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  • I just read Kermodes autobiography. It is hilarious. He talks about this review in the book so I had to come check it out for myself. Amazing.

  • @jamesthemod is that "The Good, the Bad and the Multiplex"?

  • I fear that my growing understanding of the "loads of stuff happens but nothing happens" conundrum means that I am actually growing up o.O

  • Does this guy like any movie? except for stanley kubrick his movies... ( wich are great btw)

  • @ritsch He loves The Exorcist, it's his favourite film ever.

  • @Maximillionaire666 hm.. Figures...

  • The problem with PIRATES was that it was run into the ground and dragged through dirt. First film was funny. It wasn't anywhere near as great as many said it was, it was better than a movie based on a ride had a right to be, Depp was funny. It was diverting fluff. OK, very nice, lets all move on with our lives. It was when all of a sudden this was the greatest character ever and this franchise was the new STAR WARS and blah blah that I got annoyed as hell. WAY too much of a mediocre thing.

  • @hanshotfirst1138 All true, its like a kids film for adults and looking at the figures is not good viewing from an itelectual standpoint

  • Their podcast is excellent. The reviews often more entertaining than the films themselves!

  • I've been trying for so long to remember the rant which began with Simon quoting a listener: "It's going to be a screamer." Re-found it at last!

  • ...he doesn't like The Rolling Stones?

  • Simon Mayo's a bit of a twat, isn't he? I actually watched this video for the review, not to see his feigned boredom.

  • @TenWhoWereTaken To be fair, it's a radio review. The live stream is just a couple of mates messing around to amuse the audience as a little extra

  • First film was good, the sequels sucked balls.

  • orloodo blam...

  • @frenchmonkeyinafez I think it was meant to be Orloomdo Bland ;)

  • His comments are as good as his "violent games make you a killer" blog, just another critic

  • @Mein353 he didn't say that you. do you work for fox news?

  • @loveallthepeople1000 Maybe you didn't get it right, I'm not saying he said the video games are bad I'm saying that his comments ont his picture are as good as his comments on his blog specifically the one I mentioned, just like I had nothing to do and I'm going to say something about lets say "video games" and "violence" and then in the end of the article just get nowhere and tell people to ask about to other people who actually know about these things... yeah that totally makes perfect sense.

  • @Mein353 You've got him muddled with another critic I'm afraid. He's never said anything like that. In fact, on the few occasions he's addressed video games, he has taken the opposite position whilst making it clear he knows very little about the subject

  • he's a bit obsessed with 2001 A Space Odyssey...and Johnny Depp's performance is great! And the first film was funny! Other then that he's kinda right. Could make a nice set of Ikea furniture out of Keira Knightley's performace...brilliant

  • Apparently this guy is more worried about the history where the movie takes place other than the movie it's self. What a load of crap

  • Mark, you're horrible movie critic. You have no idea of what actually makes a good movie and you hold all films to you list of "All films must be like this or they are crap". You CANNOT possibly ever know a good movie when it sits in front of you, I am able to write better reviews than you are. "Accomplished critic" my arse.

  • @Ryuu501st

    80% of his reviews are right on, including this one.

  • @LivinWorstNightmare Wrong. All of the Pirates films have been frigging awesome. I had never heard of Depp or Knightly, and knew Bloom only for his FANTASTIC role as Legolas. The Pirates movies are imaginative works of genius.

  • @Ryuu501st

    Come on now, those movies were terrible. The soundtracks were overblown and flavorless, the performances are bland and uninteresting, there is no plot, and the story meanders about pointlessly.

    It should have been, at worst, a cheeseball homage to the ride, but it doesn't even achieve that paltry aim. It only draws a disappointing contrast to the brilliant atmosphere achieved by those old school wed imagineers.

    Just admit it, and go develop some taste.

  • @Jcolinsol Hmmmmm nope, I'm still saying the Pirates movies are all awesome.

  • @Ryuu501st The fact that you used the phrase "friggin awesome" and the word "genius" to describe Pirates of the Caribbean makes your opinion worthless. Edward Scissorhands and Dead Man were easily Depp's best performances, so if you think he's good in Pirates you should check those two out.

