Shaun Is Underwhelmed

Who Farted On The Starboard Side? All Clues Pointed To Captain Barbosa.

I remember when Kanye West came down for a concert in Cape Town last year. My friends literally shat themselves in excitement when they heard the news on the radio, which left me feeling slightly disgusted and resentful as this all occurred in my car, leaving me to take it away for a valet cleaning.

Nevertheless, I liked Kanye’s music, and in the ensuing months, also became increasingly excited, even going so far as to have his name tattooed on my derriere ( which I’ve since managed to remove with a combination of Dettol soap, a scour, and steely and determined resolve)

The concert arrived with much fanfare and I was left feeling……. well…… underwhelmed. Basically I had put too much buildup to the event and the concert, while good, still left me feeling a little flat.

I was left with similar feelings after watching “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End“, the other day. After the second film (Dead Man’s Chest) I was like a giddy little schoolkid, excitedly counting down the days till the new film arrived. The Girlfriend eventually got fed up, hiding away my Captain Jack Sparrow pyjamas and duvet set until I had calmed down, but the anticipation remained.

The film, while good, was not of the vintage I had come to expect. Something just didn’t feel right, there was a certain freshness which was lacking, although this is probably understandable seeing as it’s the third film in the series. (With a rumoured fourth on the way?) The flick was also overly long though, forcing me to miss my mom’s birthday, a friend’s wedding, Christmas day as well as my godson’s first steps.

All in all, the film was what you would come to expect from the series, with audacious battle scenes, back and forth backstabbing, and Johnny Depp mincing around. Keith Richards also has a brief cameo, as does Hakim Kae-Kazim (The Fresca guy)