Tuesday, June 19, 2007


Get The Popcorn Me Hearties Yo Ho! A Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End Review


The third and again presumably final (whats with the trilogy obssession? Desperado trilogy, Bourne Trilogy, Shrek Trilogy, Star Wars trilogies, LOTR trilogy, Pirates Trilogy, X-men trilogy Godfather Trilogy etc) installment of the High Sea adventures of Captain Jack Sparrow and his cohorts is here. And it doesnt disappoint. But that is mostly because of the lowered expectations courtesy Dead Man's Chest.


You wonder why they whimsically brought Geoffrey Rush back to life and then you thank god they did for he helps while away time in each Deppless frame. And unfortunately there are quite a few. Why Kiera Knightley was given so big a role is a mystery. Why Johnny Depp was given so less (comparitive to the first two movies of course) is also a mystery. Why Knightley and Orlando Bloom have not resorted to taking acting classes is also a mystery. Add in a few more mysteries in the movie itself and you have quite a mysterious finale. But the thrill and Adrenaline run high mainly due to Johnny Depp's performance and Hans Zimmers awesome score.


Well the second and third installments make the storyline of the first movie seem inconsequential and kiddie like. Big world shaping events take place in the later episodes specially the final chapter. But i still like the first movie the best. At World's End does a good job of handling all the characters thrown into the fray and making sense and concluding all the storylines bombarded at us in the second installment.


All in all a good fare and if you watched the first two then this is a definitely dont miss. Kudos to Johnny Depp and Geoffrey Rush for awesome performances. Also commendable is the emphatically enunciating, Irish spouting, tentacled face monster Davy Jones/ Bill Nighly.


So throw logic and sense out of the windows and ready the popcorn me hearties!!!! oh and watch out for a scene after the titles...

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