Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World's End Movie
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At the End of the World, the Adventure Begins
After Elizabeth, Will, and Captain Barbossa rescue Captain Jack Sparrow from the the land of the dead, they must face their foes, Davy Jones and Lord Cutler Beckett. Beckett, now with control of Jones' heart, forms a dark alliance with him in order to rule the seas and wipe out the last of the Pirates. Now, Jack, Barbossa, Will, Elizabeth, Tia Dalma, and crew must call the Pirate Lords from the four corners of the globe, including the infamous Sao Feng, to gathering. The Pirate Lords want to release the goddess Calypso, Davy Jones's damned lover, from the trap they sent her to out of fear, in which the Pirate Lords must combine the 9 pieces that bound her by ritual to undo it and release her in hopes that she will help them fight. With this, all pirates will stand together and will make their final stand for freedom against Beckett, Jones, Norrington, the Flying Dutchman, and the entire East India Trading Company.
| Johnny Depp | Jack Sparrow |
| Orlando Bloom | Will Turner |
| Keira Knightley | Elizabeth Swann |
| Geoffrey Rush | Barbossa |
| Jonathan Pryce | Governor Weatherby Swann |
| Bill Nighy | Davy Jones |
| Yun-Fat Chow | Captain Sao Feng |
| Tom Hollander | Lord Cutler Beckett |
| Stellan Skarsgård | 'Bootstrap' Bill Turner |
| Kevin McNally | Joshamee Gibbs |
| Mackenzie Crook | Ragetti |
| Lee Arenberg | Pintel |
| Martin Klebba | Marty |
| Greg Ellis | Lieutenant Groves |
| Jack Davenport | Admiral James Norrington |
| Gore Verbinski |
7.00 out of 10 (127898 votes)
Visitor Reviews
People actually like this?
posted on 28 Aug 2009Perhaps some people are older souls without meaning or realizing it, but if compared to the classic days of Errol Flynn swashbucklers like CAPTAIN BLOOD, PIRATES OF THE 'CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD'S END feels like a lifeless, bloated, stupid misappropriation of ideas that today's Hollywood directors, writers and producers have no idea how to handle as anything other than an opportunity for a cgi stuffed turkey of pseudo mythical nonsense that was seemingly made up on the spot. Don't get me wrong. I actually liked the first movie quite a bit. Johnny Depp was fun as Jack Sparrow, a role that wouldn't have been any fun if it had been played by somebody as lacking in personality as Orlando Bloom, but thankfully, Depp had the role as the real pirate. The first movie was enjoyable, the special effects never upstaged the actors, the characters were likable, the script was silly and clever. CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL was a fitting tribute to the classic days when pirate movies were not a guaranteed box office poison, and consequently, it was a huge money generator for Disney. Low expectations were met, and subsequently exceeded.But something happened. With runaway success, executives calling the shots saw an opportunity to replicate the wealth generated by the first movie, and thus, the sequel, DEAD MAN'S CHEST was released. Once again introducing weird supernatural creatures, only this time, the weird supernatural creatures were even more ridiculous (octopus face, crab men, etc.), and the special effects and fight scenes became even more ludicrous, while the storyline was filled with mythology that was seemingly made up as they went along. All of a sudden, the franchise was assuredly not about being swashbuckling fun, but an "epic" trilogy. Damn you and your success Peter Jackson. The second film was filled with special effects, conflicted characters with conflicted motivations, all of which lead absolutely nowhere and was a set up for the third film. Fight scenes went on endlessly, dialogue was pointless and lacked the wit from the first film, and the result, although highly profitable for its studio, was less than satisfying for many viewers, myself included.So I watched AT WORLD'S END with trepidation, and it met all of my lowest expectations. The story in this one is filled with trails that lead nowhere. Chow Yun-fat's Sao Feng thinks Kiera Knightly might be Calypso, Kiera Knightly becomes the pirate king, there's pirate magic, and a pirate council. A pirate council? Does nobody else think that's pathetically cliché, or at least inconsistent with the nature of piracy? None of these amount to much, and the attempt at adding the exotic Singaporean and Chinese pirates is marred by their stereotypical portrayal, complete with that cinematography that casts a green haze on everything for when they meet Sao Feng. Kiera Knightly is awful in her role; all angry and loud but without anything interesting to do with her character. She's given a BRAVEHEART style inspirational speech, which she doesn't handle convincingly, although it would be hard to handle anything so generic and poorly written. Orlando Bloom is a complete non-entity.Gore Verbinski tries to add a ton of everything into this film, the result is dull. The finale is an action sequence that lasts far longer than it needs to and the repetition in each sequence gets to the point of absurdity. The first film had clearly shot, well choreographed sword fighting devised by Mark Ivie the masterful Bob Anderson. What we are served with here is shaky, incoherent fight sequences with minimal amounts of actual choreography. What's there isn't anything special, something that Verbinski seems to realize since he keeps it to such a minimal amount of screen time. The only thing that can really be said in favor of the movie is how out of control the more powerful members of the cast get. Bill Nighy is still as hammy as he can get, Geoffrey Rush does the typical pirate act one better by chomping on the scenery with a maw as powerful as any black hole, and Depp still manages to have fun with his part. It's too bad that the script, with it's trippy hallucination scenes, epic speeches, goddess resurrections and just plain cheesy lines, can't really provide enough material for them. What we have here is the complete crack up of a good concept, bloated by arrogance and raped by bad writing and even worse directorial decisions. Proof that less is more.
