3 movies in a week!

Colin and I caught 3 movies over the past week! Pirates of the Caribbean 3 : At World's End, and Spiderman 3 were the 2 movies that I enjoyed (for quite different reasons). The 3rd movie was 28 weeks later, something that Colin enjoyed more than I did coz I am quite a scaredy-cat when it comes to scary or gory movies.

The Pirates sequel was unfortunately a little draggy and almost threatened to sink for me somewhere in the middle, and I also thought Chow Yun Fatt's role as Sao Feng, the Pirate Lord of Singapore seemed a tad overacted and to me, he somehow paled in comparison against the more believable Captain Barbossa, played by Geoffrey Rush. Perhaps Ken Watanabe would have done a better job in this role.

The saving grace for the Pirates sequel, apart from Geoffrey Rush, was most definitely Johnny Depp, who stole the entire show in his role as Captain Jack Sparrow! To say that Johnny Depp is the soul of this movie series is really an understatement!

Over to Spiderman 3. This Spidey sequel tried to pack in too many sub-plots, too many characters, that it kinda diluted the heroism of Spiderman. Some of the fights against the sub-standard villains lacked punch though others were quite exciting, thanks to the special effects that resulted in this sequel being the most expensive Spiderman movie ever made so far.

Tobey Maguire seemed a little pudgy in this sequel, and while Colin always felt there was too much emphasis on Peter Parker's lovelife in this series, I had always enjoyed the "softer" parts of the movies, though I must admit that in this particular sequel, I found the 2 additional female characters (a girl with whom Spidey shared a kiss and his weird, adoring neighbour) quite redundant.

That said, I still enjoyed this Spidey sequel more than the Pirates sequel!

Finally, 28 weeks later. Six months have passed since the rage virus has annihilated the British Isles. The U.S. Army declares that the war against infection has been won, and that the reconstruction of the country can begin. As the first wave of refugees return, a family is reunited--but one of them unwittingly carries a terrible secret. The virus is not yet dead, and this time--showing no outward symptoms--it is more dangerous than ever.

Fans of gory thrillers (like my husband Colin) will definitely enjoy 28 weeks later, a sequel to 28 days later. I, unfortunately, spent most of the movie covering my eyes with my shawl, so really, all I can say is that, it did sound pretty scary! :)