Jack Sparrow is in Davey Jones locker! Elizabeth and Will have had to team up with Barbossa of all people to bring him back. Meanwhile, the East India Trading company is hot on their trail. After the first two "Pirates" films how does this one stack up? Did Gore Verbinski pull a Peter Jackson or did he drop the ball worse than The Kraken doing a bellyflop? Should there be more "Pirates' films? Should some new blood be brought to the franchise? Does anybody care? The world wants to know...
WHAT DID YOU THINK OF
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD'S END?
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End was released May 24th, 2007 and stars Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Jack Davenport, Bill Nighy, Jonathan Pryce, Lee Arenberg. The film is directed by Gore Verbinski.
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The Doctor
Brilliant film to end a brilliant trilogy.
4 years agoby @ghettokidFlag
Phatlightning
wow, this isn't old or anything.
4 years agoby @sxers2k1Flag
MulletMan_of_KeyWest
Keep this stuff Coming...
-Dano
4 years agoby @mulletman-of-keywestFlag
IluvjackS.44
I totally agree with a movieweb mom in the part where the leave a part open for a movie! i mean really! hello! if you have even seen the 3 rd movie once you know how they kept mentioning "the fountain of youth" and capn teague says.."theres more than one way to live foreva" and at the end, everyone mentions it, barbossa was looking for it(but yay jack outsmarted him again and took the map to find the fountain of youth) so they are totally (hopflly ) leading into another movie..plz!
4 years agoby @iluvjacks-44Flag
IluvjackS.44
just so yall know when i said i was 3 5 times it means i saw pirates 3 5 times!
4 years agoby @iluvjacks-44Flag
IluvjackS.44
I dont care what any of yall say Pirates 3 is the best movie i have ever seen with 1 and 2 right behind if not then they are tied for my fav movie. I would never se spider man in a million years and i still would bet money that it is sooo much better! It is funny, adventurous, and just everything i saw 3 5 times before it even came out on DD. I saw it on the very first day it come out and the very last day it was in any theater. I love it soo much! i love Captian jack sparrow he is the absolute best character in the movie..no arguments! i love pirates of the caribbean! Go pirates!! woo!
4 years agoby @iluvjacks-44Flag
BROKEN
Love the movie, hated the ending how anyone could like the ending is beyond me! I cant blame Keira for refusing to do anymore pirate movie they have her tied down with a dead captain who she can only see every 10 years guarding his stupid heart in a chest with a kid to boot! Shame on the writers for ruining Liz with puting her with Will a dead guy while Jack is there to make many more movies with her bye his side.
5 years agoby @brokenFlag
BROKEN
I loved all three movies,but felt the ending in part three kind of ruin the show for me. I love the connection that was growing between Liz and Jack, he was a Pirate but a good man too and Liz was a goodie goodie at first that began to turn into a Pirate equally ruthless as Jack to get what she wants.
But to end part 2 with backstabing Jack,knowing full well she was having problems with her feelings towards him and then going into part three with her never once being confronted bye Jack about the Betrayal or there feelings for eachother ruined the movie.
I am not suprized Keira Knightley after filming her last sence told the producers she was done with Pirates they made her out to be a Housewife at the end with a child to boot while shes pines for a Dead husband to return once every 10 years.
Seems to me they ruined any chance of her wanting to come back with that kind of storyline,I would of suggested Will dying like he did and sailing off on the ducthmen leting her go on without him and leting her then explore more movies with Captain Jack!
Thats what everyone wanted to see happen, not put her with a dead guy in a postion where shes nothing more then a chest siter and mother!
SHame on the producers for ruining the ending, and not puting Jack and Liz together for a long and rocky adventure together~
5 years agoby @brokenFlag
J.A.Ottley.Writer / Director
A great film. But the thing that left us hanging on was the witty and hilarious Jhonny Depp as Jack Sparrow. Without him this trilogy would have never been created, much more for his return in at the world's end. As they knew without Jack Sparrow expect a major flop for the ending of a trilogy.