Not bad, but could have been better
posted on 28 Aug 2009The first Pirates of the Caribbean was a great hit. No argue with that. But why? Was it because it had great battle scenes with massive and expensive computer generated elements. No. Apart from Barbossa's crew the whole film is generally computer free (compared to many other films). Then was it because it had incredibly complicated story lines with many entwined fates and characters? No. It was all rather simple. So why was it that Pirates 1 became a hit? Comedy. It's because Captain Jack Sparrow is a spontaneous drunken comedian.The second installment didn't play to much on this bit, so I hoped that the third would see where the second went wrong and correct that. It is such a shame it didn't.I'm not saying that "Witty Jack" didn't have any funny or clever lines. He had some good bits in both the second and third movies, but never enough. It's like he's grown away from the silliness and spontaneity. Not entirely of course, but enough to make you miss it. Pirates 3 left me hungry for more, but knowing that there wasn't anything more.7 out of 10
grotesque
posted on 28 Aug 2009After the end credits of POTC3 which last fifteen minutes, one's head is spinning. How could thousands of people who contributed to this idiotic movie believe it had anything going for it? The problem here is the problem of life: meaning. Virtually any movie that makes even a token stab at meaning is better than this, which doesn't even try. Each meaningless, arbitrary development arrives and is dispensed with without ever engaging a viewer. Your eyes are occupied by the shrill visuals, but none of it reaches your brain. About ten myth extensions show up the very second they're needed to get the characters to another special effects sequence, which is dependably more overdeveloped, tedious and moronic than the last. It's all pointless and loud. Ultimately the myth in the movie has no internal logic whatsoever. Because the plot arrives only as needed, up until the ending, a viewer has no hope of figuring out if the movie has two big sequences left or twelve. All this and a villain who's a total femmy wussbag.I lost interest in deciphering the stupid plot at about the 20 minute mark, and I was numb loooong before it ended. Any of Sparrow's charm or Depps talent from the 1st film is now completely squeezed off the screen. A whirlpool sequence goes on for twenty five minutes until any semblance of a threat has been neutered. That goes for every sequence. Here's how you can write POTC4: Add another rule to the myth, crank the volume & blow some sh*t up. The movie is also a study of bad skin.The duo who are supposed to be the comic relief are some sort of weak, corny writing I haven't seen since the 70s. It's family-oriented crap like you might see in Pete's Dragon.The first movie was a comedy, a pirate movie and a romance BUT became a blockbuster. The next two went straight for blockbuster, and just became crap. Noisy. Insipid. incoherent. shrill. exhausting. bloated. charmless. laughless. overproduced. overdeveloped; the same hideous qualities that we refused to watch in musicals from the 60s & 70s. How did we get to a place where we think this is entertaining instead of stupid and obnoxious? ...Oh that's right, Star Wars killed the 1970s film renaissance, and introduced thoughtles drivel as the norm.At World's End is every bit as terrible as Dead Man's Chest, which I walked out of at the 2 hour mark.The AMC theater chain owes me two hours of air conditioning after turning it off after the first hour. Find another way to cut costs and max profits, you jerks.
