Release of Lonely Island CD
A few months ago Michael posted about being involved in and Andy Samberg project...well it is being released on May 10th and Michael is featured in a track entitled Jack Sparrow. Check out more info here:
http://www.artistdirect.com/entertainment-news/article/the-lonely-i...
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Permalink Reply by Joy Arban on
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This reviewer thinks Michael's short with Lonely Island is better than the actual Johnny Depp movie! Good for MB, bad for Depp and Disney................Yo ho hum
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides 3D
By Bob Grimm
bobg@newsreview.com
More stories by this author...This article was published on 05.26.11.
Real women have scurvy.Related website:
disney.go.com/piratesA couple of weeks ago, Michael Bolton joined Andy Samberg and The Lonely Island for a Saturday Night Live Digital Short called “Jack Sparrow.” In it, Bolton kept interrupting a hip-hop song with obsessive verses about Johnny Depp’s character from the Pirates of the Caribbean series. It was funny, quite catchy, and a nice primer for the latest actual chapter in the tale of the infamous pirate who thinks he’s a member of the Rolling Stones.
The new movie, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, isn’t half as entertaining as the Bolton-Samberg mash-up. While not as awful as the second film in the series, it pales in comparison to the first and third chapters, and is basically an elaborate excuse for Mr. Depp to cash a check bigger than God’s own money clip. (We all know God’s got a mighty big roll … no problem paying the utility bills up there.)
Confession time: I have grown mighty tired of Depp’s pirate shtick, so I went into this movie with a big strike against it. The teeth, the swaying, the mumbling, the stupid head wrap—I’m pretty much done with this crap. I want to see Depp back in some of those daring projects that made him Depp, and not this cookie-cutter garbage. While I’m at it, I’m tired of Depp and Burton, too. Alice in Wonderland was a joke.
In fact, the best moment in On Stranger Tides doesn’t even include Depp. There’s a scary mermaid sequence that scores some points stylistically and has some chills. Most of the time Depp is onscreen, he’s just going back to the well, slurring his dialogue, and thinking he’s far more amusing than he actually is.
If I was in a movie theater showing another Pirates movie, and my arm was stuck between a boulder and the seat with nothing but a dull utility knife to free me, it’s a safe bet I would watch the movie and not saw my arm off. That would be stupid. I would be in a movie theater, and somebody would eventually come along and get the damned boulder off of me. But I would throw my utility knife at the screen, and of this I can assure you!
The plot involves some nonsense with the Fountain of Youth. Sparrow winds up on the ship of the legendary Blackbeard (Ian McShane), who’s trying to beat a bunch of regal Spaniards to the Fountain. The trip includes a dull romantic teasing with Blackbeard’s alleged daughter, Angelica (Penelope Cruz). Angelica is to Jack Sparrow what Marion was to Indiana Jones in the original Raiders. He had a fling with her when she was young and left her even though he really, really liked her, blah, blah, blah.
As for Blackbeard, he’s a far less imposing villainous character than Bill Nighy’s Davy Jones or even Geoffrey Rush’s Barbossa, who plays a big part in the new film. (I’m also tired of Rush’s pirate talk … it’s definitely starting to grate.) It’s hard to beat the octopus face that Nighy had helping him in the sinister category, and the screenplay here does little to establish Blackbeard as a force to be reckoned with. I will give props to the art director who concocted his menacing boat. It’s far more interesting than the person captaining it.
The aforementioned mermaids appear in the film’s best scene, where some sad sailors are used as bait by Blackbeard to attract the beautiful sea creatures. These mermaids are not cousins to Darryl Hannah’s finned one in Splash. They act all cute until you get close, then flash vampire teeth and drag you down into the depths. It’s scary.
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides is further proof that Disney got it right with the first installment, and probably should’ve stopped with that one (which, of course, they wouldn’t do because of the millions to be minted).
Since chapter one, the movies have mostly been what I feared the franchise would be in the first place: a lifeless riff on an amusement park ride that is far more entertaining than most of the movies based upon it.
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Permalink Reply by Dianna Shipman on
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Well I think Michael done a great job :) too but really I have nothing to base his version on as I have never seen any of Pirates of the Caribbean honestly!
