PIrates of the Caribbean 3

[Compound]

Arrrrrrr!!!! Mateys, try to keep this spoiler free for least a few days. I be doin' so!

Just got back from the 8:00 PM showing. Enjoyed it quite a bit. The fight scenes were very well done, and the final fight was quite lengthy as well. And I was able to figure out a few of the plot twists only a few moments before the characters did, which is always a good sign, writing wise.

Gripes? A bit long, although I didn't really notice until I left the theater. Plus a certain actor was in the film and they did not hand him a pistol even once, let alone hand him two. Guys, I want to see him guns ablazin' even if he's in a light romantic comedy.

The only other note is that I kept wondering, "Hmm. How will this affect the next Kingdom Hearts game?" There's a nice tie in, but I'll just have to wait to see if Square uses it.

[puuuma]

We also just got back from the 8pm showing & absolutely loved it! Very entertaining flick.

[sarcasm_made_Easy]

i liked it  was totally fun

so many twists the damned thing was a freakin whirlpool.  i stopped trying to figure out who was betraying who.

i figured out davy and calypso were together during the second movie.  wooot for me.

[Principal_Skin-trade]

I really enjoyed it too because this is an action movie and the characters actually REACTED, or acted if you will to other things happening in the movie. I really enjoyed the trippy and possibly LSD inspired scenes, very creative and almost monty python-ish at times. Lots of the made up stuff didn't really make much sense but it didn't matter cuz it was really fun to have Barbossa back, as well as all manner of twists and turns and colorful(Literally) characters. I enjoyed it immensely... and PLEASE DO YOURSELF A FAVOR AND STAY UNTIL AFTER THE CREDITS!!!!

[dignan]

I thoroughly enjoyed it.  Barbossa rules. 

[J-Proof]

OMG - 12:00 Midnight roles around and the audience is going WILD!!!! At the end of the show, it's 3:00 AM and the audience IS STILL GOING WILD!!!

Now, critics have pretty much blasted this movie (on MSN at least) for being style over substance, but I say NAY TO THAT, good sirs -- NAY. TO. THAT.

Pros: The movie was fast-paced even though it was long. Jack was exactly like.... well... Jack. Barbossa was the shiznit. Davy Jones just grew all the emotions and layers of a developed character. Keira Knightly gave a badass speech which was thoroughly captivating. The effects were amazing. The story twisted and turned about in a totally fun way. The final battle had me pooping squirrels. And did I mention? Captain Jack Sparrow(s)!!


The only Con (as far as I'm concerned): Will ends up being the captain of the Flying Dutchman at the end. This bugs me. I understand that the only way to solve the issue after Will got stabbed was to do it this way, but sheesh, it left me with a sour taste in my mouth (couldn't he just not have been stabbed at all?)...... For one, Will and Elizabeth (arguably the movies' two main protagonists) are left together and in love, but they can ONLY see each other every TEN YEARS. As a viewer I am not entirely left with a feeling of satisfaction when the two characters I invested the most in are left with such a limited outcome. Elizabeth could die within the ten year period and Will would never know. Elizabeth got pregnant and had Will's kid and Will never knew..... That just seems like a major jip for two characters that the audience has been rooting for for almost nine hours-worth of movie time!!! And besides, aside from Bootstrap saying some obscure line like "where we go she cannot follow" we aren't really given a clear understanding of why Elizabeth can't be a part of Will's crew....

Aside from the above issue, the movie is golden!!

[J-Proof]

Concerning my ABOVE SPOILER

Okay -- I read into it more and the producers/writers said thus: Will's sentence was ten years, and that's all -- the only reason it would last longer than that (such as in Davy's case) would be for him to have lost the love he felt for his woman and start rampaging the waters in search  for barnacled-slaves etc etc (and also by /not/ fulfilling his ten year duty in the first place). Because Davy came back and became bitter toward that which he loved, and started rampaging the waters is why he became the tentacle-face that was forever-bound to the Flying Dutchman.


sources:
http://www.wordplayer.com/forums/movies/index.cgi?read=98721
http://www.wordplayer.com/forums/movies/index.cgi?read=98904

That being said, I think Pirates is my newest favorite trilogy =)

[Sharktopus]

I've been pretty vocal in my disappointment in Dead Man's Chest, so hopefully my lowered expectation will = more enjoyment from At World's End. But I'm not the only moviegoer expecting to be bored by Pirates:

From IMDb news:

Critics attending press screenings of Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End were not permitted to bring cell phones -- if they included cameras -- into the theater with them. (Phil Villarreal of the Arizona Daily Star wrote that he was even ordered to return his Nintendo DS gaming device to his car.)

Hilarious. How was the movie, Phil? "It was okay. I got pretty far in Pokemon Pearl."

[Bob]

Hilarious. How was the movie, Phil? "It was okay. I got pretty far in Pokemon Pearl."

[Principal_Skin-trade]

I've been pretty vocal in my disappointment in Dead Man's Chest, so hopefully my lowered expectation will = more enjoyment from At World's End. But I'm not the only moviegoer expecting to be bored by Pirates:

I was pretty bored by Dead Man's Chest too. I do think At world's end is far superior because all the action actually has a point.

[J-Proof]

pfft lol --- I thoroughly loved each movie more than the previous one!!

But as for the people who didn't like AWE: A lot of dissent is being displayed by the writers (Terry and Ted) over the deleting of scenes which they found absolutely critical to the story. These scenes explained the Flying Dutchman's curse and lots of other things.... and the writers were not happy to see them removed.

Terry and Ted's official site for discussing Pirates is here:
http://www.wordplayer.com/forums/movies/index.cgi

Good read, but TONS of spoilers. Watch the movie first.

[puuuma]

Damn, we left before the credits finished. Can someone please use a spoiler tag & let us know what happened? Much appreciated   

[J-Proof]

Here ya go!

The ending opens with a "ten years later" slate on the same shoreline that Will had left Elizabeth before the credits. Elizabeth has a ten year old kid with her - so it looks like Will really performed *wink wink*.... Anyway -- the camera pulls in close to Liz's face and we see a green light flash in front of her. In the distance, Will atop the rigging of the Flying Dutchman appears.

According to the writers (Terry and Ted - or Tnt), the green flash signifies that Will has fulfilled his ten-year duty and is now "alive" again to live whatever life he chooses provided the following: in response to Calypso's curse, Will can only be free from captaining the ship if he finds true love on land after fulfilling the ten year duty of ferrying the dead (which is a reference to the original opera about the Dutchman that the writers didn't want to exclude).

Details about the Flying Dutchman's curse were unfortunatley, and much to the dismay of TnT, removed from the movie's final cut.

[Sharktopus]

I'm looking forward to the Jack Sparrow workout DVD - "Pilates of the Caribbean." But won't all that makeup get in his eyes if he sweats?

[starfighter]

  Think I'll wait for the DVD. Sounds like I'll need a nap during this one.   It's almost 3 hours and the screenwriters are pissed about what was left out?