Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End [Archive]

LogicDonny

03-20-2007, 12:41 AM

both movies are long but are enjoyable if you can find time to sit and watch.. The ending surprised me but it was meant to make the movie into a 2nd sequal.

I hate those moments. You enjoy something and boom it hits you and then the movie or show ends with a to be contuined or something.

Like it was back then in star trek the next generation the best of both worlds, good example, they leave you with picard as borg saying something and then riker says mr worf fire and then noooooooooo the show ends for the summer returning.

bmxbandit

03-20-2007, 01:00 AM

the new trailer is on Yahoo movies. i just watched it. looks pretty good. i wish i would've waited and not seen the 2nd one until closer til' the 3rd came out as the ending pissed me off. (i hate movies that leave you hanging like that)

http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/piratesofthecaribbeanatworldsend.html;_ylt=AnetTNg N7YYbrXxEYp8Zf25fVXcA

ThirdMarioBro

03-20-2007, 01:03 AM

Saw it during Dancing With the Stars. Pretty badass trailer.

VaughnMichael

03-20-2007, 01:15 AM

then why did you post in here?

I was just trying to cheer you up, Bro.

he didn't that was me doi! lol :lol:
and I loved the first 2 I'm sure I will like the 3rd just as much :)
The effects in the second movie where great!

03-20-2007, 01:25 AM

*just watched the trailer*

...

*totally and utterly flips out*

I'm really excited for this! More so than "Dead Man's Chest". It looks like that this one will focus more on the darker side of pirates more so than the lighter look that was taken in the previous movie. And I must say...

Barbossa and Davy Jones duking it out = Pure awsomeness

I love it. I'm going to go and see it once it's released, and goddamnit I'm going to enjoy every minute of it. :D *has yet again gone on a Pirates of the Caribbean fan-girl high*

Mandi-chan

03-20-2007, 04:40 AM

I LOVE the Pirates of the Caribbean films, they're friggin awesome!

I can't wait to see this baby opening night!

tinlunlau

03-20-2007, 05:00 AM

Chow Yun-Fat? a chinese ninja?
what the heck gave you that idea? he's a chinese pirate from singapore.

Mecha Cow

03-20-2007, 11:46 AM

Are you serious? I was obviously joking.

KROW

03-20-2007, 12:24 PM

Barbossa and Davy Jones duking it out = Pure awsomeness
Looked like Sparrow to me... :-?

The movie looks very cool and yet very confusing at the same time. Regardless, I'll be seeing it.

03-20-2007, 07:17 PM

Looked like Sparrow to me... :-?

Ah, so you are right. My mistake :embarass: But I could have sworn that it looked like Barbossa and Jones fighting... *shrugs*

Fang Wolf

03-22-2007, 01:17 PM

POTC 3 trailer is AWSOME! :tlove:

blueoakleyz

03-25-2007, 12:46 AM

looks like they just repackaged all the junk they couldn't sell last year.

XERO

03-26-2007, 03:39 PM

Bring on more Kraken. Then I'll be satisfied.:P

Jo Dawn

05-25-2007, 12:38 AM

Anybody else see this yet? Our theater had an 8:00 and 8:30 showing to open it up instead of midnight, heh.

Really, I'll comment tomorrow, when I'm coherent enough to speak. I'm sooo tired.

Tabularasa

05-25-2007, 02:15 AM

I was dissapointed. Unlike most people, I liked Pirates 2 and the cliffhanger was great. This was the movie of the summer for me (This and the simpsons movie) and after Spider-man 3 blew, I was hoping this could at least be better then that crap. The first few scenes of the third one were great but then it just went downhill. Too many storylines about the deals and betryals. Elizabeth, Sao Fang's (Who I have really big arguments about his screen time-see the movie and you'll know why) and Tia Dalma's storylines did not really work for me. There were some unawnsered questions (The Kraken anyone?) and it just dragged. I felt Jack and Barbosa were pretty much sidelined for Elizabeth's story. That's the bad, now the good

Johnny Depp steals scenes but again, not like he did in the previous 2. I still feel he was sidelined for Will and Elizabeth's story but he does his job. This was the most comical of the films and with the dull storylines, it needed to be. There was a return of 2 characters from the first one, which while they didn't really play into the story, I was questioning where they were in DMC. Now the ending fight scenes were amazingly good and pretty much saved the movie for me. There's a shocking twist in one of the battles (although it get pretty much resolved and kills that moment) but defentily the best battle sequence of the three movies. And the ending does leave room for maybe at least one more story. Not sure how I feel about it. If the writers are going to completly destory and acutally make some stories laughable (Tia Dalma's was completly crap) then I don't want another one, but maybe a 4th can be better then the third.