A Great Movie
posted on 26 Aug 2009Orlando Bloom and Johnny Depp do it again!!!This is a great film! Just as you think you know whats going to happen at the end your thrown for a twist.I would say go see the movie. Its a little long,but who cares.Its a good film for the whole family. my friend and I watched it for Orlando Bloom,my brother watched it for Keira,and my Grandma watched it for johnny Depp.Go see the movie!!!!! I've already seen it 2 times and haven't got bored yet.I'd say that it is as good if not better than the first and 2nd.I hope they make a forth,but if they do Orlando has said that hes taking a break from filming so he most likely will not be in it.
Holy Smokes! (SPOILERS)
posted on 24 Aug 2009SPOILERSHoly smokes is a compliment, by the way. This film was definitely one of the most anticipated films for me this year, apart from the Simpsons Movie. Trust me, this has lived up to its hype. This film is incredible, and when I mean incredible, I mean that the CGI, wow, where do I start? The CGI in this film is, well, there are no real words to describe the CGI. I am going to try, though. Incredible, amazing, magnificent, wonderful, surreal, and just plain great. This film, though, still has flaws. Like all the Pirates of the Caribbean films this one has one major flaw, the plot. The plot is not as bad as the second one, but it is still hard to learn. There are too many twists and turns, and some side plots seemed that they were just thrown in.I also enjoyed the music of this film, too. There were a lot of good songs. Speaking of songs, the beginning of this film is very dark. I mean, twenty people were hanged in one minute, including a child. The reason why that made me think of a song is because the child starts singing Hoist the Colours.Here is the plot. The end of piracy is near, and the East India Trading Company lead by Cutler Beckett and the Flying Dutchman, controlled by Davy Jones, rule the sea. When that is happening Elizabeth Swann, Will Turner, Barbossa, Tia Dalma, and the crew of the Black Pearl go to Singapore to steal Navigational Charts from pirate lord Sao Feng and his crew on the Empress to rescue Jack Sparrow from Davy Jones' Locker. They succeed. They rescue Jack. They discover that Beckett has the heart of Davy Jones, and they have to meet the pirate lords at the Brethen Court. Then Sao Feng and the Empress captures Elizabeth, thinking that she is the goddess Calypos, who was Davy Jones's love. Calypos is actually Tia Dalma. Sao Feng is then killed. Before he dies he says that Elizabeth is the captain of the Empress. Elizabeth and the crew of the Empress then are held prisoner by the Flying Dutchman. They escape. Meanwhile, they make it to the Court. The pirate lords vote who to be King of the Court. Elizabeth wins. She says that they have to fight the Davy Jones and Beckett. They prepare to fight, but they are outnumbered by ships. Calypos then makes a huge maelstrom when she bursts into crabs. In the battle, Will and Elizabeth become man and wife and Will is stabbed by Jones. He then stabs Jones's heart, killing him. Will becomes the new captain of the Flying Dutchman because of that. Everyone blows Beckett up, and the pirates win. The only problem is that Will has to be at sea only to return to land every 10 years. In the meantime, Jack tries to find the Foutain of Youth in a dingy and everyone parts their separate ways.Overall, this is a very good finale to such an excellent franchise. I am kind of sad the the Kraken died though! She was easily the coolest character and they show her corpse. It was sad. This film is also really long, but there is a scene at the end that you can watch after the credits. Some scenes are really well done too, such as Beckett walking down the steps of his ship while everything is exploding behind him in slow motion, before he too is blown up. There are also a lot of characters that are killed off that are important. Norrington, for example. Some scenes were also funny, too, like all of the POTC films. For example, Jack's hallucinations are hysterical, especially the coral-like one who lost his brain. Anyway, this is an action-packed finale that made me hoping for more films to come.9/10 Recommended Films: Pirates of the Caribbean 1 and 2.