  • @bennyboyjones Let's not forget Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

  • Mark Kermode lives on complaining. Would there be nothing to go on a whinge about, Kermode becomes Vladimir and Estragon. Btw, the B-roll on this video is a film in itself. Simon Mayo deserves either an academy award, or a big beer. Does Kermode really do anything?

  • @mango850 All critics love writing bad reviews, there is absolutely nothing which is as fun and a good rant about something you hate while knowing you're getting paid for it. In the end, Kermode is a guy that is paid by the BBC to go see movies and then tell people what he thinks of them, that's actually a job, like for real.

  • Obloondo

  • @Eradarus I lost you at "This movie is meant to NOT make you think." Do you realize how profoundly stupid that sounds? Some would say that light popcorn entertainment doesn't require you to think, but the notion that a movie was MEANT to not make you think is the weakest defense for mediocre blockbuster entertainment i've ever heard.

  • @ahegele Yes. I do. Not all of our brothers and sisters on this planet are striving for intelligence. I know it sounds bad but its the truth. And some market to them. There is nothing wrong with it. It might not improve the human condition but it is truth. Take a step back, think outside the box and take it at face value. Not all of us wish we could have dinner with Einstein. I'm intelligent enough to recognize the difference. Nothing at all wrong with it.

  • @Eradarus I'm having trouble following your argument... You want me to "think outside the box" in order to understand that this specific film is "meant to NOT make you think." You do realize how absolutely stupid that sounds? Think that over in between your condescending remarks toward people who ask for coherent stories in blockbusters and your ignorant attitude toward British culture.

  • @Eradarus

    How the fuck is a movie made to NOT make you think? Are movies made just to thrill people on special effects and not story?

    Plus you're bitching that the movie was made for Americans and not british people. I guess you should include every other country that agrees with him.

    if a movie is made to not make you think, then you obviously have no idea what real movie making is. People remember movies for STORY not special effects.

  • @Eradarus You just insulted your entire country by saying that only Americans would be stupid enough to like this film, but I suppose being American you're probably too dense to realise that right? (That's an example of what we call irony)

  • Kermode can talk for england lol, but i could kiss him for his views on this garbage movie. I went to see the first Pirates movies in the cinema with some mates of mine and when the film ended i had to listen to them say "that film was amazing, i think im gonna take my girl friend and see it again, Tont what did you think of it....great wasnt it.....".....er......NO, IT WAS FUCKING SHIT!!!!, WHATS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE!!!!!!!!!!. Thats what i felt like saying, i really just nodded

  • simon mayo is a passive aggressive vagina in every Kermode review - he's no less of a tit here

  • @mrfrostynova - why the misogyny?

  • This is probably the best Kermodion rant next to Sex & The City 2, brilliant! Didnt even stop for breath!

  • Do not dis the Mayo

  • Wow the Disc Jockey in this is a total tool.

  • Mayo is funny in this one. Personally I love all three films and I will see the fourth one.

  • what a tosser, i hope he dies in a fire

  • @Nixxy1992 hahaha just because hes right and your wrong?

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  • We get the picture you didn't like the film. Why does he seem to think that his opinion is fact? Is he just going to dismiss the huge profits from the franchise as a terrible accident? What an idiot, anyone can slag off a film isn't he meant to be a critic?

  • Milk Tray advert. lol

    Classic.

  • I love how this rant is the same length as pirates 2 rant

  • I think Kermode is wrong about Johnny Depp. Without Johnny Depp nobody would have seen this Movie. Without Johnny Depp the first Piratesfilm would have been quite nice, but that would be it. Johnny as Jack Sparrow brought the original flair to these movies.

  • It's not true that you can't judge a film without watching it. I've never seen any of the POtC films (a franchise based on a stupid amusement park ride? Excuse me?), but I've seen the trailers. The trailer serves multiple purposes: to lure people in, and also to warn off those of us with more sense.

  • "It's like watching two chairs mating" LOLZ =))))))))

  • I keep coming back to this review for a laugh- even if I like the POTC films Kermode just cracks me up.

    I seriously cannot wait for his review of the fourth film in May.