Overall, dissapointing. Felt like if an hour of this movie was cut out, it would be better. That's not complaning about how long it was, just that there was a lot of stuff that really didn't help the plot. There were at least 2 or 3 new storylines which was a mistake in my opinion along with Sao Fang, I mean talk about missed oppertunity. I really thought this movie could save the summer movies but I guess I'll have to chalk this one up with big dissapointments along with Spider-man 3. I still think it was passable, ok. Just not what the other two were.

gobo

05-25-2007, 02:53 AM

Saw it at 10. The cinema I went to showed PotC3 in every one of their theaters this evening. What's funny is that I just saw PotC2 for the first time today. Didn't even finish before I had to leave. 2 complicated and confused things so bad. It was really hard to keep up with who was double-crossing who at any given moment. Reminded me of M:I 1 in that respect (the # isn't important in as much as it's the only I ever saw). This third PotC was nearly the best they could have done with the mess they left with the second. Pretty much how I felt about Matrix Revolutions. At World's End was still a bit hard to follow at times, but it was a satisfying conclusion to Dead Man's Chest. I don't care to say anymore than that so that I don't start spoiling it for anyone. I know. That's what spoiler tags are for. But, I'm too tired to deal with all that now. Just be on the lookout for a pair of characters that haven't been seen since the 1st flick. That's all I have to say on the subject.

Mecha Cow

05-25-2007, 04:07 AM

Saw it yesterday. Like the 2nd, it was better than it had any right to be.

The story was a joke ('Oh no, you betrayed me!' 'Oh no, now you betrayed me!') and it was way too f*cking long, but overall the movie was just pretty cool. Well, except for the scenes with Keira 'Talk through my teeth' Knightley.

Wouldn't say it's a good movie, but it's definitely a fun one.

*E* By the way, apparently there is a scene after the credits. I missed it, but those of you who are still going might want to stick around.

Jo Dawn

05-25-2007, 11:43 AM

Agh. Apparently I wasn't even coherent enough to see there was already a thread about this. Thanks, whomever moved it for me.

A scene after the credits? Darnit.

Ah, I liked it... But I really dislike Swan and whats-is-name... Will? (Of course, it doesn't help that I don't like those actors, lol).

I liked it. But there were alot of unanswered questions. Too much Swan and Will. And it was trippy, lol. I mean... what was WITH Sparrow's sudden multiple personalities? Was it supposed to be entertaining? 'Cause, aside from the two freakily obssesed girls in our theater, no one laughed. Everyone was just confused. Or was it supposed to show that, yes, Sparrow IS truly insane.

I wish Depp were in it a bit more... or he was more like in Pirates 2. That had more of a serious undertone with the storyline. Though I did enjoy this one. I'll be back later with more comments. (Rejoice ya all.)

Tabularasa

05-25-2007, 01:41 PM

If they do make a 4th one I hope they give us a lot more Depp and Rush. Those two can carry the movie by themselves. They did it in COTBP. It's just that the writers say Elizabeth is the hero, and Sparrow is the secondary character. That's all good, but they have to realize the audience is not paying to see Elizabeth or Will (well most of them are not) they're paying to see Sparrow. The 4th one has to be for the fans, and not any more of the crap story they did with the third one. I didn't think Dead man's chest was too confusing. Maybe I have to see at world's end a second time to get it, but it just felt like they movie was good in the beginning, downhill in the middle, but the end saved it. But I think I'm reading too much into this. It's an entertaning pirate movie. I just wish Depp and Rush were involved more.