Not as great as i expected considering this is was the most highly anticipated movie of the year. But the same as Spidey 3, anticipation proves success in the box office. I just don't get it why they are all flops, but still make money. Damn give us something fresh and original. Well i will when i begin screenwriting, and that's a promise.
Apart from pirates being a great film due to Sparrow character, i though the part where the ship blew up with that English guy on at the end was too choregraphed. I'm mean come on he is walking down the steps and they are blowing up behind him, what ever happened to splinters or him getting hit with cannonball lol that would be funny.
Also to answer ur question Wina. Yes Elizabeth was in love with jack as for the compass points to what you want most in the world. Which in her terms was Jack Sparrow. As in their quotes.
Elizabeth Swan
'It would have never worked out between us, Jack.'
Jack Sparrow
'Keep telling yourself that, darling.'
Apaarently there is hope for a fourth movie as it rumorely titled
Pirates of the Caribbean : The Fountain of Youth
But they are stil apperently getting Jhonny to sign up for the 4th installment.
P.S
I'm writing a script, the so-called and long rumored
'A Nightmare On Elm St : The Beginning'
which i've entitled
'A Dream On Elm St'
I want to grab people's ideas for what they would like to see within the film's script.
Please send your ideas to
Stormingshadowcat@hotmail.co.uk
Please be reminded all ideas are welcome and will be taken into consideration.
5 years agoby @chronicFlag
wina
really? well,I expecting that clips showed jack and elizabeth meet again in somewehere place, maybe..(coz, from the beginning i wantjack and her make a special relationship ( not with will!! :< ))
anyway i still confused and don't understand, because in the second movie, when elizabeth hold the "unique" jack sparrow's compass, it always pointed to jack..what's mean?is she really likes jack?or what??
hopes, in the fourth films elizabeth will divorce with will and comes to jack( impossible...but who wanna knows it's gonna be happen)
5 years agoby @winaFlag
Jim
Oh and to answer Wina the poohs question: the clip at the end showed Elizabeth and her son meeting Will.Turner. the phrase:" Welcome to William Turner's locker" just doesn't have the same ring to it.
5 years agoby @leonidus300Flag
Jim
you know those really weird dreams you have about movie characters?, thats what this movie felt like. if i ever see it again (doubt it) I'll skip the first two hours and watch the battle scenes, which still weren't that impressive. i left this movie with a profound sense of confusion and disappointment. i understand why Jack was killing himself in Davy jones's locker, but why the hell was he doing it throughout the whole movie!?? what about when the black chick turned into giganto women and then turn into crabs? what the hell was Gore Verbinski thinking!? this makes spider-man III look like a Emmy award winning film! this movie should have been called: pirates of the Caribbean: screwing up a trilogy. i do have to say, its a summer of crappy trilogy endings. lets see if oceans 13 or Bourne ultimatum can restore my faith in good movie making. bring on Transformers!!!
5 years agoby @leonidus300Flag
wina
please ,,someone tell me about the 'clips' at the end of the credit. you know, i've watched this movie twice in different theater and i've waited for that clips but the theaters didn't show that clips. thats makes me very disappointed.so, i hope someone..would you tell what 'the clip' tell??(sorry,my english isn't
fluently)
5 years agoby @winaFlag
Haunt
HOIST THE COLOURS HIGH!!
(Abandon hope, all ye who enter here... there be SPOILERS ahead!)
Good lord, what an insanely gorgeous, awesome movie! Seriously, if cinematographer Dariusz Wolski doesn't win an Oscar for this then there is no justice. Every single frame of this film is stunningly beautiful. Fantasy epics have a tendency to do that, to create settings so out-of-this-world, breathtakingly beautiful that you can't help but want to visit them, to live there and lose yourself in them. But of course this isn't CREATED scenery, this is FOUND scenery.
But that's not really what I wanna talk about. If you've seen the first two films you already know the cinematography is outstanding. And you probably expect the same from the production design, art direction, set decoration, costume design, makeup effects, music composition, visual effects... you get the picture. And you'd be absolutely right. All of those and more are every bit as amazing as you should expect after the first two films. Moreso, in fact. The bar, all the bars, are significantly raised here.