  • It was a terrible movie, yes. However, this guy just comes off as bitter that he wasn't in it! Good god man, calm down! I can't say that I've ever become this excited about something that I hate. Jealousy stings, hey?

  • @csmurray1980 what? He just didn't like it. Where on earth did you get that he's jealous that he wasn't in it?

  • I bet Kermode can't wait for Cannes 2011!

  • Positively Tiki

  • i Can't wait for the stranger tides review

  • Guys that masturbate to The Godfather, Schindler's list and Deer Hunter probably should'nt review films that are really intended for teenagers. This guy is killing a mouse with a shotgun. Honestly what is this guys problem.

  • @maximusman4 So The Godfather, Schindler's List and The Deer Hunter are just machisimo flicks intended for teenagers while Pirates of the Caribbean is a mature, thoughtful masterpiece. Eh? Stick to your day job, bud.

  • @blondie666 Never said Pirates was a great thought provoking piece nor did I say The Godfather, Schindler's list of Deer Hunter are for teenangers. Where did you get that from? I'll keep going to my "day job" while you sit at your parents place all day on youtube. Good luck moving out when you're 32. Bud.

  • i havent seen this coz i refuse to. they bore me.

  • Watching this with YouTube's 1911 Mode enabled makes this even funnier.

  • I love his subtle quips. "Orlando Bland".

  • Best critics review ever.. Simon Mayo .... Brilliant 

  • @cpas123able eat shit. his right about those movies. they are all the same and interchangeable.

  • mayo makes this!

  • I actually really liked this movie, yet everything kermode just said, made complete sense!

  • I agree completely with the kermodester.

  • I'm thinking of going as a Keira Knightly King Pirate for Halloween.

    Then I can walk up to people and go, "Trick or Treat! HAHAHArrr-a-ha-har???"

  • Positively Tiki

  • Get the audio from this video at thetunify doht cohm.

  • I'm reading out this in his book! I wish I had commented 2 years ago so that I could have been quoted xD

  • I love it when he brings in stanley kubrick :D that makes any film look bad

  • I love it when he brings in stanley kubrick :D

  • The Keira Knightley "Yarrr" impression is incredible!

  • KermodeLAD

  • Seeing Mayo's chair empty... xD

  • This review never ceases to crack me up. Just genius (and true) on so many levels.

    "The magisterial talent of Orloondo Bland." Dear lord that killed me. xD

  • Poor Simon Mayo, having his soul crushed beneath the Brobdinagian weight of the (admittedly excellent) Kermodian Rant...

  • My boyfriend made me go see this film....one of the few things in life i mega regret!

  • @samzie05 the film or the boyfriend? haha

  • spot on as usual by kermode, the first was decent, the other 2 were just total garbage

  • 2:56 i have found new respect for simon mayo!...mark kermode can talk for fucking england!

  • nest of tables lol spot on!

  • pheew he sure knows how to talk without a break, very entertaining^^

  • I mean fairs fair, POTC 3 is shit... But how dare he say the first POTC is crap!!!

  • Watched Pirates 3 on tv. It was sooo bad.

  • He's barking mad!

  • It was completely shit!

  • Talk about butthurt. Someone give this guy a hug. I wonder if his wife left him on the day he watched it.

  • "Orlando Bland"

    Klassic Kermode XD

  • wow a huge blue microphone

  • 1st pirates is an entertaining film, the other two are RUBZ!

    and yes Twilight is boring but you don't have to follow him religiously make up your own minds BECOME YOUR OWN KERMODE!

    btw I do love Kermode.

  • Ikea Knightley and Orloondo Bland !.... lol

  • Mark bigged up Nanny McPhee and the Twilight tosh and yet slates this as the worst ever. Nowhere near as bad as he makes out.

    He pick at the most minor points. Pirates 1 was amazing. Pirates 2 was average with 3 being in the middle. Not heard one Mark Kermode review that gives me a valued opinion on a film that i do or dont want to see. The guy is embarrasing.

  • @antcox2006 If you think Pirates 1 was "amazing" then you are in no position to be calling anyone embarrassing. Should you really be opining on cinema? Wouldn't you be better suited to offering your views on the strongest Pokemon is or something similair?