Peanut

05-25-2007, 02:27 PM

Yeah, saw it last night and I enjoyed it quite a bit. I knew there would be a scene at the end, simply because the last two had them, so I stuck around.

It's all "10 Years Later" and shows (Surprise! Yeah...ok.) that Elizabeth got pregnant the last time she was with Will, and she was standing with her son on some cliffs, as the Flying Dutchman comes sailing in.

Either way, I enjoyed it a lot. I thought the actual ending, with Jack in his little dingy, was awesome.

ThirdMarioBro

05-25-2007, 03:41 PM

And this is why I never leave a theater before the end of the credits scroll.

Anarky

05-25-2007, 07:06 PM

Now then, I've seen it as well, only two days after opening day. This is a new record for me since I usually wait until all the laughing and cheering tarts have seen it and then I can enjoy the movie I paid 17 bucks for in peace and quiet. Anyways, it wasn't as good as the first one. The Curse of the Black Pearl was fantastic. Part II was rather lackluster and had too much talk. And I agree with all those who say that Pirates of the Caribbean is about Captain Jack Sparrow and not Lizzie and Legolas. Sure, the two make for nice backup characters, but they're not lead-material when compared to Sparrow. But then again, we have to live with what we get and the third part was actually better than the second. Lots of forced and artificial plot twists, but amazingly awesome scenes with shipfights and Captain Jack. I didn't get the whole Multiple Personality-thing either, but it was rather entertaining, despite lacking any logical and storywise important explanation. And I actually liked Will Turner in this one, mainly because the ending wasn't happy-pappy-wonderland-everyone's-hunky-dory.

And I just might go and see it once more with a friend of mine.

Jo Dawn

05-25-2007, 09:42 PM

ne at the end, simply because the last two had them, so I stuck around.

It's all "10 Years Later" and shows (Surprise! Yeah...ok.) that Elizabeth got pregnant the last time she was with Will, and she was standing with her son on some cliffs, as the Flying Dutchman comes sailing in.

Ah, I knew that was gonna happen. Well, glad I didn't stay, then. Thanks for the clarification, though.

DrSpengler

05-25-2007, 10:05 PM

My review. (http://www.filmsy.com/reviews/pirates-of-the-caribbean-at-worlds-end-review/)

I really liked it, though it was my least favorite of the trilogy. Like everyone else, I thought there was way too much side-switching.

Still a lotta fun.

VaughnMichael

05-25-2007, 10:35 PM

I ABSOLUTLY LOVED IT 100%!!
I'm not gonna say anything about the movie and kill it for anyone but man was that a suprise him being jacks dad or what ahaha I didn't know about that.:lol:
This movie really touched me I'm officialy a Pirates fan now and I aint talking baseball.:D

Jo Dawn

05-25-2007, 10:43 PM

Well... Keith is who Depp modeled Sparrow after, so it was kinda a given. Sad thing was, was that half the people didn't 'get' it.

So uncultured. ;) :P

Or, well... young.

Tabularasa

05-25-2007, 10:59 PM

Maybe I missed something but did anyone else notice that they never really flat out said Keith's character was his father? There's a moment when he calls him Jacky, but I thought there would be a bigger moment. Oh well, I loved Keith though. Kind of looked liked Captain Hook, but really cool.

Peanut

05-25-2007, 11:25 PM

Well...I figured when Jack asked him how his mom was, it was fairly clear that it was his dad.

gobo

05-25-2007, 11:46 PM

That must have been when I stepped out. Are you talking about the guy who played that dulcimer/guitar/whatever at the pirate assembly? Keith who, BTW?

Peanut

05-25-2007, 11:50 PM

That must have been when I stepped out. Are you talking about the guy who played that dulcimer/guitar/whatever at the pirate assembly? Keith who, BTW?

That is the fellow, indeed. And Keith Richards. Rolling Stones?

Revan

05-26-2007, 12:05 AM

Well...I figured when Jack asked him how his mom was, it was fairly clear that it was his dad.

oops! I thought it was his brother. :P

A few parts went right over my head.
Davy was in love with that scary lady? And she is the god of the sea? :ohwell:

Loved all the action but there was really a lot of plot going on all at once. It really had me thinking hard.