But what you SHOULDN'T expect is a Disney film. Parents be well and truly warned, the PG-13 rating here is a touch misleading. The film is dotted with examples of pretty intense violence and shocking images throughout, but it's the first ten minutes you REALLY need to watch out for.
The film opens, as each of them has, with a little vignette. In the first film it was young Elizabeth singing "A Pirate's Life" and meeting the young Will Turner in the aftermath of a pirate attack. In the second it was the ruined wedding day and Will and Elizabeth's arrest by Cutler Beckett. In this one, however, things are decidedly darker. This one opens on the gallows, the first frame of film focusing on the hangman's noose, as dozens (hundreds?) of "pirates" are hanged and a representative of the East India Trading Company (hereafter referred to as the Company) reads a declaration of suspended rights, such as the right to legal representation, the right to a fair trial, etc. All this as men and women drop and swing and are tossed aside onto carts, led away between huge piles of boots and clothes stripped from the dead.
But that's not even the dark part. As another group of condemned are led up the steps to the gallows, the last is a small boy, perhaps 10 years old. He's too short for the noose to reach, so a barrel is set on the trap door and the boy lifted up on it.
This is a chilling, disturbing scene... as it's clearly meant to be. And I'm not complaining in the slightest. In fact I LOVE the darkness of this film. I love being shocked and even disturbed. But I can't help but wonder how some of this managed to squeeze out of the Disney studios, and with a PG-13, no less. This could easily have been an R... or should I say 'Aaarh'? (Oh c'mon, you knew it was coming.)
Anyways, that sets the stage, and to some degree the tone, for the picture. There's still plenty of humor to be had here, make no mistake. For all it's gruesome detail it's still a damned funny movie. But the character that most fans expect to bring the funny doesn't even appear on screen till something like thirty minutes in. Again, not a complaint. There are plenty of characters to hold our attention, and thank the gods one of them is Captain Hector Barbossa. Everybody gets a chance to crack wise or make us laugh, but there's something hilarious about Geoffrey Rush's performance as the over-the-top Barbossa. Even when he's being sinister (which he often is), he's just so damned funny. And undeniably charismatic. I actually don't find it difficult to see why various characters switch allegiance between the two captains... they're both appealing leaders... uh, sort of.
But enough of that, speaking of that OTHER captain, where is he in all of this? Well, turns out he's still on the Black Pearl. However, the Pearl is stranded in the "doldrums" of Davy Jones' Locker, which in Jack Sparrow's version of purgatory resembles an endless "sea" of sand and salt flats, featureless for as far as the eye can see. And he's apparently still got a crew, but unfortunately that crew are all hallucinatory (perhaps) duplicates of himself. Yup, that's right, our first encounter with Wicked Jack this time around is a crowd scene. Hat's off to Johnny Depp for playing dozens of different Jacks, each just the tiniest fraction of a bit unique from each other.
I have to say, the mythology this franchise has created (or co-opted and advanced, perhaps?) blows me away. I love this kind of stuff, and this portrayal of Purgatory is possibly my favorite of any I've seen. I adore the idea that limbo for Jack Sparrow is being stuck on his ship with a disorganized, disobedient crew (who all happen to be him), unable to move, to sail, without a hint of a breeze or cool spray of salty mist.
Fortunately, there are agencies that have a plan for Jack, and so the special effects come into play and soon Jack is "sailing" again. The reintroduction of all our heroes with Cap'n Sparrow is great, and the constantly shifting allegiances, plotting and backstabbing that play such a powerful role in this story really begin to kick in at this point.
Let me address that for a second... the backstabbing. Critics of this movie, and there are going to be a LOT of them, will no doubt talk about how "confusing" it is. To be sure, there are a myriad of intricate plots within plots going on here. This is not a shut-your-brain-off-at-the-door kind of summer blockbuster. You will be expected to pay attention, and even think (*gasp*) at times. Every single character has his or her own agenda, and they all get screen time. But I personally had not a single problem following the story (and yes, there IS one). Not one time did I find myself lost or confused. At least no more than the filmmakers intended me to be, for that is part of the experience. Clearly you aren't always MEANT to know what everyone is thinking, or who will betray whom next.
