[Movie] Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World's End

Bumping this since I just saw the movie.

The verdict: Ultimately entertaining, but incredibly disappointing. For a three hour movie, there is a staggering lack of swordfighting. All the piratey stuff winds up taking a backseat to all the mystical folderol. Just way too much focus on the voodoo lady from Monkey Island, in a way that never really feels resolved. I couldn't help but get the impression that they didn't actually have a follow-up story to Pirates 2, and threw this one together after the fact.

Here's some more in-depth spoilery commentary.

Spoiler:

Yeah, you know how the trailer was promising us an all out massive sea battle between the pirates and British fleet? Lies. There's a special-FX-ridden clash between the Black Pearl and Flying Dutchman in the middle of a whirlpool, and afterwards the British fleet just goes home. They had this wonderful setup and they completely blew it.

Mick Jagger's cameo was amusing. You have to know he's in there ahead of time to recognize him, though. Too bad he doesn't get much screen time.

Captain Jack Sparrow gets a lot of great lines, at least. The image Mobius One posted up there is a terrible red herring, though. Unfortuantely, he suffers from the lousy plotting as well. I liked him as a mad genius, but now he's just, well, mad. Getting advice from his hallucinations is pushing things a bit, and it feels way more like he's just stumbling through with dumb luck.

Loved the marriage sword-fighting scene, though.

Still, there's enough great moments to make it worth seeing at the matinee, or to pick up as a rental. But this one really falls flat even considering the disproportionate buildup.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by The Dopefish

rocking the boat to flip it into the real world

Hey, I liked that bit. A little dash of wierdness, given the context, was appropriate. The whole rest of Davy Jones' locker was painfully mundane, but there was the seed of brilliance in that bit.

Agreement on the pointlessness of Keith Richards' cameo. It was still fun to see him at all, but I was expecting them to use his cameo for some character development with Jack or something, not HEY KIDS LOOK IT'S KEITH RICHARDS

It's really sad. A little tinkering with the script and Pirates 3 would have been servicable. But this is what happens when movie execs see dollar signs. It's why I've been slow to see Spiderman 3, and why I'm cringing at the thought of Shrek 3.

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