| Pirates of the Caribbean: At Wits End |
| Saturday, 26 May 2007 | |
I just finished watching Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End and it is by far the best movie I have ever seen. From start to epic finish, this is a masterwork in comedy, drama, and action. Everything locks into place at the end and completes the trilogy in the best possible way. I just can't say enough good things about it. It is the greatest movie of our generation. ... NOT!!! (Haha, suckers. Totally had you there for a moment, didn't I?) As I left the theater after watching Pirates 3, I couldn't help but notice the smell. It seemed familiar. Pungent, disgusting, nauseating. It was like the whole theater was drenched in the stench. I could actually taste it in my mouth, that's how horrible the smell was. I couldn't help but think that I had smelled it before somewhere... but where? Oh that's right: It's the fetid stench of corporate greed. ![]() The next person who laughs at my iron balls gets stabbed. Here's the rundown: The first scenes of the movie take place in Singapore, without so much of an explanation as to how they all got down there in the first place. This annoys me to no end because it feels like they skipped quite a bit of story to get there. They don't have a crew or a boat, but yet they're way over there in Singapore. Ok, sure. Then, it's just a long string of humor scene, special effects, battle, humor scene, special effects, humor scene. On and on and on. I think they were trying to lead everything up to the final battle, but because the final battle fell flat, all of it did. Johnny Depp, who was stellar in the last two is turned into the Pauley Shore of the high seas in this installment. He's only there to utter silly one-liners and prance around crazily. This should never, ever happen to a character as good as Jack Sparrow. We also get "treated" to a look inside Jack's mind, courtesy of Jack dopplegangers that only he can see. This device has never worked, will never work. Plus, the mind clones look like they were shot against a high school video club's $16 green screen. The Kraken is dead, and they devote a total of ONE SINGLE LINE regarding how and why. Why, that's awfully convenient, isn't it? They introduce Chow Yun Fat as a new pirate captain that hates Jack Sparrow for a completely vague reason that's never revealed and they only introduce him so that he can die later on in the movie. And after all that, I would still forgive the movie if it weren't for one thing:
Sorry, this part is for members only and CONTAINS SPOILERS. If you'd like to read it, please LOG IN or REGISTER. So, those are my thoughts about it. I probably won't be picking this up on DVD when it comes out, and quite frankly I'm more than a little dissapointed in Disney. But then again, when am I not? Do you agree or disagree with this review? Post a comment below and let us know! Comments (9)
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I just finished watching Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End and it is by far the best movie I have ever seen. 