Pirates 3: the verdict
posted on 22 Aug 2009Well well well, here we are, the 3rd film in the franchise. And what can you expect from the latest outing? Unfortunately, not a lot. At World's End suffers greatly from an over-inflated running time that isn't actually used to achieve all that much. The set-pieces (what little there are) seem flat and just plain dull. The characters have faced some pretty unbelievable situations in the past but this time the credibility has been stretched to breaking point. It's also worth remembering that a large percentage of the audience for the first two movies were kids. This time around, they are going to be hard pressed to find much that they will understand, let alone enjoy. The plot-points throughout the film feel forced, as though they are making it up as they go along, with several main characters being dispensed with because they just didn't know what to do with them. This doesn't feel like the justifiable third part in a trilogy but a chunk of ideas all thrown in at the last minute for the sake of continuing a franchise. However, the film is not completely without merit. Johnny Depp is always entertaining as Jack Sparrow, and while not all of the gags in the film hit their mark, there were still several times throughout where I found myself laughing out loud. In all, a wasted opportunity. 5/10
Absolutely beautiful.....A masterpiece
posted on 22 Aug 2009I couldn't have thought a better ending for this saga then this movie. It is long, but don't worry, the length is needed to convey the AWEsome story line of this movie. It is better then previous movies, with Jack being absolutely amazing (funniest actor). Everyone has their share of betrayals, and its plot is perfect.. It keeps you on the edge of your seat (or should I say, from the Sound FX you will be probably fastened to your seat). it builds up, to the end which is a masterpiece of CGI/Live action integration. By far the best I have ever seen on a movie. Don't be fooled by other trilogies(shrek, spidey) doing bad.., this movie is worth your 7 bucks. I watched it yesterday, and Im gonna watch it again today. It is Disne's darkest movie yet, with I think it should deserve an R rating.Very fun, full with action, and romance this movie is gotta be the biggest film of the year. Gore,Teddy & Eliott have OUTDONE THEMSELVES. The soundtrack fits perfectly, with everything from choruses, to hair-raising fanfare, and other themes its beautiful. I don't want to reveal anything about what happens in the movie, but people, even if you hate pirates, this movie HAS TO BE SEEN!! Also like I did go see it unspoiled because it has such power you need to see it to believe it. People who have seen it agree with me, this movie is a masterpiece and a must see for any movie lover. "Now we are being followed by rocks.....Never heard that one before...."
How to make a successful trilogy.
posted on 22 Aug 2009Here's how contemporary trilogies work: the first movie introduces characters and circumstances that capture the imagination. The second movie goes by the rule "the same, only more of it". The third movie has the same rule as the second movie, but this time it twists the situations around a bit more and organizes the characters differently. Often the third film is known as "darker than the other two" (have you ever noticed how often that happens?). Thus, we have Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, the almost three-hour action adventure story featuring Jack Sparrow.I like it! But then again, who doesn't? It's exactly what it promises to be, and that's what makes it good. The rule of thumb for this situation is, if you liked the other two, then you'll like this one. If you didn't like the other two, then why are you even taking the time to read a review of this one? C'mon man, it's more of the same! Just go out to see it like you're supposed to.Anyway, the plot is a little lengthy and convoluted to detail in this space at this moment (plus I'm still a little exhausted from it, so it's kind of hard to write all that much about it), but the whole company is back and battling the forces of evil, which I think is the trading company and their new merger, The Flying Dutchman, but since the ongoing joke is that pirates are only self-interested, really it's more like a continuous saga of bickering with each other. Captain Barbossa is back, but unfortunately Geoffrey Rush and Johnny Depp aren't given as much time to be foils to each other, which is literally the relationship that set off the series and really made the first movie so much fun to watch. However, at least there's enough Jack to go around and have seconds, and best of all, there's the scene where Jack goes slowly insane... which is one of the most fun and funniest moments in contemporary mainstream cinema! I loved it! If there's anything I would really say is "poor" about this movie, it would be the unfortunate tendency of the music to play over the dialog. Actually, on that note, I'd really appreciate it if somebody could e-mail me and tell me what, precisely, giant Calypso was saying, as I kind of want to know and was very disappointed when I couldn't hear past that "Womm woomm grarrr raaahhh!" tempestual voice she had.--PolarisDiB
Convoluted and vapid sequel
