Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

[Jon P. Inghram]

It was pretty good, though a bit long. They could have trimmed the big ship battle (the one shown in the trailer with the ships circling a whirlpool) down a bit, but otherwise I enjoyed it.

[Mehen]

Thought it was ok, still no where near as good as the first one. No Chow Yun-Fat fight scenes though - wtf??
Too many actors (the big ones don't get enough screen time), too many repeated jokes (we get it, we get it, they don't like it when the rum's gone), not enough Keith Richards (he barely had a role).
I left with sort of the same feeling I had after SpiderMan3 (minus the Emo-Parker).

Keira Knightley is gorgeous though

[High_Jumbllama]

I enjoyed it. Not as good as either of the first two. Too many story lines for one movie. Maybe they did this to make it seem more epic?

Minor Bad - The reason for the maelstrom/whirlpool seemed like they pulled that whole storyline out of their collective asses.

Mild Bad - It depends too much on the other movies. They were trying to do too much. Other than that I did like not completely understanding what was going on. See Jack comments below.

Minor Good - I love the rum gags. I miss a good running gag.

Minor Bad - The keeper of the code did not have to be anyone of significance yet was.

Excellent - Jones' character really shines with how cruel he is. Especially after they try to get you to feel just a little sorry for him.

Excellent - He is in rare form in the earlier movies and even rarer here. How much of Jack is Jack just playing dumb? How clever is he really? How much of it is just risks that he is taking?

Excellent - Sights and sounds. Everything looks and sounds great as it always has.

[Gurm]

I liked it overall.

Thoughts:

- Calypso. Uhh, WTF? Chow Yun's Fattie thought Elizabeth was Calypso. Apparently he's the only damn one that didn't know scary voodoo chick was. But seriously, how convenient is that? And... didn't she seem pretty damn pointless at the end? "Oh, but she made the whirlpool!" So what?

- Someone could have rescued Will from the "10 years of servitude for one day of boinking" thing. Seriously. Elizabeth is hot now, but how about when she's 68? You get to boff her 5 times total in your life! I mean, they released Calypso so why does anyone need to make that "ferrying the dead" journey any more? I dunno.

- Too many pirates. Not enough time spent with any of the pirate lords, and they were all ri-friggin-diculous EXCEPT Chow Yun, and Keith Richards.

- Never explicitly said that Richards is Sparrow's father. (And yet, 'tis the case!)

- Singapore? Umm... WTF? What were the British Royal Navy doing in SINGAPORE? And why was Singapore so close to the Caribbean? Seriously now...

- The two British officers becoming pirates at the end? Just silly.

[High_Jumbllama]

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- Calypso. Uhh, WTF? Chow Yun's Fattie thought Elizabeth was Calypso. Apparently he's the only damn one that didn't know scary voodoo chick was. But seriously, how convenient is that? And... didn't she seem pretty damn pointless at the end? "Oh, but she made the whirlpool!" So what?
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Reminded me of Lord Yu(sp?) from Stargate.

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- Someone could have rescued Will from the "10 years of servitude for one day of boinking" thing. Seriously. Elizabeth is hot now, but how about when she's 68? You get to boff her 5 times total in your life! I mean, they released Calypso so why does anyone need to make that "ferrying the dead" journey any more? I dunno.
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Calypso is from Greek mythology right?
There were a lot of things in Greek mythology that occurred due to being how the world worked. Someone/thing needed to do it. Not to mention getting Calypso to do anything she does not already want to do.

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- Singapore? Umm... WTF? What were the British Royal Navy doing in SINGAPORE? And why was Singapore so close to the Caribbean? Seriously now...
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Add to that how convenient it was that they reappeared in a part of the ocean close enough to do what they had to do when they come back from Davy Jones' locker. And they happen to see the squid corpse on the island they go to afterwards.

Damn . . . . . It's not even the logic or reality . . . . . . Its the damn convenience of it all.

[Kooldino]

How about this - why did the main British ship allow the two pirate ships to blow it away at the end without firing back??

Also - Let's discuss goals.

Turner wanted his father back. Also, he wanted to keep Swan. Check.

Sparrow wanted to live forever. Check.

Barbosa...what was his goal? Something with Calypso?



Also, why couldn't Swan accompany Turner on the Dutch ship? Other humans were on the boat previously.

[Gurm]

Reminded me of Lord Yu(sp?) from Stargate.

Chuckle.

Calypso is from Greek mythology right?
There were a lot of things in Greek mythology that occurred due to being how the world worked. Someone/thing needed to do it. Not to mention getting Calypso to do anything she does not already want to do.

No no. Davy Jones says that Calypso used to do it, and she conned him into it and then broke her word blah blah. Oh well.

[Gurm]

How about this - why did the main British ship allow the two pirate ships to blow it away at the end without firing back??

'Cuz when you're evil and you're outmaneuvered, you just... give up? Huh? Uh...

Barbosa...what was his goal? Something with Calypso?

Yeah, he had to go along because Calypso brought him back from the dead and would send him back if he didn't do as she asked.

Also, why couldn't Swan accompany Turner on the Dutch ship? Other humans were on the boat previously.

Yeah THAT bugs me. Why couldn't she just join the crew of the Dutchman?

[High_Jumbllama]

Chuckle.

No no. Davy Jones says that Calypso used to do it, and she conned him into it and then broke her word blah blah. Oh well.

Ahh. Only saw it once so far. Might see it twice.

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Yeah THAT bugs me. Why couldn't she just join the crew of the Dutchman?
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She still could after she lives a normal life.

[Rakido]

was definitively the worst of the three .. they added just way too many stuff to make things plausible. And for sure there was too much too ridiculous stuff ... i.e. i didn't know Jack invented tandem paragliding when escaping from the ship ... and in all honesty what was that with Keith Richards? So there are the nine highest pirates around and suddenly there's a tenth Captain T. you never heard of before but everyone seems to be afraid of him ?

[Rakido]

Timeline of PotC

The following is a timeline concerning the events that occur in the universe of the Pirates of the Caribbean films, revealed either during the films or elsewhere.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timelin...aribbean_Films

[Gurm]

I just read the Wikipedia article...

DAMMIT I KNEW I SHOULD HAVE WAITED OUT THE CREDITS!


AAAAAARGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH!

[az]

The scene after the credits was underwhelming. SPOILERS!

Ten years later, Keira is standing on a cliff with their son (and she really seems to age very slowly ). Horizon flashes green, Dutchman appears, Legolas standing on the railing, looking out towards them. End. Oh, and the child sang that pirate song, like the hanged child in the beginning did.

[Gurm]

Yeah the whole "ten years, one day" thing is ****ing retarded. Oh well. *sigh*

[Claymonkey]

Yeah the whole "ten years, one day" thing is ****ing retarded. Oh well. *sigh*

This falls under one of those things that is idiotic but makes all the women in the audience go "awwwww they love each other SO much"