# Pirates of the Caribbean..the Movie. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 19, 2003, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pirates-of-the-caribbean-the-movie/176144 "2003-05-19T00:28:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2003, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pirates-of-the-caribbean-the-movie/176144/21 "2003-05-21T08:02:12Z")
“It’s a space herpe!” I could never forget _Ice Pirates_. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2003, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pirates-of-the-caribbean-the-movie/176144/22 "2003-05-21T08:11:44Z")
Disney’s also doing a _Haunted Mansion_ movie, but it has the possible mis-casting of Eddie Murphy as the lead. ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2003, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pirates-of-the-caribbean-the-movie/176144/23 "2003-05-21T11:25:45Z")
Princess Bride has a pirate… ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2003, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pirates-of-the-caribbean-the-movie/176144/24 "2003-05-21T12:41:51Z")
And it’s rated Arrrrrrr! ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2003, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pirates-of-the-caribbean-the-movie/176144/25 "2003-05-21T13:21:50Z")
I think ‘Disney’ wants all the attractions in the park to have a film tie-in. So at some time in the future you will see “It’s a Small World–The Movie!”. ---
**Author:** ![80sHairMetalMaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/8/ed655f/32.png) [@80sHairMetalMaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/80sHairMetalMaven)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2003, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pirates-of-the-caribbean-the-movie/176144/26 "2003-05-21T13:50:20Z")
> [@](#): > > “Country Bears” ride –technically The Country Bears isn’t a ‘ride’, it’s an ‘attraction’. There is a HUGE theatre where you go, sit and watch these goofy (and horribly outdated looking,imho) animatronic bears sing and do goofy things. As a Disneyphile…I feel bound by loyalty to go see this movie and hope I don’t end up walking out of it 10 min in the way I did with the Country Bears movie. I am hoping to Goddess that they don’t go through with the Haunted Mansion movie. Disney is really scraping the bottom of the barrel with kind of craptastic filmmaking and Unca Walt’s probably spinning in his grave wondering why oh WHY the evil cheesehead (aka Micheal Eisner)is doing this to his company. IDBB ---
**Author:** ![JillGat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JillGat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JillGat)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2003, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pirates-of-the-caribbean-the-movie/176144/27 "2003-05-21T14:35:14Z")
I was in St. Vincent and the Grenadines a couple of months ago and there were pirate ships in the harbour and phony Hollywood types in the bars. I was told that “Pirates of the Caribbean” was being filmed there. Is it possible that this same movie is already being released? ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2003, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pirates-of-the-caribbean-the-movie/176144/28 "2003-05-21T16:06:17Z")
[Here’s a pirate for you.](http://hotendotey.com/) ---
**Author:** ![h.sapiens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e0b2c6/32.png) [@h.sapiens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/h.sapiens)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2003, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pirates-of-the-caribbean-the-movie/176144/29 "2003-05-21T16:08:44Z")
Eddie Murphy in the Haunted Mansion movie? As Master Gracey, AKA the Ghost Host? Or is he playing some other character? Remember when Eddie Murphy was funny? ---
**Author:** ![Peg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b38774/32.png) [@Peg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peg)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2003, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pirates-of-the-caribbean-the-movie/176144/30 "2003-05-21T16:11:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by JillGat \* > \*\*I was in St. Vincent and the Grenadines a couple of months ago and there were pirate ships in the harbour and phony Hollywood types in the bars. I was told that “Pirates of the Caribbean” was being filmed there. Is it possible that this same movie is already being released? \*\* It’s coming out in early July, I believe. They’ve been filiming it for a while and well, I would think they have finished by now. I happened to be in the Palos Verdes area last September or so and saw some of the sets they’d built along the beach. And **Max Carnage** , I know the joke’s lame, but it still makes me laugh every time. ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2003, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pirates-of-the-caribbean-the-movie/176144/31 "2003-05-21T16:50:52Z")
> [@](#): > > _Posted by **Max Carnage:** _ > And it’s rated Arrrrrrr! Which is more terrible: that joke, or that it made me giggle? ---