  • @williamwilson666 pirates 1 was one of the best family films of the last 10 years. born out the mould of films such as goonies,indiana jones and other true fun family experiences.

    films dont have to be serious or up for an oscar to be good.

    Would like to know your choice in films as i can imagine you being an Avatar sheep. As for opinioning on cinema, I have a unlimited pass and go 4-5 times a month so yeah really, i should.

  • @antcox2006

    Best family films of the last 10 years? You must have a very low opinion of your family.

  • @williamwilson666 i have a low opinion on your ideas about films...and your apparant lack of.

    Anyway back to Mark Kermode. Anyone who gives the Pirates franchise a slating yet gives the faecal matter that is Twilight a big thumbs up needs melting down for glue.

  • Kermode's best rant ever!

    I agree with him about Stellan Skarsgard, he is a great actor.

  • yah hello ha ha ha ha ha !!! lol

  • Fuck, Mayo's reactions are just a classic as Kermode's rant.

  • Sorry about that rant before. I respect people's opinion as undoubtately, people HATE the Pirates franchise. But Mark, could u AT LEAST say it like its YOUR OPINION and not like its fact. Becoz for ur information, some people actually LIKE Pirates of the Caribbean! I still respect u though as ur a funny critic.

  • @MbFilmReviews Of course it's his opinion. All art critiquing is opinion. That's the point.

  • MARK, HOW ON EARTH COULD YOU PRAISE SUCH SHIT AS THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON AND RIDICULOUSLY TRASH ALL THE PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN MOVIES, ALL THREE OF WHICH I LOVE. AND YES, THE MOVIES DID HAVE A PLOT TO THEM U JUST WERENT PAYING ATTENTION! I agree with ur The DaVinci Code Review, but regarding Pirates of the Caribbean - YOU ARE SO WRONG IT IS SO GOOD!

  • One of the most entertaining Kermode rants EVER....!!

  • This is the single most accurate, entertaining and honest film review of all time, Your the man Mark!

  • Mayo you CUNT

  • Love this review.

  • wow simon is just really annoying. why pretend you're bored by your cohost? no one likes watching other people being bored

  • the keith richards and johnny dump bit was great

  • Mayo facepalming is one of the funniest things I've ever seen. He hates Kermode SO MUCH xD

  • Simon Mayo: you aren't funny, stop trying, it's annoying.

  • lol wood

  • The first one was absolute bilge-wrong-no it was  rubbish!!!

  • HAHAHHA yep that sums it up

  • Can anyone think of two people you would rather spend an evening down the pub with?

  • I think Kermode did that all in one breath :S

  • Damn, this guy needs to meet Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw from Zero Punctuation. The greatest rant-storm of all time would spawn from the meeting of these two people.

  • Just read Kermode's Book 'It's ONLY a MOVIE' and he talks about this particular review - ha ha ha - Its such a good book! READ IT!!!!!!!!!!

  • the part at 9:00 where he does Keith Richards and Johnny Dump is great

  • hes also a crictal fucking prick

  • kermode just comes across an utter cunt

  • @darlinchav

    ah di'dums.

    God forbid someone actually tells the truth about this fucking piece of shit

  • @invisiblekid99 u wana get mouthy? well give ur number pm it u cunt n will ave a row arrange a meet n fighttt

  • @darlinchav someone doesn't share your opinion so you want to fight them? you've got it all sussed out.

  • @eimead Lets hope darlinchav never stumbles across Kermode's review of lock stock

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  • @invisiblekid99 u mouthy cunt we can all be the big man on ere lets see wot ur like in real life PM ur number u fuckin prick and ill cave ur face in

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  • @invisiblekid99 well PM ur number u cunt and well see about that

  • @darlinchav Dude, seriously, give it a rest.

  • @darlinchav lol u mad

  • The Best Film Review Ever.Keep 'Em Coming Mark

  • yeah i hate these films, and they're making another i hear.

  • Orloomdo Bland ftw

  • Mark is the best film reviewer in the world. No red carpet treatments for him, like the sycophantic morons in Empire or Total Film- he tells it like it is. Keep the diatribes coming, fella!

