not "almost"... "very" is a much better word. They hissed. Hissing mermaids. Hissing killer mermaids as a matter of fact.

As a huge fan of the first movie; I literally watched it three times straight after I saw it the first time; it's definitely something for me to be saying it wasn't very good. There were some lines that I'm sure will be quoted, but not nearly as many as were in the first three movies. This fourth installment has a predictable plot too. Unlike the previous movies, the plot is pretty simple and nothing extremely dramatic happens. Or maybe it's just that plots have gotten so generic that it's easy to tell where movies are going with the story. Either way, me timbers were not shiverin' at this here movie.

I give it: 6/10

Paper Heart

Okay so this is definitely a weird movie for me to pick to watch, but I did. Pretty much just for Michael Cera who I loved in Scott Pilgrim vs the World. His cute charm was also in this movie, but the movie in general was lacking. The premise is this: the main character, Charlyne, doesn't believe in love, so she sets out making a documentary about what love is. On the journey she meets someone and a relationship between them beings to form.

Overall, Paper Heart was kinda boring to be blunt about it. There were a few parts that made me smile, mostly the parts where they had the little sections where cardboard people were used. Plus the part where Charlyne interviews a bunch of kids in a park about what they think love is.Those kids were just so darn cute. The ending was also pretty funny, but honestly not worth watching the whole rest of the movie to get to.

I give it: 4/10

Pretty Little Liars

When I first saw the name of this TV show, I instantaneously thought "Oh great another girly gossip show", but I still gave it a shot solely because I saw that Holly Marie Combs (Piper from Charmed) would be on it. I'm glad I watched it and now I'm hooked.

Pretty Little Liars is based on a series by the same name by Sara Shepard. In regards to how accurate the show is to the books, I really don’t know because I have not read the books yet. The show is based on a group of girls whose friend Alyson recently died. But not very long after Alyson's death, the girls begin  receiving messages all from the notorious "A" which makes them think it is Alyson. "A" knows all their secrets and sets out to ruin the girls' lives. This sets up the series’ premise of finding out just who “A” really is. After the first episode, I became immersed in the series. Originally, I lamented over another great show that would never get the respectability it deserves. That was until I realized that this show wouldn't be passed over and that people actually were watching it.

So if you wrote off this show because of the cheesy-sounding name, remember that saying everyone rolls their eyes at; "Don't judge a book by its cover". Give the show a chance and you may be surprised at how good it actually is.

I give it: 8/10