How odd to be watching the Pirates of the Caribbean 3 and realising that there is a pirate lord in Singapore.Even funnier to see him being played by a Hong Kong actor famous for cool action movies when I was growing up.
Yes, I know that the movie is merely a figment of one's imagination, but it was still pretty surreal to see Hollywood's depiction of Singapore, albeit who knows how long ago.
A few things I learnt about Singapore from Pirates:
- Singapore looks like the Asian version of Venice.
- The pirate lord of Singapore speaks English in a distinctive Hong Kong accent.
- Singapore's actually such an important city it warrants its own pirate lord, as does Tokyo, Paris and what looks like Saudi Arabia or something like that.
- Singaporeans then wore corsets (ok, that was learnt from Pirates 1)
1 comment:
I thot it sucked. The best Pirates, to me, is the 1st (Curse of the Black Pearl). The 2nd 1 was so-so and the 3rd REALLY bored me.
I was struggling to stay awake and got really annoyed bec it was a bore. I thot Johnny, Bill and Greg were fantastic (and Keith Richards) but still, the movie ... failed to live up to the hype. But that's just me. :)
And yes, Singapore's coastline does not look like that!!!!
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