Jo Dawn

05-26-2007, 12:05 AM

That is the fellow, indeed. And Keith Richards. Rolling Stones?

*cries* *facepalms* So many don't know him...

...actually, I kinda figured the trippy parts were all his fault. He comes around and they ALL start doing some kinda drugs, lol ;)

ThirdMarioBro

05-26-2007, 12:09 AM

Well... Keith is who Depp modeled Sparrow after, so it was kinda a given. Sad thing was, was that half the people didn't 'get' it.

So uncultured. ;) :P

Or, well... young.

Eh, eh eh. Hold 'yer horses. I got it. :P :D

Kunoichi_Haruko

05-26-2007, 12:26 AM

Ah just came back from the 9:40 showing. I loved every little thing. I was able to follow the plot for the most part (which surprised me, as there was SO much going on), and Depp and Rush pretty much stole the show. I was actually happy with how Will and Elizabeth's story ended. The only complaint would probably be the length, but I found it so good that I know I'll gladly sit there for nearly three hours and watch it all again, especially for the ending fight scenes (they were spectacular!).

Oh and Neutrino:
About Tia Dalma- she was the goddess Calypso trapped in human form.. The 1st Bretheren Court bound her so that humans would have he power to rule the seas. Davy Jones was a part of that group. It was an act of betrayal on his part-- but I'm foggy as to what caused him to do it. I guess she betrayed him first, but I forget how. I think he thought she was just toying with him or something.

Warhorse

05-26-2007, 12:35 AM

I just got back myself. I enjoyed the movie, quite a bit. Like a lot of people have said, it's not as good as the first, but it is more sharper than the second. And I thought the end battle was really great. I also liked it when you can actually hear Sparrow working out a plan, and while the other pirates watch him as if he's gone mad, (well, techinally speaking, Sparrow did go mad, and he admitted it) he ends up being quite the clever one. Figuring out how to get the ship back to the living dimension, was very funny.

gobo

05-26-2007, 12:41 AM

I thought Keith Richards was supposed to be super-skinny. That last name came to mind, but I decided not to possibly make a fool of myself. So... oops! :embarass:

As for the split-personality thing, that was obvious, I thought. It was the effects of being in Davy Jones' Locker... or just solitude alone. It was always evident that Jack wasn't the most mentally stable of minds. So, that was his self-reflection projected for the purposes of keeping his mind active and avoiding the feeling of loneliness. It's actually psychologically sound reasoning.

Revan

05-26-2007, 12:46 AM

I stayed after the credits for the short little scene, which gets a thumbs up from me. It was a nice feel good moment.

Is there any way Will can become mortal again? Because thats a huge bummer for him and his lady that they can only see each other every 10 years.

VaughnMichael

05-26-2007, 04:32 AM

Well... Keith is who Depp modeled Sparrow after, so it was kinda a given. Sad thing was, was that half the people didn't 'get' it.

So uncultured. ;) :P

Or, well... young.
The stupidity of the people (mostly teenage girls) in my audience here in pittsburgh,p.a. was friggin astounding.
Well...I figured when Jack asked him how his mom was, it was fairly clear that it was his dad.
exactly.
Loved all the action but there was really a lot of plot going on all at once. It really had me thinking hard.
Yes in todays moronic watrerd down culture thinking = bad.:roll:
Or just to hard seriously I wish I had a gun through half of this movie to take out people who spoke during it or would make moronic comments.

Kunoichi_Haruko

05-26-2007, 05:37 AM

Or just to hard seriously I wish I had a gun through half of this movie to take out people who spoke during it or would make moronic comments.

Why do people insist on doing that? And THEN complain about not being able to understand the plot? Morons.

Anyways, who else got a kick out of the whole 'telescope size' thing? :lol:

Anarky

05-26-2007, 06:59 AM

Kunoichi_Haruko

05-26-2007, 07:04 AM

Yeah, those scenes, while cute, are far too short for me to be sitting for 10-15 minutes of end credits. Especially when I could've used the bathroom and came back, instead of stressing my bladder out to watch something that lasted no more than two minutes....

