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Pirates Of The Caribbean III

At World's End

Yes, Pirates Of The Caribbean III was out in theatres last night and of course, I wasted no
time getting there!

Can't help it.

I'm just another one of the millions of women who loves
the "bad boy" Johnny Depp!









There are a few reviews out there already, some target="_blank">kind, others, target="_blank">not so kind.

The visuals here suffer from the dreaded bigger-is-better syndrome,
with the scale of some set pieces being so overdone they border on the ridiculous. This is why two
ships can't just have a good old-fashioned shoot-out in a Pirates movie. They have to be swirling
around the insides of a gigantic mid-oceanic vortex as humans swing from ship to ship clanging swords
with their Undead adversaries who look like the happy-hour crowd from the Mos Eisley bar in Star Wars.
And all in the middle of a raging storm, no less.

Far less forgivable is the leaden, lifeless, emotionally empty, style-free direction of Gore Verbinski
that imbues his epic $300-million-plus merchandising showreel with pretentious grandiosity and a
glacial pace that will render mind and bum comprehensively numb.

This ceaselessly irritating sense of self-importance accounts for why so much of the film's attempted
humour falls flat. Indeed, the only real laughs are unintentional and come courtesy of Keira Knightley
in what has got to be the most miscast action role since Claire Danes toted an automatic weapon in
Terminator 3.

Geez…talk about sour grapes!

Did this guy not know before he bought his popcorn that
this was an action/adventure/fantasy movie???




Now here are the really important questions answered:

#1. Is the movie fun and entertaining?

Yes – very!

#2. Is Jack Sparrow still "to die for" as Captain Jack Sparrow?

Absolutely!

#3. Is it true that Keith Richards required no make up or costume to play the role of Jack's father?

Who cares? He suited the part!

#4. Who does Elizabeth Swann really love?









Will Turner. Want proof? Sit through the credits for a "secret ending". Ahh…but there is still room for Jack!

#5. Will there be another "Pirates of the Caribbean" movie?
Who knows? They certainly left the door w-i-d-e o-p-e-n!

#6. Would I go see Pirates of the Caribbean IV?
Without hesitation!




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