Another critique that is bound to be leveled at this movie (because let's face it, it's the go to complaint of all critics, professional and "armchair")? Running time. This one plays out at a brisk 167 minutes. That's two hours forty seven minutes, for those keeping score at home. That's 24 minutes longer than Curse of the Black Pearl and 17 minutes longer than Dead Man's Chest. And not a second of it feels wasted. There is a TON of stuff to accomplish in this film, and every bit of it gets its due time. And in my opinion not a second of it is wasted. This was the fastest near-three hours I've spent in a theater. The screening I saw was packed, and nearly all of the audience were either teenagers with zero attention span or "local yokels" (I'm in the South, after all) with better things to be doing with their time, such as watching NASCAR and arguing about football. And to my amazement, not one person got up and left after the two-hour mark. Granted the d-bag sitting next to me complained after the lights came back up that his girlfriend made him sit for three hours just so she could drool over Depp, but he sat there and took it... and didn't really fidget like I would have expected. (But perhaps that was a function of his fear of his girlfriend more than a measure of his patience.)
At any rate, it's long, and critics will piss and moan about it. But it never FEELS long, at least not to me. And the time is used well, because everyone gets a full and satisfying story here. They al have stories that need telling, and with nary an exception, all is told. And told very, very well.
One thing this film does staggeringly well is juggle an enormous cast of characters without shorting anyone. Well okay, so Governor Swann doesn't get much screen time. But in a perfect example of what I'm talking about, the estimated 7 or 8 minutes he's on screen he manages to serve a story purpose and make an impact. I suppose if you were watching all three films strictly for his character, and if he was the only person in the entire story whom you gave two sh*ts about, you might feel short-changed. But then again possibly not. His story has an ending, and it's one that fits with what has gone before.
And that, in case I haven't been clear yet, is one of the things I'm most impressed by here. There are 15 or 20 main cast and important supporting cast members here to deal with, and I didn't feel that any of them were forgotten or ignored. In fact practically every single one of them got a satisfying and significant denouement by film's end. That's an amazing achievement. Writers Ted Eliott and Terry Rosio, and of course director Gore Verbinski, should be commended. I can't even imagine creating such a huge cast of characters and making sure that each of them has a distinct voice (and making sure that those voices are all heard). Wow... just wow.
I'm sure I'm rambling here... it's 1:00 am and I'm running soley on the post-Pirates high right now. If you've bothered to stick with me through all of this garbage so far, my condolences. I'll try and pay it off now by talking about specific characters, one by one.
Elizabeth Swann
If it hadn't ever been made clear to you before, these films are HER story. You may have other characters that are your favorites, and the entire world may worship at Cap'n Jack Sparrow's booted feet, but the journey here in this franchise is that of Ms. Swann. It has a beginning, a middle, and a clearly defined end. And of all the characters she is the one that most noticeably changes and grows. I confess that in the beginning she was not the one I most identified with, and thus not the one I attached myself most closely to. but over time she has proven to be a pretty remarkable character. The place where she ends up, though pretty shocking and extreme compared to where she started the story, makes absolute sense.
Will Turner
In terms of journey and change, he comes a close second to Elizabeth. Given his attitude towards pirates in the first film some of what he does here is fairly insane. But when all is said and done, just as with Elizabeth, everything makes perfect sense. Again I have to say that the end of the story here is most remarkable for how perfect it feels. Looking back over the entire franchise, most of what happens by the end credits (and beyond, but I'll get to that) feels as if it couldn't have happened any other way.