ETA: Was anyone else mildly disappointed to see Norrington die? And Governor Swann, too come to think of it...

VaughnMichael

05-26-2007, 09:09 AM

Wait, there's people who didn't get the Keith-Dad-thing? Not only was it all over mainstream media when they shot the movie, but the two looked alike, spoke alike and Keith had mom's head. The only thing how they could have made it more obvious that he was Jack's dad would have been to make him hold a sign that says "I am Jack's dad" with a picture of Jack next to it. Also, one should know the Rolling Stones when looking at them... or part of them.
And am I the only one who really, really hates these scenes after the end credits? Not because I always miss them, but because they're just a lame thing to keep the people in the movies longer.
Yeah I'm not sure if it's just over here in America but people are seriously becoming dumber and dumber as the days go on but I could just be thinking this because I'm moving myself futher and futher outside of society.
Yeah, those scenes, while cute, are far too short for me to be sitting for 10-15 minutes of end credits. Especially when I could've used the bathroom and came back, instead of stressing my bladder out to watch something that lasted no more than two minutes....
ETA: Was anyone else mildly disappointed to see Norrington die? And Governor Swann, too come to think of it...
Actully I was allot more sad seeing the dead Kraken laying on the beach. :cry:

Of course just like everything else the moment was killed by 3 teenage girls comments omgz whats that big nasty thing..ugh

Warhorse

05-26-2007, 11:20 AM

Anyways, who else got a kick out of the whole 'telescope size' thing? :lol:

Oh, I did. That little joke seemed to be something only a few actually got. Maybe a handfull of us laughed our asses off at that one. But it was even funnier when some 13 year old was like "what's so funny?"

My crew who went to see the movie also thought it was funny as hell when Jack got slugged right in the nose. It was a direct punch, and it was so freaking funny. We laughed a goo 15 minutes at that one!

The parrot at the end was funny too. "Abandon ship, abandon ship!":lol:

This was a really fun movie.

ETA: Was anyone else mildly disappointed to see Norrington die? And Governor Swann, too come to think of it...

Yeah, just a bit. The Govenore was acually pretty poignant from Elizabeth's POV, it would have givven her good feason to step up to the plate as Captain, now that she really wasn't bound as the "Governor's Daughter" anymore.

But it could have been better to habe Norrington actually choose and join the side of the Pirates. Would have been great to see him shake off that ridiculous get up and into something more hip.

Kunoichi_Haruko

05-26-2007, 12:04 PM

Yeah I was hoping he and Sparrow would be forced to interact with each other again.

Jo Dawn

05-26-2007, 01:05 PM

ETA: Was anyone else mildly disappointed to see Norrington die? And Governor Swann, too come to think of it...

I know. Me too. Norrington, especially.

Yeah I'm not sure if it's just over here in America but people are seriously becoming dumber and dumber as the days go on but I could just be thinking this because I'm moving myself futher and futher outside of society.

It's completely true. I've been saying for the last couple weeks, that stupidity is a disease, and is spreading quickly.

Where I work, no lie, almost every day I get asked the same question (this is just one example, mind you. I have tons and am actually thinking of writing a book about the crazy stories I have.) But anyhow... people call and ask what time we open. "8:00." 'What time do you close?' "9:30." '...PM?'

I wanna be like, 'No. We're open for an hour and a half.'

Anarky

05-26-2007, 01:27 PM

Living over the big pond, I can say that we have the idiots too. And they're becoming more and more as well. If you want an example, here's a funny one: I sometimes hel my mom correct their students' tests and in one of those tests they had to read a text that warned people with low blood pressure to go up mountains, because there might be health risks. Anyways, the first question about this text was "Which people are being warned to climb up mountains?" The correct answer, of course, would be "People with low blood pressure." Not rocket science, is it? Well... you'd be a fool to assume that everyone got this question. I got to read "Southerners", "Humans", "Men", "I don't understand the question" (seriously, I wish I was making this up) and the best of all of them... "Jungfraujoch" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jungfraujoch). Since when does a mountain qualify as a person? Anyways, people like that are the reason why you can't put me behind a reception-desk. I'd be the most cynical ass they'd ever met in their whole lives.

