Pirates 3: At World's End

[Chernabog]

Well I just got back and I enjoyed it overall. Yes, it was about an hour too long. Yes, there were plotlines that were set up and ultimately went nowhere.

Spoiler:

Calypso and the Pirate Lords could have been cut out completely. Why set up ALL THAT only so that she could provide a little bad weather at the end? Why was there no resolution between her and Davy Jones, other than him dying?.... I mean, I guess that resolves things, but it was ultimately filler.

Yes, it did not make sense about how old everyone was.

Spoiler:

What was Davy Jones before he was Davy Jones? He fell in love with a sea goddess and so he decided to work for her as a mythological Charon-type character, only to have her betray (or not show up for) him when he came back (to what) 10 years later, so he betrayed HER to the nine pirate lords, so she got bound up into Tia Dalma? How does a sea goddess not show up for someone before she was human, exactly? Did all of the Tia Dalma becoming human mumbo-jumbo only happen 10 years prior? If it had happened before then everyone would be WAY too old to remember her getting bound as a human, but the movie seemed to indicate, via dialogue between Davey Jones and Tia Dalma, that it happened a long long time ago. And how does any old person become a pirate lord anyway? And what the heck was Keith Richards doing there as Jack's father, was he a pirate lord too?

But despite that, I wasn't bored, except at a few chatty moments, and anything having to do with Will Turner and his daddy.

[AllyOops!]

We saw it last night.

I truly recommend the last hour of the film. If you can force yourself to sit through two hours of excrutiating hell, the last hour will be an enjoyable pay-off for you. In fact, just show up two hours late to the cinema to avoid most of the messy & convoluted storyline that is Pirates 3.

I agree that an hour could have easily been trimmed! How so?

Spoiler:

The whole Calypso storyline needed to go. It added nothing but frustration to the film. I also could have done without Capt. Sparrow's experience in a crab-filled purgatory as well as his dialogue with all of the "other" Capt. Sparrows. When two mini Sparrows were clinging to his beaded dreads offering him advice, I was like "this is just the embarrassing end of this franchise & too bad I've never done a hallucinogen in my life because now is definitely the time to be on one."

I was so disappointed. Mainly because it's way easy to entertain me & this failed in doing so. It was a dark movie, both figuratively & literally. At one point, I completely dozed off, only to have a humiliating muscle sleep spasm occur in my right leg, sending it kicking in the air & startling my boyfriend. At least that got my adrenaline goin' and kept me awake for the remainder of the film. Good golly, though, that film would just NOT END.

My favorite scene in the movie?

Spoiler:

The transition scene that takes us to Captain Jack's netherworld. The screen goes completely black & you are treated to dialogue from the Pirates Of The Caribbean attraction at Disneyland. Also, I totally enjoyed Keith Richards & Geoffrey Rush's characters.

Okay, it's early Sunday morning & I'm not making much sense. I just was so saddened by this film & like mousepod I enjoyed the second Pirates!

Now I have to brace myself for Transformers, which, after seeing the trailer, my boyfriend declared looked like the coolest movie ever & we are so going to see it!

Yay.