posted on 22 Aug 2009Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End is the third, and supposed final entry in the mega-successful series of the same name. I say final because the film's subtitle is suggestive of the 'end' of the series and the end of the Pirates of the Caribbean universe; I also say final because there have been no plans announced to make a fourth instalment in the series; I also say final because, heaven help me, I hope this is the final film in the series – in other words, I say final due to wishful thinking.I would never have said such a thing before viewing At World's End; its two predecessors, 2003's Curse of the Black Pearl and Dead Man's Chest, released three years later, were both exemplary pirate adventures that were entertaining, witty, well-made and sharply-made. However, the third movie, rounding out the trilogy, has tainted all that and ruined it all. At World's End is a vapid sequel, one that disappoints us, underwhelms us and confuses the absolute life out of us.At just under 3 hours, At World's End is more of an epic than it is a Disney pirate adventure. In fact, it even feels like an epic, not because of its exorbitant length but because of its screenplay. The film's screenwriters have managed to devise a storyline so complex, so intricate and so confusing that it's an effort to try and follow, as much as it is to retain motivation to even keep watching. This is the film's greatest – perhaps its only – fault, and the reason why At World's End is such a failure and poor movie, especially in comparison to its wonderful predecessors.The film picks up right where Dead Man's Chest left off. Over 2004-6, both of these films were filmed simultaneously, as they were essentially two films containing the same story, and so after the brilliant cliffhanger ending and jaw-dropping finale of Dead Man's Chest, At World's End doesn't waste any second in continuing the story and relieving audiences of their anticipation. The film opens in Singapore, an exotic new location to liven things after being stuck in Port Royale and the Caribbean for two films beforehand. Elizabeth Swann (Keira Knightley), Will Turner (Orlando Bloom) and their faithful band of pirates have come to approach the pirate warlord of the region, Captain Sao Feng (Chow Yun-Fat) to ask for assistance in their quest to rescue Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp). For those who have yet to see Dead Man's Chest, look away now.Sparrow, after sacrificing himself to Davy Jones (Bill Nigh) to save Elizabeth, Will and everyone else from the sinking of the Black Pearl, is now stranded in Davy Jones' locker, a limbo where reality and imagination blur together. Will and his band of pirates must sail off the map at the world's end to find Jack, save him and bring him back to the real world. Meanwhile, the East India Trading Company has upped the ante in their battle for naval superiority against all pirates, and has declared all-out war. The stage, and the film is all set for a colossal adventure resembling a seaborne version of Lord of the Rings, both in terms of its epic nature and its visual grandeur.The film promises to be an absolute cracker, and a smashing way to end the trilogy – after all, there's nothing better than going out with a bang. However, like I said, the movie completely collapses due to the convoluted, contrived and confusing plot, which is also ridiculously overlong. There are just too many subplots, too many characters and a good number of scenes in the film are just way too long – even the scenes of naval warfare, which could be the highlight of the film, become tiring and uninteresting.That said, At World's End still manages to retain some of the charm and wit leftover from the previous two films. Despite all of this mayhem and chaos created by the movie's extensively flawed script, the movie still has the amazing ability to be entertaining – well, partially anyway – and in the end a slightly below-average time passer. Instead of being the grand, majestic and epic movie that it boded as from the outside, At World's End ends up being a forgettable, unmemorable and unremarkable film in the series, one that we can most definitely brush off most easily.The huge and endless problem which mires the film is the cause of its downfall; perhaps director Gore Vebinski has tried to be too ambitious with his film – carried away by the delirium of success no doubt – and has tried to make something so grand, epic and masterful. Unfortunately, he has too many ideas and crams them all into one movie, resulting in this ubiquitous convolution. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End is by far the worst entry in the series, and unfortunately stains an otherwise wonderful film franchise. It's not as funny as the other films, nor is it as entertaining and enjoyable; rather, it's an effort to get through this exhausting and overlong movie. At World's End is mediocre at best, and for me it has killed the hype and excitement of the next entry in the franchise.5.5/10
Who wrote this script?
posted on 20 Aug 2009This film was a disappointment to me. In my opinion, the first Pirates movie was magnificently done. It was entertaining, the characters were lovable (although somewhat cliché), there was humor at the right times, and the special effects were pretty good. Oh, and the story line was very easy to follow.The second film was just OK. The plot got a little too crazy for my tastes- in the first film, the only unrealistic components were the whole crew of the damned. I didn't mind it too much, one completely unreal event in a movie isn't bad. In the second film, they just went overboard. A monster that can swallow ships whole, Davy Jones' locker... at least get the story behind the flying dutchman correct!This film's plot was just bad. There is no other way to put it. Isn't this series called Pirates of the Caribbean? Then why start out in Asia? It really didn't add anything to the plot to start out there, just made it more confusing. And I don't confuse easily! In addition, the first two hours of the movie were riddled with unbelievable/unrealistic events. A great over use of deus ex machina in my opinion. I'm still wondering why Calypso and Keith Richards were in this movie... they didn't add anything to this film (except another 15 minutes). The plot was utterly useless and detracted from what was actually done well in the movie.The most redeeming quality of this movie would probably be the camera work/special effects. These were top-notch, with the scenes being beautifully detailed and rich in color, with great CGI effects.If you want to see this in the theater, go right ahead. I personally feel that my $9.25 could have been much better spent, and I would have rather waited for it to come out on DVD so I could openly talk about what the heck was going on with my friends.