Mecha Cow

05-26-2007, 01:42 PM

Well, it's nice to know this forum is filled with the smartest people on the planet. Who never say a word while watching a movie.

Revan

05-26-2007, 01:59 PM

Yes in todays moronic watrerd down culture thinking = bad.:roll:

I have no problem with thinking about a movie, it's just that sometimes I don't get everything figured out and then I'm lost, which is how many people probably feel and that's why most people would prefer a bit shallower and more obvious movies.

Sometimes when I can't get it all figured out in time I need to ask my buddies next to me what is going on. I suppose you would never go to a movie with me. :)

Jo Dawn

05-26-2007, 02:02 PM

Well, it's nice to know this forum is filled with the smartest people on the planet. Who never say a word while watching a movie.

Well, I certainly can't speak for all of us... ;)

VaughnMichael

05-26-2007, 04:30 PM

I have no problem with thinking about a movie, it's just that sometimes I don't get everything figured out and then I'm lost, which is how many people probably feel and that's why most people would prefer a bit shallower and more obvious movies.

Sometimes when I can't get it all figured out in time I need to ask my buddies next to me what is going on. I suppose you would never go to a movie with me. :)
haha yeah I'd prolly punch you roll my eyes and be like shhhh!
Well, I certainly can't speak for all of us... ;)
Sure ya can!:lol:

05-26-2007, 08:30 PM

I saw the movie last night. In my opinion, it was so much better than the second, and may have even rivaled the first movie for "best in the series", in my opinion. Then again, I'm into the whole state of the mind things, so I really did enjoy Jack and his multiple personalities. He said it himself - "Death does strange things to a man". He was on his own in oblivion for god knows how long...how could you not escape there with your mind still intact? *shrugs*

I was actually kind of happy to see Will and Elizabeth have a bit more screen time and flesh out the characters...
But I really didn't like the fact that in the end, everyone had their own ship. And Davy Jones-Turner left me really disappointed and confused, along with the secret scene at the end. What the hell is with that?

Anyway, Elizabeth is shown to be a strong, independent woman, Will is shown not be that much of a pansy, Jack is shown to be as crazy as a mad man...yada yada yada. Overall, I was entertained, was glad that it wasn't like Dead Man's Chest (which I thought was a poor attempt of a sequel, for some reason or another), and swooned when Jack first appeared on screen. I think I got my money's worth from the movie :evilgrin:

Chase

05-26-2007, 09:16 PM

Well I saw and loved it. Fortunately I was smart and bought tickets early online. Unfortunaltly i didn't arrive early enough at the theater and had to sit about 5 inches from the screen. My neck still hurts and because i was so uncomfortable during the movie as soon as it ended i jumped up and left and forgot about the scene at the end of the credits. I asked around and found out what the scene was, but i still what to see it for myself. Guess i'll be seeing the movie again, but i think i'll wait until its less crowded.

Anyways I thought the movie was way better than the second and almost as good as the first.

Anyway, Elizabeth is shown to be a strong, independent woman, Will is shown not be that much of a pansy, Jack is shown to be as crazy as a mad man...yada yada yada. Overall, I was entertained, was glad that it wasn't like Dead Man's Chest (which I thought was a poor attempt of a sequel, for some reason or another), and swooned when Jack first appeared on screen. I think I got my money's worth from the movie :evilgrin:

You mean when Jack's nose first appeared on screen. :) I thought his multiple personality thing was awesome and hilarious.
Oh and what u said about everyone getting their own ship. Not everyone did.

