We were living in Azerbaijan when the first movie came out in the States, and pirates are kind of an in-joke among our group of friends, so I really, really wanted to see it.
But getting legitimate movies in Azerbaijan...doesn't happen...and the only theater in the city got movies, but voiced-over in Russian. So I went to see Pirates in Russian. Which I don't speak. I got vague ideas of the plot from my friend who was visiting because she'd seen the movie four times back in the States.
But Jack Sparrow was awesome, Orlando Bloom spent a good chunk of the movie wet, and I was a happy fangirl. There was seriously excellent fanfic out there that I could read until the bootleg got to Baku, and when I finally saw the movie and understood it, I was hooked.
Movies two and three were less impressive, and I'm afraid of the fourth one they are currently planning, but when it comes to a movie based on a theme park ride, Pirates is hard to beat.
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But getting legitimate movies in Azerbaijan...doesn't happen...and the only theater in the city got movies, but voiced-over in Russian. So I went to see Pirates in Russian. Which I don't speak. I got vague ideas of the plot from my friend who was visiting because she'd seen the movie four times back in the States.
But Jack Sparrow was awesome, Orlando Bloom spent a good chunk of the movie wet, and I was a happy fangirl. There was seriously excellent fanfic out there that I could read until the bootleg got to Baku, and when I finally saw the movie and understood it, I was hooked.
Movies two and three were less impressive, and I'm afraid of the fourth one they are currently planning, but when it comes to a movie based on a theme park ride, Pirates is hard to beat.