  • I shit on Empire Magazine. Anything that claims that the Phantom Menace is better than Dead Man's Shoes or the Deer Hunter should be shut down immediately.

  • @NeonBlueAlex

    Hear, hear!

    Any magazine that puts that godawful Transformers flick in a list of the greatest films of all time should fire its editors and consider filing for chapter 11. Because someone there is credibly bankrupt/

  • @NeonBlueAlex Back in the mid 90s Empire was fantastic. Lots of fantastic articles about indie film making and other interesting things that film nerds love. Then Andrew Collins (I think) took over as editor. Overnight it became filled with "top 100 explosions in shitty films" and high ratings for terrible films, all the cool indie stuff was slung out the window.

  • @NeonBlueAlex So do I, it's populist shit.

  • @NeonBlueAlex What the hell are you on about?

    Empire gave Phantom menace 3 stars, Dead Man's Shoes 4 stars and Deer Hunter 5 stars.

  • @Needham90 Well, then they're inconsistent as well as shit. Check out their Top 500 Greatest Films, they have it online.

  • from 5:38 onwards XD

  • Is that a nest of tables?

  • kermode is such a lad. :)

  • @TraceurOmega KERMODELAD

  • @thejuryconsultant hahaha love it

  • I think the two do not agree on this movie. I kinda thought it was ok as stupid entertainment. I thought it was some fun.

  • I love coming back to hear his vitriol over this (IMHO) terrible film.

    I"m going to watch the Transformers 2 one again, despite being in the audience the first time round.

  • I love Dr Kermode :)

  • ORLANDO BLAND!

  • Couldn't have said it better..

  • vaguely enjoyable at the time. but totally unmemorable film. the first film was by far the best. i can actually remeber what happened 4 years on having only seen it once.

  • I disagree with pretty much everything he said, but despite that I laughed all the way through because of his hilarious metaphores and opinions, even they were meant to insult some of my favorite actors and one of my favorite movies of all time. XD

  • seriously? pirates of the caribean 3 is one of your favourite films of all time? what are your other favourites out of curiosity.

  • Ha! I can hear you judging. If i tell you my other favorites you are either going to say one of two things: "You must have had a moment of insanity when you decided you liked this movie" or "Oh, that explains it, you just have bad taste all together" depending on whether you approve or not, respectively. I'd rather not hear either if you don't mind, so i won't be answering.

  • Jeeez.. Kermode REALLY doesn't like Pirates.

    I agree with him about Orlando Bloom, I don't rate him either - and I know this rant is probably supposed to be funny, but after a while it sounds like you're actually being antagonised by a drunk teenager.

    I also didn't like the first movie, personally, but I enjoyed 2 & 3 - I don't know what the problem was with Jonny Depp, I thought he was good.

  • The greatest rant of all!

  • Zodiac did NOT suck...if you think it sucked you don't understand a thing about film.

    That was the Fincher film that should have been nominated as opposed to that horrible, over hyped Benjamin Button film.

  • @Sshelly34213

    Learn how to read little girl. Nobody said it making money makes it good, I said it being a hit franchise makes it memorable... I made this point to contradict you saying nobody would remember the pirates franchise. Whether or not the films are good is subjective, the fact that they are smash hits is a fact.

  • @Sshelly34213

    Grow up and stop insulting anyone who likes something you dislike. You're opinions are not fact, get over yourself. I never even said money equals quality, don't blame me for you're poor reading skills. Bottom line it's a successful franchise and I know people of all ages who love the films, that is their right just as it is you're right to hate the franchise. Stop taking movies and yourself so seriously.

  • I agree with every word!

  • "... live from James King's Palace of Earthly Delights" xD xD XD

  • Haha!! he is great!!!

  • mark is right this film is crap

  • Orlando Bland and Ikea Knightly

  • He's right about the opening sequence being completely out of place. It's rediculous... I mean it's like the opening of some kind of horror film.

  • Only accept the victims were singing.

  • That would work for a horror movie! lol It would only make it more eerie, imo.

  • The Keira Knightley impression at 06:01 is priceless. lol

  • The movie is not very good. That's just the way it is. But that doesn't mean it can't be liked by anyone.