Cried until I laughed...
posted on 20 Aug 2009Before I get going let me just say that I would not have voted this movie a 1 if it weren't for the horrifically high rating it currently has. Surely it deserves at least a 2.To say this movie has plot holes would be to imply that originally someone intended it to have cohesion. It feels like this movie was made using every idea anyone ever considered a possibility for a story. In the midst of trying to wrap your head around a barrage of plot lines that you will never understand, more are constantly added to the mix.This movie falls victim to the infamous recipe for a sucky sequel. Take a movie that was never intended to have a sequel. Then take all the jokes from the first movie and repeat them, changing the person who is saying them if necessary. Spend all the time effort and money you spent developing and original and interesting screenplay and use it all on special effects. Done and done. I am so glad I got into this for free, I hate donating my money to reinforce this kind of movie making.In closing: This movie makes following the plot of "Memento" seem like following that of a Muppet's movie. I'm sure it will do billions and we will all be subjected to my whining about Pirates 7: The search for the lost art of screen writing.Enjoy. I'm sure you will all be seeing it, I did. :)
best of the trilogy
posted on 20 Aug 2009simply put: Quite possibly the best of the series. It has the comedy, the action, the story, and most of all: the answers. While the first one was a stand alone classic by all means the second one lacked just a little bit, but was very very good by all means. Unfortunately a lot of movie series nowadays fall in a slump with the 2nd and 3rd movies (when they are intending a 3 part story) because the second movie doesn't expand as much story-wise and makes up for it in action. This is obvious with dead man's chest, however it sets up the third movie nicely, which is something other middle men in the series seems to lack, greatly. dead man's chest left enough mystery and story so that the finale is a grand finale not a quiet whimper (like the matrix, don't get me wrong i loved it, it just shouldn't have been done the way it was).Every character remains true to their nature since the first movie and their growth is remarkable. Especially the main core...will, liz and jack. A lot of the reviews i read talked about how confusing the plot was and how it jumped around because it wasn't making any sense. I honestly don't see how it was like that. There was some confusion and twists and turns but just sit back and enjoy the movie, it adds suspense and keeps you entertained. These are family-esquire movies that aren't going to twist and turn your brain with philosophical theories, they are going to explain everything and wrap it up in a nice shiny package and that is exactly what was done. The action, the music, the cinematography and the effects were phenomenal. I personally put spider-man 3 above this one in terms of anticipation but it simply blew it away. Everything that 3peats seem to fail at is virtually nonexistent in these films, the writing was top notch, and the direction was superb. I have very few complaints about this movie, maybe even just one. but its a personal thought as a writer so ill keep to myself and not waste time with personal garbage that other comments might blab on about. i cannot stress enough of brilliantly this product was created. it stands on the same mountain as the lord of the rings trilogy as far as complete excellence. not a single bit of these three movies as a whole falters enough to create a deficit the other movies try too hard to redeem while losing their touch as well.George Lucas said not too long ago that the summer blockbuster idea is going out the window and movie studios won't put the money out for big budgeted movies in the coming future. I think with the success of this movie and with spidey he was dead wrong. just as he was with the writing of the first 3 episodes, ha. people want quality and gore verbinski and jerry bruckheimer have delivered, as well as the entire cast. not a single character is lacking. period. So if you are a fan of the first two movies, you will love this one no doubt about it. It answers all the questions you have before and during the movie and leaves you a very, very satisfied movie goer. One last thing; Keith Richards' role was just icing on this layer cake of excellence. DO NOT MISS THIS.
I like it too much!
posted on 18 Aug 2009Definitely this is the best movie of the Pirates of the Caribean's trilogy. It approaches to one of my favorite movies in history. Really I enjoyed it from the beginning to the end. The Visual effects were very very good, awash of well done set pieces that carried me through the screen. I was eager since I saw Dead man's chest about what would it happen next?, and it didn't disappoint me. Throughout the flick I felt different sensations that made enjoyable my time, at the end I discovered a lot of surprises that never would have passed through my mind, that's why I consider it, excellent!. The art direction peers towards the Oscar nomination again, more than ever I am fully aware that we will see At World's End in 5 or 6 award nominations. The director executed a very good work. Don't hesitate!, Go to enjoy this piece of art.
