Yo ho, Yo ho, a Pirates Life for Me!

Ok so I'm 3 days behind on blog posts....CRAZY me.

First...I guess it was SATURDAY that we had a lame day...all of us...there were no more good movies playing (in my advice paper for next year I'm definitely forwarning the students that the last 3 days have BLAH movies)....not to mention that the afternoon trains were all backed up.

Some of us (including yours truely) were heading to Cannes to find out when Pirates of the Carribean was playing in English and others were going to Monaco to watch the races. So we placed a bet...with 5 of us standing on one side of the track platform and another 5 on the opposite site..."A BOTTLE OF WINE FOR THE GROUP'S TRAIN THAT COMES FIRST!!!" I was aaallll over that one.

This was prefaced by me going up to the main train office and looking to see just HOW late our trains were going to be due to the rain...it reminds me of Georgia when it snows...EVERYTHING shuts down..well apparently in Cannes where is doesn't rain too often at all...EVERYTHING shuts down for the rain.

So I look at the big screen and pout. Bill says that the next thing I did was so LOUD Americana that he busted out laughing. I came back to the train platforms and shouted to the other side in my rare Southern accent: "HEY Y'ALL!!! THE TRAINS ARE SO LATE THAT THE SCREEN SAYS THEY ARE 'INDETERMIN. RETARD!" Yea...I got a kick out of that.

So YAY our train came first!!! And so the loud Americans that we roll oown the window and brag to the 5 other on the other side heading to Monaco: "We except our bottle of wine to be ready and chilled when we get back now!"

Well...we paid for our cocky attitudes b/c when we got to Cannes we found out that the next pirate showing wasn't until 8:20pm...in English that is. So we hung out for awhile, came back to Juan-les-pins and then went back to try and get an early seat.

Well...if only life was that simple...there was a black tie invitation screening party going on at 7pm so we couldn't wait for good seats yet...and then a guard told me that our movie wasn't going to be playing that night...I was TICKED. Gosh dang it, I wanted to Pirates on the opening night in France...how hard is this??

We found out an hour later that the guard had NO idea what he was talking about and that Adam had gotten into the theatre at 7:45...so we RAN down the block...waited in line...and got tickets.

Ok so the Movie: SOOOOO GOOODDDD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm a cheesy pirates fan (obviously). This film kinda has a more chick-alpha-bitch ring to it b/c Kiera Knightly ROCKS this film. There is one scene though where I think Guys didn't like that Kiera was so dominate...b/c the pirates took a backseat for her monologue...but heck with it...she's great and it's about time she took charge...lol!

GO SEE IT!!! The battle ship scenes are good...long...and it also has a mythology twist to it which I LOVED...involving Calypso....I'll leave it there though.

TAKE THIS HINT THOUGH: After the film is over STAY THROUGH THE CREDITS...because it actually has a CLOSURE hidden scene at the end...some people didn't like the scene...but I LOVED IT b/c it was so true to mythology and SO ROMANTIC!!!!

Oddly enough most people on the trip didn't like the film or thought it was just ok.

Well whatever...it was GREAT. GO SEE IT. However, make sure you see the first two films...better appreciation and some characters are reinstalled.

And then there's nothing like going down the street for some good ice cream before getting the 12:04am train back to Juan les Pins.

:-)