I just know I loved Michael as Jack Sparrow LOL!
Thanks for the read Joy I loved it :)
Our Michael is really making people take notice of him and it's great
Love Dianna xxx
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Permalink Reply by Robin on
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He sure is Dianna!!! :) Timing of his video was perfect right before the release of the latest Pirates movie!!!
Robin in MD :)
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Permalink Reply by sylvia doughty on
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Thanks for posting Joy - great read - thanks again !!! :)
Sylvia. Your wee Scottish friend.
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Permalink Reply by sylvie boisvert on
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Thanks for the article Joy. I agree with Dianna about the props Michael is getting. I’ve only “seen” the first POTC and loved the Jack Sparrow character. I wish Disney made all their movies with video description… :D Well, the review is one guy’s opinion and Michael was praised so it’s all good! Incidentally, I finally brought myself to watch "Forrest Gump" in its entirety and I loved it! :D Well anyway, thanks again Joy, I appreciate the transcript. Take care. Hugs, sincerely, Sylvie from Canada
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Permalink Reply by Kathy Rosario on
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Thanks so much Joy! I see EVERYONE has heard about or watched Michael's Jack Sparrow and they all love him!!!! How sweet it is michael :) Joy..... you are not only offering up icons but now you are running a printing press as well!!!! LOVE IT! Good work girl :)
Kathy and LAFD Bob
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Permalink Reply by meggy on
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Ok, I saw the movie, it was very good, I thought! And another thing this is a guy writing, so maybe ,just maybe he's a little
jealous of Johnny Depp:)! And I absolutely loved Alice In Wonderland:)! That's just my opinion though... anyone going to see
POTC please tell me your review:)!
Hands down our Michael gets the Reward for Funniest Comedy Video:)! Still Lovin It!
Mary (M&M's)!
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Permalink Reply by Judy Pilgrim on
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Here is a conversation between British actor Stephen Fry and Lady Gaga talking about Michael Bolton and the Jack Sparrow video. If you want to hear the conversation, go to http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/16b2d3b4-879f-11e0-af98-00144feabdc0... and click on Choose Option on the screen and click on Chapter 4 Bolton.
SF: I think you've emboldened even, great artist as he is, Michael Bolton. I don't think Michael Bolton would have done that astonishing video. You've seen it, The Lonely Island boys video, where he dresses . . . have you seen he dresses up as a woman and he dresses up . . . have you not seen it? It's recent and it's stunning. He's just remarkable.
LG: Fabulous.
SF: He's in drag, he dresses up as film stars, he sings with . . . they're a great outfit and I know you've written with him and worked with him . . .
LG: "Murder my Heart".
SF: That's right, and I kind of thought, I bet you've just shown him because he's always been a voice of astounding . . .
LG: I don't know. His voice is incredible. He's a legend. I don't know about . . .
SF:Well, I don't know if he's ever been quite such a performer as he is in this video and I think that's a great thing to see.
LG: Thank you. That's very nice.
SF: Look it up on YouTube because it will blow you away.
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That is great Judy - thanks very much indeed for putting it in and great too to know that Stephen Fry is still talking about Michael and Jack Sparrow for he mentioned Michael in a tweet because he had been sent the link by a friend - Michael was sent the tweet and he sent one back to Stephen Fry thanking him which I thought was so lovely of Michael !! :)
Sylvia. Your wee Scottish friend.
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Thanks for that Judy it is great we are still talking about "Jack Sparrow"
I'm surprised LG hasn't seen it yet though I think she will love it :)
Love Dianna xxx
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Thanks for that transcript Judy! I love it! I agree with Dianna, I’m quite surprised that Gaga hasn’t seen it. I’d like to know what everyone thinks of Mr Fry’s statement though, about Lady Gaga “emboldening” Michael. I do have my opinion about that, but I’d like to know if anyone agrees with Stephen Fry. Just curious. Well anyway, thanks again Judy, much appreciated, take care. Hugs, sincerely, Sylvie from Canada
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The Fry-Gaga conversation took place on May 14, so hopefully Gaga has seen it by now.
Judy
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