**Author:** ![buckgully](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eb9ed0/32.png) [@buckgully](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buckgully)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2003, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pirates-of-the-caribbean-the-movie/176144/32 "2003-05-21T17:08:24Z")
I think it’s kind of funny that Disney has decided it’ll make them more money to release movies about rides to keep them culturally relevent rather than just building new rides. Then again, they changed the name of the Swiss Family Robinson area at Disneyland to “Tarzan’s Treehouse” when the animated Tarzan movie came out. They didn’t really change anything else. I wonder when they’re going to get around to making Frontierland relevant again. Are we in for new Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone movies? ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2003, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pirates-of-the-caribbean-the-movie/176144/33 "2003-05-21T17:38:22Z")
Goonies was vaguely a pirate movie. ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2003, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pirates-of-the-caribbean-the-movie/176144/34 "2003-05-21T17:39:47Z")
Oh, and is it just me or do Orlando Bloom and Johnny Depp look alike? ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2003, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pirates-of-the-caribbean-the-movie/176144/35 "2003-05-21T18:18:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by buckgully \* > \*\* > Then again, they changed the name of the Swiss Family Robinson area at Disneyland to “Tarzan’s Treehouse” when the animated Tarzan movie came out. They didn’t really change anything else. > \*\* Actually, they made pretty extensive changes. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2003, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pirates-of-the-caribbean-the-movie/176144/36 "2003-05-21T18:36:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by GuanoLad \* > \*\*Disney’s also doing a _Haunted Mansion_ movie, but it has the possible mis-casting of Eddie Murphy as the lead. \*\* _Possible_??? 😕 _Pirates of Penzance_ was supposed to be good, though I haven’t seen it. I guess “successful” would imply it made money, though. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2003, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pirates-of-the-caribbean-the-movie/176144/37 "2003-05-21T18:46:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by I\_Dig\_Bad\_Boys \* > There is a HUGE theatre where you go, sit and watch these goofy (and horribly outdated looking,imho) animatronic bears sing and do goofy things. Not in Anaheim, they don’t – the Country Bears Jamboree has been replaced by a new Winnie-the-Pooh ride. Haven’t seen the show nor the new ride, but from the photos I’ve seen of the old Country Bears, they won’t be missed. ---
**Author:** ![Peg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b38774/32.png) [@Peg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peg)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2003, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pirates-of-the-caribbean-the-movie/176144/38 "2003-05-21T21:55:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dantheman \* > \*\*_Possible_??? 😕 > \*\* \ Fear it, for (according to IMDB), it’s a done deal and the movie is currently in post-production. It has the most bizarre cast: Eddie Murphy, Jennifer Tilly, Don Knotts, Wallace Shawn, and Terence Stamp. Premise: “When a workaholic visits a haunted house with his family during a job interview, he meets a ghost that teaches him a lesson about the importance of the family that he has neglected.” 1. Why would you take your family along with you to a job interview? 2. In an old house (unless you’re interviewing to be the live-in butler)? 3. I wonder which ghost will be doing the teaching? 4. Do you think Wallace Shawn will play one of the hitchhiking ghosts? Looks like I can save $8.50, or however much they want for movies these days. \ ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2003, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pirates-of-the-caribbean-the-movie/176144/39 "2003-05-21T22:36:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Zenster \* > Is it just me, or is there a serious decline going on in Hollyweird? > … > … > _Movies made from theme park rides?_ > > WTF? Check! > > When you’re designing a movie based on a theme park’s ride, you are scraping the barrel’s bottom. Hollyweird is bankrupt. \*\* And don’r forget movies made from videogames- Tomb Raider Resident Evil Cuthroat Island…Yargh! She blows! ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2003, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pirates-of-the-caribbean-the-movie/176144/40 "2003-05-21T23:25:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Peg \* > \*\*\ > > Fear it, for (according to IMDB), it’s a done deal and the movie is currently in post-production. It has the most bizarre cast: Eddie Murphy, Jennifer Tilly, Don Knotts, Wallace Shawn, and Terence Stamp. > > Premise: “When a workaholic visits a haunted house with his family during a job interview, he meets a ghost that teaches him a lesson about the importance of the family that he has neglected.” > > 1. Why would you take your family along with you to a job interview? > 2. In an old house (unless you’re interviewing to be the live-in butler)? > 3. I wonder which ghost will be doing the teaching? > 4. Do you think Wallace Shawn will play one of the hitchhiking ghosts? > > Looks like I can save $8.50, or however much they want for movies these days. > \ \*\* Nah, I was taking false umbrage at the use of “possible” to describe the miscasting of Murphy. It ain’t possible - it’s definite. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pirates-of-the-caribbean-the-movie/176144.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pirates-of-the-caribbean-the-movie/176144.md?page=3)