Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End



The Good:
As with all previous editions the casting of 90% of the characters was dead on. The addition of Chow Yun-Fat was excellent, as was the additional cameo of Keith Richards as Captain Jack's father.

Again - very good effects throughout.

Johnny Depp - excellent as with all three - same as Geoffrey Rush.

There was an excellent character foil between the two pirate goof-ups and the two East India Trading Company goof-ups which was carried to its fruition here.

The Bad:
The "love story" - which seemed to consume most of the movie - was a bit hokey and over the top and took away from the legend of Davy Jones instead of adding to it.

I wanted to see Calypso be far more badass than she turned out to be.

All in all:
Out of the three this was definitely last on my list, with the first being well... first. It seemed to lose steam and story with every incarnation. The villains became less evil, less complex while the heroes became wishy-washy and un-heroic. Worth seeing to complete the set but no where near as good as the first or even second film.

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