Jack Sparrow
Greatest character ever to grace the silver screen? Maybe, maybe not. I have an opinion, but I'll save it. Suffice to say I love everything about this character, the good and the bad. And the bad is on full display here, by which I mean the "badder" side of his nature. While I loved both of the previous films in the franchise, there's no doubt that Jack was a slightly different kind of guy from Curse to Chest. I've heard it said that in the first one he was a great pirate pretending to be a foppish, cowardly fool, and in the second he seemed more like a foppish, cowardly fool acting at being a great pirate. To some degree I agree with that, though I don't think it was inconsistent writing or acting... I think it was deliberate. Because here in the third installment we get what I contend is the REAL Jack Sparrow. Here he is a demented, eccentric fool that just happens to be perhaps the greatest pirate anyone has ever seen. The idea of a method to one's madness has never been more apropos than for Jack. He may at times intentionally exaggerate one aspect over the other, fool or fiend, but both are absolutely real. This time around we get to see both sides, and they are by turns funny and frightening. And in the end, though we've seen many, many questionable traits, and been given many chances to question just how noble this man may be, in the end we get what I consider to be incontrovertible proof that he is a hero. A dark one, to be sure. But of all the characters in the entire franchise, he makes what may be the grandest redemptive gesture. Wait and see.
Captain Barbossa
I'll say again, thank the gods he's back. Not only is he a fantastic character in his own right, but Jack is absolutely never funnier than when he's paired with Barbossa. And what a joy it is to watch Geoffrey Rush positively devour the scenery every time he's on screen. There simply isn't a frame of film that he's in where he isn't the most commanding presence. Even the times he's standing completely still and silent (and there are a couple I'm thinking of), there's something imposing about him. There are a few actors like that out there. Depp is amazing, and deserves every bit of praise he's given for the frenetic mad genius character he's helped create, but Mr. Rush has the certain something that OWNS the camera no matter what he's doing. His character in this film doesn't get quite as profound a "journey" as some of the others, but his story is still great, and as with all the others it fits perfectly. I use the word 'denouement' quite a bit, but only because I'm so impressed with the satisfying "end" each character is given. I put "end" in quotes for a reason. Keep reading...
Davy Jones
I admit to not being quite as familiar with Bill Nighy as with Geoffrey Rush. My only real conscious impression of him prior to this role was Love Actually. But it's my impression that he carries much the same gravitas as I ascribed to Mr. Rush above. At the very least in this particular set of films he takes what could potentially have been a fairly ridiculous role and makes it utterly compelling, moving and real. Anyone who knows me will tell you the significance of what I'm about to say, but I suggest Bill Nighy's Davy Jones be placed in the same category as Andy Serkis' Gollum in terms of demonstrating how important it is to have an ACTOR behind even the most jaw-dropping CGI. A lesser actor wearing the motion capture pajamas for either of those characters and they just would not have been as memorable, regardless of the effects magic. Bill Nighy commits himself one hundred and FIFTY percent to this character, and having watched some of the behind the scenes stuff and seen the hopelessly goofy gear he had to wear while performing, I'd say that's a doubly-impressive job. This time around we get more of a personal story for Mr. Jones, paying off (at least to some degree) the tortured lover angle of his origin. While it doesn't end up getting as much focus as some other characters, it's showcased enough to be satisfying. Unfortunately given that he is no longer exactly a "free spirit" due to the Company controlling his heart, he spends much of the film being a restrained and frustrated force. But that just means that when he does manage to get some freedom he's extra dangerous. There were two moments so shocking in this film that I literally audibly gasped... Davy Jones gave me one of 'em.
Admiral Norrington
Yup, you read right. Admiral. He's climbed back up the ladder, as it were. But he quickly discovers that it hasn't brought the satisfaction he might have hoped. Though there are elements of redemption in pretty much everybody's stories here, James Norrington gets one of the more on-the-nose opportunities. Given his behavior in Curse it's pretty amazing how much I've come to like this character. Chest put a lot of mileage on Norrington, and managed to make him one of the more fascinating characters in the story. Once again, there's a denouement here, but his isn't really one of the happier ones. Still, it's fitting given who the character is by this point and, more importantly given the things he's done and choices he's made. Redemption can only take you so far, otherwise it loses it's importance. If all sins can be forgiven in equal measure, well than what's the point of the concept of sin?
