Pirates of the Caribbean

Pirates of the Caribbean 3
-----"Pirates 3" fails to set new opening box office mark


LOS ANGELES, May 27 (Xinhua) -- The latest film of Walt Disney's "Pirates of the Caribbean" franchise failed to set new opening box office record in North America this weekend, largely due to the lingering popularity of superhero Spider-Man and a computer-generated green ogre named Shrek among moviegoers.
But "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" still sold an estimated 126.5 million dollars worth of tickets in the United States and Canada during the three-day period, well on its way to setting a new domestic Memorial Day weekend box office record, distributer Walt Disney Pictures said Sunday.
The Disney film is the third blockbuster in three weeks in North American theaters to break major movie sales records, and industry observers note that the red hot summer season has only started. Several major pictures are slated for release in the next few weeks.
"At World's End" is also poised to have the biggest worldwide opening of all time, expected to gross an estimated 205.5 million dollars through Sunday, according to Disney. If including ticket sales for Monday, the company anticipates, the film would beat the industry record of 381.7 million dollars, currently held by "Spider-Man 3."
"We're thrilled to report that the film is on track to have the biggest worldwide opening in movie history," said Mark Zoradi, a Walt Disney Studios president. "From every corner of the world, the film is playing like gangbusters, and we think that this enthusiasm and good will is going to continue for a long time to come."
"Shrek the Third" came in second this weekend with an estimated51 million dollars for a cumulative two-week take of 215.7 million dollars, according to Los Angeles-based box office tracker Media by Numbers Sunday.
"Spider-Man 3" brought in 13.7 million dollars to take third over the weekend. The superhero action film has so far made a whopping 303.3 million dollars at the box office since its record-breaking debut three weeks ago.
The thriller "Bug," starring Ashley Judd as a lonely waitress who pairs up with a paranoid Gulf War veteran who sees bugs in a spooky motel room, came in fourth with 3.3 million dollars, while the comedy "Waitress" came in fifth with 3.1 million dollars.
The dozen top-grossing films earned a combined 193.3 million dollars over the weekend, up 2.6 percent from the same period last year.
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Spider-man 3

Last night I saw a movie，which was called Spider-man 3. I think the spider-man 3 isn't good to see. The spider-man 2 is bettter than the spoder-man3. The great thing about Spiderman 2 (the best of the trilogy) is how focused it was.
But the spider-man 3 movie is good to see.

There is no getting around the fact that Spider-man 3 is the weakest of the three films in the franchise, at least in terms of script and story. As is the case with other superhero sequels, this film suffers, from among other things, introducing too many characters into the mythology.

But the script also has some leaps in logic, a few contrived coincidences and a plot hole or two that seem excusable at first glance, but start to nag after the final credits have rolled. Clocking in at well over two hours, there are times when it feels like a good twenty or thirty minutes have been trimmed from the film in order to make for a more reasonable run time, resulting in a poor sense of character development, and a frantic pace where there should be a bit more exposition.

The first act takes special care to introduce Sandman as a morally complex, tragic villain, but most of that is jettisoned as the story moves into the second and third acts. Likewise, Eddie Brock (Topher Grace), Peter's rival who will eventually don the black costume and become Venom, seems to make a huge leap from annoying twerp to murderous psycho.

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Spider-man 3

Spider-man 3

There is no getting around the fact that Spider-man 3 is the weakest of the three films in the franchise, at least in terms of script and story. As is the case with other superhero sequels, this film suffers, from among other things, introducing too many characters into the mythology. But the script also has some leaps in logic, a few contrived coincidences and a plot hole or two that seem excusable at first glance, but start to nag after the final credits have rolled. Clocking in at well over two hours, there are times when it feels like a good twenty or thirty minutes have been trimmed from the film in order to make for a more reasonable run time, resulting in a poor sense of character development, and a frantic pace where there should be a bit more exposition. The first act takes special care to introduce Sandman as a morally complex, tragic villain, but most of that is jettisoned as the story moves into the second and third acts. Likewise, Eddie Brock (Topher Grace), Peter's rival who will eventually don the black costume and become Venom, seems to make a huge leap from annoying twerp to murderous psycho.

