Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End 3/5 review by Chris (Joe)
Aaaarrrggggg! That is my pirate voice.
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
-In theaters now-
IMDB Synopsis:
Captain Barbossa, Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann must sail off the edge of the map, navigate treachery and betrayal, and make their final alliances for one last decisive battle.
Chris’s review:
One last hurrah? Maybe, maybe not. This movie is far from an end to the Pirates trilogy. It does attempt to conclude the story lines begun in the last Pirates movie, but leaves plenty of room for future installments. The real question is: do you care?
This isn’t a BAD movie really. It isn’t a GOOD movie though either. I’d say it is worth seeing, but probably not for the cost of a ticket at the theater. Plus, it is quite long, and at times it feels VERY long. It may also be the worst of the three.
I will say that, once again, this is a great looking movie. Gore Verbinski brings us another clean, intriguing looking film. The effects and cinematography is as captivating as the predecessors. Where this installment falls short, as was a problem with the second movie, is the scope. Somewhere between the success of the first movie, after the uncertainty surrounding how it would do once released, and the making of these two sequels, the minds behind the Pirates series forgot what they were originally doing. What were they doing you ask? They were making a movie based on a ride at freaking Disneyland! If you ever take THAT concept too seriously you have drastically overshot your bounds. The second movie, and maybe more-so the third, does EXACTLY that. The draw for the first movie was the fact that it was fun, self contained, and relatively light. After their blistering success at the box office they got big heads and tried to write a pirate version of Lord of the Rings, or some other epic series. Far too much is going on in this Pirates for you to ever settle on a story line long enough to care about it. Not to mention the questions you will have when you walk out of the theater. So many mythologies are introduced but never explored. I think the hope is that they will keep things moving so fast that you will never stop to wonder on any one point. The problem is, when you walk out of the theater you DO start wondering and you realize that some things make little to no sense.
All of that said, these movies are still entertaining and enjoyable. I think of them as a guilty pleasure. We all like to sit back and get lost in a swashbuckling world of fantasy. I only wish the fantasy world laid out in front of me was a bit more developed. But hey, Johnny Depp is in it…so it rocks right?
Chris’s recommendations:
See this movie if…
-You’ve seen the other two and are excited about the new one…I don’t want to ruin your fun, so just go see it.
-Orlando Bloom makes your pants wet…or hard. Whichever. I’m not going to question your preferences man.
-You need a few hours away from the harsh realities of the real world. This movie serves pretty well for escapists.
Don’t see this movie if…
-You expect your movies to make sense.
-You are afraid of French pirates…because there is totally a French pirate in this movie.
-You didn’t like the other movies. This one is pretty much those movies, but worse.
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
-In theaters now-
IMDB Synopsis:
Captain Barbossa, Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann must sail off the edge of the map, navigate treachery and betrayal, and make their final alliances for one last decisive battle.
Chris’s review:
One last hurrah? Maybe, maybe not. This movie is far from an end to the Pirates trilogy. It does attempt to conclude the story lines begun in the last Pirates movie, but leaves plenty of room for future installments. The real question is: do you care?
This isn’t a BAD movie really. It isn’t a GOOD movie though either. I’d say it is worth seeing, but probably not for the cost of a ticket at the theater. Plus, it is quite long, and at times it feels VERY long. It may also be the worst of the three.
I will say that, once again, this is a great looking movie. Gore Verbinski brings us another clean, intriguing looking film. The effects and cinematography is as captivating as the predecessors. Where this installment falls short, as was a problem with the second movie, is the scope. Somewhere between the success of the first movie, after the uncertainty surrounding how it would do once released, and the making of these two sequels, the minds behind the Pirates series forgot what they were originally doing. What were they doing you ask? They were making a movie based on a ride at freaking Disneyland! If you ever take THAT concept too seriously you have drastically overshot your bounds. The second movie, and maybe more-so the third, does EXACTLY that. The draw for the first movie was the fact that it was fun, self contained, and relatively light. After their blistering success at the box office they got big heads and tried to write a pirate version of Lord of the Rings, or some other epic series. Far too much is going on in this Pirates for you to ever settle on a story line long enough to care about it. Not to mention the questions you will have when you walk out of the theater. So many mythologies are introduced but never explored. I think the hope is that they will keep things moving so fast that you will never stop to wonder on any one point. The problem is, when you walk out of the theater you DO start wondering and you realize that some things make little to no sense.
All of that said, these movies are still entertaining and enjoyable. I think of them as a guilty pleasure. We all like to sit back and get lost in a swashbuckling world of fantasy. I only wish the fantasy world laid out in front of me was a bit more developed. But hey, Johnny Depp is in it…so it rocks right?
Chris’s recommendations:
See this movie if…
-You’ve seen the other two and are excited about the new one…I don’t want to ruin your fun, so just go see it.
-Orlando Bloom makes your pants wet…or hard. Whichever. I’m not going to question your preferences man.
-You need a few hours away from the harsh realities of the real world. This movie serves pretty well for escapists.
Don’t see this movie if…
-You expect your movies to make sense.
-You are afraid of French pirates…because there is totally a French pirate in this movie.
-You didn’t like the other movies. This one is pretty much those movies, but worse.
posted by Joe Punchface at 8:18 AM
3 Comments:
Yup. This came out a couple days ago, and everyone went to see it. And it was only after it came out that I realized I really didn't care to see it at all. I thought I wanted to see it, but I really don't...
The trailer looked decent. I'll give that a 3/5 and call it quits.
What I DO want to see, however, is Donnie Darko at the Inwood later this month. Let's get a group together and go?
YES! Are you home for the summer Corey? We will most assuredly need to all go see Donnie. Rock!!!
Yes sir, but I am working a lot.
The director's cut of Darko shows July 20th or something like that.
I'll try and get off work, I'm sure I'll be able to this early in advance, and then we'll have to get there pretty early I suspect.
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