POTC: At Worlds End (warning: spoilers)

[Caveat Emptor]

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The film is a somewhat confusing mishmash, my brother, mom and I all agreed on that point. If you haven't seen POTC 2, then you'll be even more lost. The film had several plot "lines" trying to interact:

Lord Beckett joins with Davy Jones to crush the pirates, and the Pirate Lords come together to free Calypso and defeat the armada. Keith Richards shows up here as Jack's father and the holder of the Pirate Code.

Will Turner at first joins with Beckett, still desperate to free his father from his bondage to Jones. Unfortunately, the only way to to that is to destroy DJ's heart, but the Dutchman "must always have a captain."

The Pirates go to Davy Jones Locker to retrieve Jack Sparrow. The scenes of Depp in the Locker are some of the funniest in the whole movie - his "crew", all Jacks, appears to be different parts of his personality.

There was a pirate battle as the Pearl and the Dutchmen sirled around in Calypso's maelstrom. It must have lasted for at least 30 minutes of the film. Too long.


My grade: 7/10.

[Crazeyal]

I thought it was visually stunning, and just plain fun. I agree that the writing was sometimes dependant on seeing the 2nd installment... but it's one of the top grossing movies of all time. If you haven't seen it.. RENT IT!

[myswtghst]

I loved it. I've loved all three, but I was glad this one was long, detailed and had so much going on. It wrapped up a number of storylines but everything wasn't all fairytale happy ending-ish. I also loved that they kept the characters true to themselves--Jack and Barbossa would never be content to give the other the ship and leave it in peace. :D

My favorite moment was when Governer Swann rowed by and Elisabeth realizes he's dead. I felt like I'd been punched in the stomach, but in good way, I suppose. It just was such a great emotional moment, I thought.

[AFpheonix]

I don't remember the last time I said, "what the crap?!" so many times in the course of one movie.

[Rapscallion]

You can tell a film is good when it moves you emotionally. Considering someone at work revealed to me the sort of news that is a sucker punch, I was rather open to some of the more tragic elements of the film.

Bloody good watch, but be prepared to empty your bladder first and see the first two shortly before.

Rapscallion