Better than the last.
posted on 18 Aug 2009While certainly not up to the first Pirates, this one had some substance and a degree of watchability over the 2nd Pirate. Still, the overall movie was dark and brooding. The subject can be blamed for much of this, but the humor was only an occasional quip or minor sight gag. It lacked the redeeming humor from the first show, but was not so slap-stick outrageous as the second. The length is not as much a problem as the last, but the fight scenes do tend to drag and Depp's sanity bogs down and is tedious almost from the onset. In all, it is worth a look, though many will find the convoluted plot mismanaged and hard to follow.
It's Great- But Just A few Things I Would Change
posted on 18 Aug 2009I saw this film recently, and I have to say I was pretty impressed, however there are just a few problems I would fix.1. Too Much Comedy Far too much of it. Jack just looked too drunk and clumsy. There were very interesting and edge of your seat scenes such as the Maelstrom Sequence. But then its spoiled by a silly joke.2. Deaths I have to say, Jones, Soa Feng, Norrington and Beckett had pretty unimpressive and anti-climatic deaths. I think they could have been improved a bit.3. Length Almost every person has mentioned the length. It's just too long. Half the stuff they didn't need.Overall, I thought it was really good, just a few minor adjustments would make it better.Thank you for reading.
Dark, complicated and boring
posted on 18 Aug 2009The only reason why i lasted during the whole film was that i was waiting for something funny to happen. I expected a humorous continuation of the story, with Jack Sparrow as a lead star, what IMHO, the first episode was. The extreme darkness and cruelty started right off the begin, when in the first minute a little boy gets hanged as a pirate (!). The story and the plots are so complicated that Pulp fiction looks like a bedtime story for two-year old. In the end it was a complete mess in my head and i felt it to be too lengthy and unnecessary. A new alliance was formed every five minutes, and the old were broken even faster. A very strange movie and a waste of time. I was very disappointed as my other three friends were.
Perfect!!!!
posted on 18 Aug 2009First and foremost let me say, do not listen to any naysayers that dislike this movie because they were incapable of following a simple storyline. POTC ATW is not complicated, or convoluted but rather a richly intricate movie that may rival that of the first in this series. Visually the movie is stunning! The whole movie is so vibrant, and has such presence that you may actually find yourself ducking and dodging the blows along with our lovable pirates. The cast did a fabulous job, and Johnny Depp as always was simply brilliant. True fans that loved the first one, and enjoyed the second, will not be disappointed. I will say if you did see this third installment and did not enjoy it, I truly do encourage you to see it just one more time, and you may be surprised. I personally have seen it four times and believe that it just continues to get better with each sitting. Simply put it was a magnificent and befitting end to the trilogy. Whether this is our last movie with Jack Sparrow has yet to be seen...we can only hope for more.
New Title: Pirates of the Caribbean: Pwning the Box-Office
posted on 16 Aug 2009Ahhh…smell that? That's the smell of the greatest trilogy of my lifetime (I was born in 1990, so the original Star Wars and Back to the Future don't count) coming to a phenomenal end. Sad? No, actually. This trilogy was absolutely breathtaking in every way, shape, and form, and it's so comforting to know that Verbinski has tied it all up for good.Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End literally picks up right where the cliffhanging Dead Man's Chest left off. Captain Barbossa (Rush) is alive again, Jack (Depp) is in Davey Jones's Locker, and Will (Bloom) and Elizabeth (Knightly) are trying to rescue him. All the while, the ruthless Lord Beckett (Hollander) has taken control over the Lord of the Sea Davey Jones (Nighy) and his almighty ship, the Flying Dutchman.This movie takes you all over the globe and beyond, opening up with a fantastically violent brawl in Singapore, where our crew meets up with the Pirate Lord Sao Feng (Yun-Fat). From there, Barbossa leads them to the ultra-trippy Locker, which will have you scratching your head, seeing quadruples, and wondering what the heck the writers were smoking when they wrote this. Still, really fun.Without giving away the plot, I will say that this movie goes back to the roots of the original in the sense of more fights, less land-locked scenes, and more cannon fire. Johnny Depp, obviously, delivers in a hilarious way, as usual. Kiera Knightly has a more emotional role this time around, something she pulls of beautifully. And Orlando Bloom has hit the target with Will Turner. Let's face it: nobody has ever liked Will. He's such a pansy compared to Jack or Norrington (in DMC anyway). But in AWE, Orlando delivers like he's never delivered before. I was actually amazed by his performance. I would say he was the best character development in this movie, if not for Geoffrey Rush. I don't think there is a fan out there that hasn't missed Barbossa. Seriously, that guy kicks so much, the Spartans would think twice before fighting him. He is a fantastic returning character that everyone will surely love to watch.Chow Yun-Fat has, actually, a somewhat smaller part in this movie, which is funny because he's been publicized to death in all the commercials and posters. Naomie Harris does a good job as the creepy voodoo chick, Tia Dalma, and Bill Nighy hits it out of the ballpark as the CGI Davey Jones. Angus Barnett and Giles New make their triumphant returns as Mullroy and Murtogg from the first movie, two characters that made me feel at home again. But the real applause roared when a certain rock star appears on the screen as Jack Sparrow's much-anticipated father… The movie has no slow points, yet it is extremely long (nearly three hours!) but a true Pirate fan wouldn't be able to tell. There is one scene concerning Tia Dalma that really was just…bad…I'll let you watch the movie and, no doubt, you'll know exactly what I'm talking about. The end is…wow. Unexpected, shocking, and amazing. I won't give anything away about the shocking ending, but the very end (like, right before the credits) goes back to the original humor that made everyone fall in love with the first movie.But, honestly, this month has just been conquered. The spider has been squished. The ogre doesn't have a happily ever after. This May belongs to Pirates!