'Bootstrap' Bill Turner
Will's father was a great addition to the cast in the second film, and though given less screen time in the third, his presence is more strongly felt I think. This time, while still serving as the primary driving focus for another character (Will, duh), we get a better sense of the inner pain and turmoil he himself feels. In fact he gets a scene at one point that literally brought me to tears. Stellan Skarsgard does a wonderful job with yet another role that could have been unintentionally comic or silly. He brings the perfect level of humanity to a character that has lost nearly every outward trace of it. I love the way he plays this character.
Tia Dalma
Well, after the second film there was a lot of speculation about this character and what her role is/was/would be. The "reveal" of her true nature is handled pretty matter-of-factly in this picture, which could have potentially been one of my few complaints. But really I appreciate the fact that they didn't toy with us on this one. Truthfully the film is already full to bursting with plot, so perhaps there just wasn't room for another mystery and twist/surprise. But whatever the reason, her nature is fairly quickly apparent. However, knowing her nature does nothing to spoil her story or lessen her role in the bigger picture. I fully expect the way her story wraps up to be one of the complaints regularly leveled at World's End, in so much as she really doesn't get the denouement I've been praising for everyone else. I mean she's trying to achieve something and, for the most part, she does by the end. But in terms of storytelling she kind of just disappears at the end. Do despite my claims that "EVERYONE" gets a satisfying closing, I guess this one character is sort of left in the dust of the high-octane third act. But it's a very, very minor quibble.
Lord Cutler Beckett
Not sure what to say about this guy. I really like him, though I can't quite put my finger on why. Something about his arrogant, smarmy demeanor is fun to watch. Ironically he feels slightly less menacing now that he's actually got power than he did in the second film when he was still seeking power... but I suppose that makes a certain sense. Also ironically, considering many fans say he's a lame, boring villain, he is given one of the more extravagant and frankly breathtaking special effects sequences. You'll know it when you see it, trust me.
Captain Sao Feng
To tell the truth, Chow Yun-Fat is never better than when he's diving slow-mo through the air firing twin .45's in a balletic orgy of John Woo-orchestrated violence. But considering there are no .45's in this flick, he still manages to be impressively menacing. Though I personally was not "offended" by anything in this movie, Sao Feng gets one of the scenes that I can almost guarantee will catch a lot of hell from critics for being too dark. It's very quick, almost a blink and you'll miss it kind of scene. But it's pretty intense, and I can see how it might almost, ALMOST cross a line. Given this is ostensibly a Disney PG-13 movie it kind of does cross a line. But then this scene comes almost two hours after Disney has already hanged a 10 year old, so maybe all things are relative.
Captain Teague
Probably the worst kept secret in casting history, Keith Richards' cameo as the man that might be (hint: he IS) Jack's father is a treat. It's also not much of a "cameo", being a slightly longer and more significant screen presence than I'd been expecting. I can't say for sure if Mr. Richards will be winning any acting awards, but given who he is and what sort of character he's playing, there's not much "acting" involved I suppose. He also gets a chance to pluck out a song on the guitar that was pretty satisfying, if brief. Also, loved the cameo (this time it really was a cameo) of Jack's mom. Yeah, now that one was a slightly better kept secret.
Okay, enough is enough. Quickly, a list of just a few of my favorite things not already mentioned...
* The Song. Every one of the Pirates gets one. This one, heard in the opening vignette, is really morbidly cool.
* The Singapore set. If this isn't added to the Disney ride experience it's a crime.
* Straining "credulity."
* Jack the monkey reacting to the cold.
* The sea of stars.
* The return and ultimate fate of "the sword."
* The "rocks" in the Locker.
* The shout-outs (the most deliberate and overt yet) to the original ride.
* "No, the world's the same. There's just less in it." (Or words to that effect.)
* "Jack Sparrow, you have paid me a great insult." "That doesn't sound like me."
* The countless, endless backstabbing and changing alliances. Critics will LOATHE it, but I loved it.
