Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

[DotTheEyes]

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The story of buffoonish, courageous, and golden-toothed Captain Jack Sparrow concludes and, in many ways, comes full circle in Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End.

The film, directed by Gore Verbinski, is without a doubt excessive... the decadent result of an enormous budget and a marathon shoot in the Bahamas and other locations around the globe.

The sheer unwieldiness of the film's production is often reflected in the storytelling. The viewer needs at least ten hands to count the number of double crosses among the characters and plot twists and turns.

Also, a refresher course on franchise history is recommended, since the film assumes each viewer is completely up-to-date on where the characters and story left off in the last installment. It spends zero time explaining such before jumping into new, labyrinthine territory.

Perhaps the best adjective to describe much of this film is scattershot. A relentless, three-hour assault on the mind and senses.

Yet, the piling of over-the-top spectacle on over-the-top story is also the film's saving grace. It reaches never-before-seen plateaus of inspired wildness.

The action and adventure, such as a hundred-ship battle in a whirlpool of extraordinary size and violence, is mind-blowing... an explosion of top-notch stunts and visual effects.

The comedy is also effective and features delightful moments of whimsy and absurdity, such as scenes where Sparrow's batsh*t-crazy conscious is reprsented by argumentative doppelgangers.

And, of course, the acting continues to be terrific almost across-the-board with the standout being, as always, Johnny Depp.

Overall, it's easy to see this film isn't flawless. The concept of economical storytelling is nowhere to be found. But it's also incredibly hard to resist, simply because it's made by talented men and women out to push the audience into areas of entertainment and spectacle rarely seen at the movie theatre. And because of this, I loved and recommend it.

[DotTheEyes]

By the way...

As always, this Pirates of the Caribbean film has an extra scene after the end credits. I would recommend staying, despite the length of the credits (big movie = huge amount of people).

The post-credits scenes for The Curse of the Black Pearl and Dead Man's Chest were comedic in nature, but this film's extra scene provides additional closure to the main characters.

[TWLs wife (Premo)]

The think the first movie was the best.

Mousebaby's family gives it

It was excellent and I stayed for the last scene, great story!

[_MightyMouse_]

[LexiGirl75]

I have 1 & 2 and will be buying 3 when it comes out. I may take the boys to go see it on Monday with my scratch ticket winnings.

[_MightyMouse_]

Originally Posted by LexiGirl75

I have 1 & 2 and will be buying 3 when it comes out. I may take the boys to go see it on Monday with my scratch ticket winnings.

How much did you win??

[bresamil]

[TWLs wife (Premo)]

I'll see it soon.

[LexiGirl75]

Originally Posted by _MightyMouse_

How much did you win??

$23 having bought $35 worth of $1 cards. I figure use it to buy 3 movie passes or $23 more in scratchers.