Though I sang in my chains like the sea

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There will be a coherent post about Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End when I have slept. For now, I will say only that any film that fuses the underworld and the sea cannot disappoint me entirely, and that was quite possibly the best marriage ever. Spoilers to be discussed at length tomorrow. Points to lignota, navrins, and gaudior for all owning more piratical hats than me. (I tied my hair back with a black ribbon. I maintain it was appropriate to the period. My brother took photographs when I got back.) I crash now.

"I'll live in the wastes," he said. "Once every hundred years, you will shine out of the sea and I'll come to you, or I will draw you into the winds with my harping . . ."
—Patricia McKillip, Harpist in the Wind (1979)

Comments

[clarionj.livejournal.com]

I haven't seen it yet but I'll be interested to hear more of what you have to say. I don't mind spoilers; I don't really watch films (or read books, I guess) for the suspense--I like watching how things unfold to an end. (Not to say I don't enjoy suspense too; it's just not the main thing for me.) My daughter who went last night to see it said it was okay but not as good as the first or second.

Love your quote up there. And I still read people your poem--I was going to say, your poem about the sea, but, wow, how many of your poems are full of sea imagery--the one you sent me after Pirates 2 (Leviathan? it's downstairs and I'm too lazy to get it now). Anyway, you made me want to see the movie from the perspective of the speaker in your poem.

Okay, I'm rambling because it's morning. Have a terrific weekend!

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My daughter who went last night to see it said it was okay but not as good as the first or second.

I thought actually it held together better than the second film; see my comment to ap_aelfwine. And the sea-mythology that I cared about so much was intelligently upheld.

the one you sent me after Pirates 2 (Leviathan? it's downstairs and I'm too lazy to get it now).

"Evighed"? I know that's the one I wrote right after I saw Dead Man's Chest.

Anyway, you made me want to see the movie from the perspective of the speaker in your poem.

Thank you!

Have a terrific weekend!

You, too!