* The Brethren Court.
* The revelation of what Barbossa's "Piece of Eight" really is.
* "This is madness!" "This is politics."
* The vote.
* Seeing what Davy Jones used to look like.
* The Wild West-style showdown on the sandy atoll.
* Best. Wedding. Ever. (Except my own, of course.)
* Mrs. Haunt comparing this film to Deadliest Catch.
* The possibility of Jack's next adventure.
* "It's pronounced, 'egregious'."
* The reversed 'Cinderella' moment.
* The after-credits vignette. (Yes, another one. But this one isn't for laughs... this one is truly important. You MUST stay till the credits are over.)
5 years agoby @hauntFlag
SMRTALEC
I really enjoyed this movie, it stayed true to the Pirates movies.
This is the one for the fans because its the most epic of all the films and it's defenitely the most dramatic.
ALSO the score was amazing! Hans Zimmer is the man!
5 years agoby @smrtalecFlag
Technobabble
PIrates 3 was a great movie for patient people who love intruige, swashbuckling, and special effects. If you truly love the franchise this is a godsend.
But people just looking for entertainment without too much thought should avoid this at all cost.
I liked it but i know it's too much for a lot of people, If you want somthing to invest a spare day in it's perfect, not so if you just want to see a movie to get out of the house. You have to be into it in order to appreciate it.
The biggest problem was that they wern't sure when to stop and where to continue, a lot of the backstabbings were unnessecary as were the multiple Jacks, however more explaination and time with the other pirates would have been very good. All and All I enjoyed the movie but i think it could have been done better. 3.5 out of 5.
5 years agoby @technobabbleFlag
ankiepat
Alright everybody, here's the deal. POTC3 IS better then Spider-man 3 by a long shot. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure that out. The bitching and moaning about this movie going in too many different directions is simply the result of people's dwarfed attention spans and mental capacities, which are justly attributed to the excessive use of text messaging, IPods, and their ilk. As far as box office records go, leave numbers to the bean counters. Movie performance cannot and will not be realiably portrayed in cold calculations, but rather by the passion of the living, still beating heart!
5 years agoby @ankiepatFlag
K-Man
WHAT?!!!! This movie was not nearly what it should have been. I loved the first two and went in with high hopes and a good attitude. Boy was I surprised by what followed. It was just like Spiderman 3. Way too much going on and way too much for one film. The movie was going in a thousand different directions at once and never developed the bits it touched up on. Worst of all the movie lost its magical "Pirates feel" in this one (at least for me). What was up with the Split personality Johnny Depp and mini Johnny Depps? That was just lame. What ever happened to the Kraken? All you see is it is dead on the beach. Last thing we saw he made dinner out of Johnny and then its dead and Johnny's on the beach. What? How does that happen? Not only that but that scene where Johnny wakes up was like watching Requiem for a Dream part 2. It was like watching a drug movie and totally sucked me out of the film.
Then comes the scene when Calypso turns into a giant. I felt that scene fell short of its intended goal and was misused. The reasons go on and on why this movie falls short.
Anyway, I hate to rip on this movie because I wanted to like it so much.
On the bright side the movie was entertaining most of the time and was absolutely beautifully shot. Gore Verbinski and his crew really know how to make a movie look amazing. The actors were all great too. The only shortcoming was the story and unfortunately thats a big shortcoming.
This movie should have been made differently or not at all.
What a shame because I love the director, the actors and the fanchise.
Thats two this summer! Damn!
5 years agoby @k-manFlag
Silk
I liked it. I really liked it that they used a stunt leg for keira when it was getting kissed. Can't have those boney knightly's on screen now can we me hearties?
5 years agoby @silkFlag
maxfli7084
Oh yea and having showings before opening day cut into it's opening day gross, which set it at a disadvantage thus making Spidey 3 reign victorious. The distributors should learn from that mistake with future films. Pirates 3 is a solid film though, definitely in every regard better than the second one. I have a question, what was Pirates 2 even about? Besides the visual effects, it was a mess. What a fluke that it made so much bank. Spidey 3 is the #1 all time opening day grosser, and I hope it remains #1 for all time opening weekend as well. There ya have it folks, there's my second cent.