Buy the Cliff notes first. More complicated than King Lear.
posted on 16 Aug 2009an hour after watching this nearly three hour affair, my girlfriend and I are still trying to puzzle it out. Unfortunately, we would have to see the film at least three times to solve the puzzle. Is that what Disney wants? See this movie three times and eventually you will understand how Calypso, a heart, a monkey, a branded "P", a key, a storm, a map, Davy Jones, A boat, a first mate, a fake eye, bad teeth, dead people, living people, and everything else fit together. Because I can not understand what happened. By no means is this a finale. Nope. I expect at least one more sequel and definitely a prequel. They will drain this cash cow until it evaporates in the Caribbean sun. A spectacle? Oh, yes. Not since King Kong has there been such a spectacle. Visually it is jaw dropping. Just kindly forget that as a terrific battle takes place inside a hurricane the two armies just hang out and watch. What are they doing? Why did they show up? My head was spinning. I sympathize with the children in the audience who were the actual demo Disney targeted. There is not a chance in the world that those kids understood even 1/4 of the many different plots and sub plots. There were incredibly subtle touches of betrayal and back story that are neither resolved nor justified. They involve events that can only be explained in a flashback or in a 2.5 hour flashback called a prequel. If you take a ten minute conversation and set it in an exotic jail cell aboard a ship...you still have a ten minute conversation. I sensed the writers had modeled their approach after Indiana Jones Raiders of the Lost Arc. There is humor and a brazen attitude, heroics are matched by cowardice. Etc. But never in the three Indy films did two characters prattle on for ten, fifteen, twenty, thirty minutes about minute details of their past. In fact, one conversation that takes place in Pirates includes more dialog than THE ENTIRE INDY series! I love dialog, but when that dialog actually contains tiny clues and subtle hints of emotion and past sins, then it lifts me out of an "action adventure" film and plants me in...a "drama". Note to Jerry Bruckheimer: don't mix genres. I just don't know what market he was aiming for. No 13 year old is going to catch a sexual organ metaphor and no 30 year old is going to laugh at a monkey getting shot from a canon (though I did chuckle). I'll see the fourth and the fifth film when they arrive, but these writers need to learn the value of the delete button. If there were notes to this film then I want them. Maybe I'll understand what happened then.
Incredible finale for an incredible saga!!!
posted on 30 Aug 2009In this third installment Verbinski surpassed itself with an outstanding, colorful, exiting movie! Here we encounter all the characters we've met before in the 2 previous movies, and all of them have an important part in the solution of the great conflict between pirates/england forces/Davy Jones. The result is a truly enjoyable movie that delivers almost 3 hours of pure entertainment without a single slow moment. The acting is perfect, Johnny Depp the best as always as Captain Jack Sparrow, but also outstanding the performance of Geoffrey Rush as Captain Barbossa, returned from the land of the dead to aid the pirate cause, bravo to Orlando Bloom, and here we have a better performance by Keira Knightley. The photography, the sound, the incredible music by a great Hans Zimmer, everything creates that kind of "swashbuckler magic" that only these movies have delivered in the Hollywood story so far. What else can I say? You MUST join this incredible trip to the End of the World and return!!! 10/10