The problems that weigh down Spider-man 3 begin to emerge near the end of the first act, as weaknesses in the script begin to pop up. Where the first two films tried to keep things as grounded as possible given the outrageous subject matter, Spider-man 3 throws caution to the wind, throwing the film off balance. Both of the earlier films went out of their way to paint the villains as somewhat believable within the context of the on-screen world. But in this new film, no such attempts are made. And so while it is cool to see Venom, the half-ass explanation of what the creature is carries no weight. Ten minutes after the movie is over, you can't help but start asking questions like, "Where did this thing come from?" And then those questions open up another line of inquiry that starts picking apart all of the ridiculous coincidences that riddle the film.

The biggest problem with Spider-man 3 are two separate sequences that are meant to show how much the new alien costume has effected Peter Parker's personality. The first sequence is silly, and by comparison rather innocuous. But the second scene, involving Peter's attempt to woo new love interest Gwen Stacey (Bryce Dallas Howard), while making Mary Jane jealous, is just plain ridiculous. Comic book purists will hate this scene, and even die-hard fans of the films may find it a bit out of place within the cinematic universe. It is the only scene where the film actually stops being good, and plunges head-first into the toilet.

But despite the problems that plague Spider-man 3, it is still an incredibly fun film. Director Sam Raimi once again delivers the superheroic goods. And in terms of how the action sequences and special effects have been put together this time around, Raimi leaves the first two films in the dust. This is clearly the best of the three from that standpoint, as the action comes alive in sequences that would have been impossible cinematically less than a decade ago. In fact, the action may even be more spectacular than anything you could see in a comic book. Unfortunately, the film never manages to be anything more than a sequel. What made Spider-man 2 such an amazing film was that it managed to emerge from the shadow of its predecessor, standing on its own as a superior movie. Spider-man 3, however, is never able to come out from the massive shadow cast by the first two installments.

When all is said and done, despite the weakness and flaws that are difficult to ignore or avoid, Spider-man 3 manages to deliver some solid entertainment. It is not as good as the first two films, but considering how good those were, it is a tall order to fill.

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Prison Break hero is coming to China

Prison Break hero is coming to China

This photograph of Wentworth Miller with a Chinese fan is doing the rounds on China's websites and BBS. The girl publishing the photo claims that it was taken upon a chance encounter with Miller in Cannes, France. Often dubbed "Michael the handsome" or "Wentworth the handsome", Miller ranks among the most popular western stars in China.

Prison Break star, Wentworth Miller has been invited to visit China in June, media reports have recently revealed.
The Shanghai-based News Times reported Wentworth Miller as having been invited by Zhongbo Media Group, who have bought the rights from Fox to shoot an online video adaptation of the American hit TV drama.
In an interview with the paper, an official of Zhongbo said that Miller is coming to promote the Chinese version of Prison Break, and will take part in some commercial activities.
Miller is also invited to act as a final judge to select actors for the Chinese Prison Break.
The official said Beijing is likely to be the first leg of Miller's China tour that might also includes Shanghai.
This is a good movies.
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Prison Break

Prison Break is a good movie.

Wonderful Prison Break

There is a very famouse TV show produced by FOX which was firstly released last year, Prison Break.Prison Break earned my attention by it's trongly structured story, none of an episode in a show is not valuable or simple, every show has a totally new story, not like Korean Dramas which are famous in China especially welcomed by girls. Because of that I dare not watch new American shows, or I will not pull myself out of the wonderful stories, I will be eager to watch more. The second Season of Prison Break has been released, and it's on the 8th episode, hope you will also like it, and support it. There is actually a forum of Fox, you can discuss all the shows of FOX in the forum, and my nick name is Koin, would like to meat more friends from China.

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