5 years agoby @maxfli7084Flag
maxfli7084
Pirates 3 is a solid summer blockbuster. We all knew, at least I did, that it was not going to gross nearly as much as Spider-Man 3. Think about it people, how much did Spider-Man 3 cost to make? PR representatives were going crazy and awareness was way high. Pirates 3 just simply didn't have as much hype. Spider-Man is an old concept forever ingrained in history. Pirates is a newer concept, like the Matrix. It's meant to be a top moneymaker, but it won't ever be the best. I liked this film though. It was entertaining though about 40 minutes too long. It certainly wrapped things up for the trilogy. They could make more, but they shouldn't. The POC movies should end here. Seriously. Verbinski is a good director, I liked The Ring, I liked The Weather Man and I like his style and range overall. However, I think this pirates Captain Jack thing is pretty played out.
5 years agoby @maxfli7084Flag
artkid04
I found this movie to have surprising twists, Great ending too!!
5 years agoby @artkid04Flag
DuDisNow
http://www.g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/date/05252007/index.html#675621
The link says it is almost to making $200 million in the opening weekend! That beat spider-man 3 by a lot!
5 years agoby @dudisnowFlag
ShadowfoxSC
I liked this movie. It was had humor and had a good story to it the Jack scenes were funny and the Davy Joones scenes looked so fliping awesome. In my opion is as good as Spiderman 3 there both awesome movies. Something i didnt like was that they killed Davy and that Will took over Davy's place. But other then that its a must see movie and one of the best this yr has offered yet.
5 years agoby @shadowscFlag
MovieMadness
Athough I LOVE Johnny Depp..I liked pirates II better..there was more Johnny humor and other of his great characteristics than this movie...until the VERY LAST SCENE where Jack Sparrow foils them all once again. And you all can see this as the LAST of the triology??? This totally is left with an opening for a next movie! Hello!
5 years agoby @teresadnhbFlag
DuDisNow
This is easily the best movie of the summer. the best of three, and the best of the threes! This movie is fantastic. I cannot believe critics hates this movie!
5 years agoby @dudisnowFlag
Yahzee
Excellent finale for the trilogy. Everythings was put in the right way and At World's End has it all. Darker, funnier more exciting and dramatic. Drink up me hearties, yo-ho!
5 years agoby @yahzeeFlag
Massive3D
I laughed, I cried, I was happy it broke the trilogy curse. Way better than Spiderman 3 and the battles, simply elfuego.
5 years agoby @massive3dFlag
PhxtonyMex
The thing with Pirates of the Caribbean its that they are great films, but it really depends on a person's taste, you eather like the films or not. But just because you don't like them, it does not mean they are bad films(and vice versa). 'Pirates' are great films, so if you don't like them it's your problem.
I happen to love those damned pirates, I even like the boring scenes. The best(in my opinion) one its 'Cure of the Black Pearl' because its complete, and then 'Dead Men's Chest' because it is state-of-the-art on visuals, plus the return of Barbosa, Last, of course, 'At World's End' because its the conclusion of the trilogy, and what of an ending!!!
This movie is something else! Its a shame I didn't enjoyed it as much as I should have(thank you stupid headache!!!).
Three reasons why I enjoyed 'At World's End' are Sparrow, Barbosa, and Jones. Them three bitching at each other was the ultimate!
Jone's locker was disturbing but a great concept, being trapped in there for eternity must be a bitch!
Honestly, I can't give an accurately review for this film right now, due to my medical status at the time I was watching the film. But one thing is for suren, I will see this again, and again....
p.s. This movie its, by far, better done and more entertaining than spider 3 and shrek 3.
5 years agoby @phxtonymexFlag
The_Killer
Verbinski definitely dropped the ball big time. The only thing this movie had going for it is Chow Yun-Fat. The only good Pirates film was Dead Man's Chest.
5 years agoby @the-killerFlag