Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
I finally got to see the third Pirates of the Caribbean movie last week… my major reaction throughout the whole movie was “what the heck?” Erica and I kept looking at each other and saying “Wait. What’s going on? Where did they come from? When did that happen?” and pretty much any variation of those questions you can think of.
I thought they were trying to do too much with the movie– there were so many characters doing different things that a lot of times it was hard to keep track of everyone. Much of the movie, especially the beginning, left me with the feeling that they’d skipped large chunks of the story. The millions of Jacks notwithstanding, there just wasn’t enough Captain Jack Sparrow in the movie. I do have to admit that Will Turner looked pretty darn good at the end of the movie though, and I’m not a huge Orlando Bloom fan.
All in all, it was a good movie, though probably not as good as the first two. They wrapped up most of the story lines, but left enough things open to make a fourth movie if they wanted to. I’d be happy with the three that are out now, I think. This is definitely a movie that I need to see again– I feel like I might not be so frustrated with the beginning of the movie now that I won’t be spending the time trying to put everything together.
June 18th, 2007 at 3:12 pm
Totally agree with everything you said. It was my least favorite of the 3 movies.
June 18th, 2007 at 8:18 pm
I really liked this movie almost as much as the first, but didn’t like the last one. I guess it’s all in your tastes. We’d watched the second one over not too long before seeing this one, so perhaps that made a difference?
June 18th, 2007 at 8:49 pm
I loved this movie, more than the first two. The only thing i didn’t like was Calypso, couldn’t understand her at all.
June 19th, 2007 at 4:29 pm
It was my least favorite of the three, though I still really enjoyed it, and had no trouble following it. #2 was my fave
February 14th, 2008 at 4:16 pm
The first Pirates of the Caribbean was great in every way, the best part of the other two was the special effects… the question now is, if they come out with a fourth, will it maintain the quality of the first?