05-26-2007, 09:35 PM

You mean when Jack's nose first appeared on screen. :) I thought his multiple personality thing was awesome and hilarious.
Oh and what u said about everyone getting their own ship. Not everyone did.
Yes! I was going into silent giggle fits until you saw him all set up trying to eat a peanut...I just burst out laughing with the entire cinema. It was just great :D

As for the ship thing..eh, I consider it everyone. The main characters that were still alive had one ship to each other, at least. Jack=The Black Pearl, Elizabeth=Sao Feng's ship, Will=The Flying Dutchman. But then Barbossa stole the Black Pearl again...so yeah, that kind of throws the idea out of the window... *shrugs*

RaphistheBest

05-27-2007, 12:24 AM

It's a shame that I haven't been on here for a few days because then I could've bragged about how I got to watch the movie two days before it came out :). I used to work a movie theater and whenever a film comes in it has to be reviewed. We did this with the last one as well. So the night the film came in my old manager gave me a call and I went and watched it was everyone I used to work with as well as with some friends of mine. We didn't start watching it until 1 in the morning and half way through the film got wrapped on one of the platters so that made the night even longer. Because of that and the fact that it's a 3 hour long movie I didn't get home until 5:30 in the morning.

In my opinion the movie was okay. The first is still my favorite. This one had a lot of politics in it to complete the story. The last fight scene was really awesome.

What I hated about the end of the movie was that Bloom ending up becoming the captain of the Flying Dutchman. I don't know, it just sucked because recently I've had some friends that I love very much that will be gone for a number of years and the thought of someone that was a significant other being gone 10 years at a time and then being able to see that person only one day is just heart wrenching. I truly think that they should have been able to spend the rest of their lives together, ya know.

What I did like was the whole deal with Jack going after the Fountain of Youth at the end. It kinda makes me hope a little bit for a 4th one.

gobo

05-27-2007, 09:54 AM

Kunoichi_Haruko

05-27-2007, 11:44 AM

I don't see why Elizabeth couldn't join Will's crew. That way, they'd both be immortal. It must have been a decision since Elizabeth was supposed to be protecting his heart as well as leading the Pirates' Brethren Court. I also don't see the logic in Bootstrap killing Norrington other than for dramatic effect. Elizabeth forgave him as he was a mindless shell of himself, but there still wasn't enough reason for a mindless drone to come to the conclusion that Norrington had to be killed.

I'm sad that he had to die, too. But Bootstrap's mind was going-- all he could think of at that point was "Part of the ship; Part of the crew". Anyone getting caught letting others off the ship before they served their "time" would be punished. My guess-- if Norrington had already been a fish-person, getting stabbed wouldn't have killed him, and he'd be in the brig too, eventually becoming one with the ship as punishment. But that's just my guess. *shrugs*

I wonder what 'Rock Crab' tastes like..... :)

Revan

05-27-2007, 04:01 PM

Why couldn't bootstrap remember anything

Kunoichi_Haruko

05-27-2007, 04:09 PM

Why couldn't bootstrap remember anything

I think it's the price of slowly becoming a part of the ship. Granted, his brain wasn't fused to the ship just yet, but still...*shrugs*

Spitfire

05-28-2007, 04:20 AM

I saw it, wasn't great, wasn't awesome. Better then #2*way better* and entertaining.

05-28-2007, 05:13 AM

I think it's the price of slowly becoming a part of the ship. Granted, his brain wasn't fused to the ship just yet, but still...*shrugs*
You are right, Ruko. Bootstrap was slowly becoming a part of the ship, and, as you could see when he was talking to Elizabeth and forgot who she was about one minute after she introduced herself to him, was developing memory loss (Kinda reminded me of Alzheimer's when I first saw him repeating himself...only worse). At least he comes right in the end...
Also, in regards to a certain James Norrington...

Did anyone else feel like he should have been made captain of the "Flying Dutchman"? I'll admit, I never really liked him, but I thought while I was watching the movie there was a chance of him becoming captain. It just...didn't really feel right that he died, you know? Ah well...at least Turner looks 35% more smexy with that scar of his now :P

gobo

05-28-2007, 11:03 AM

Also, in regards to a certain James Norrington...

Did anyone else feel like he should have been made captain of the "Flying Dutchman"? I'll admit, I never really liked him, but I thought while I was watching the movie there was a chance of him becoming captain. It just...didn't really feel right that he died, you know? Ah well...at least Turner looks 35% more smexy with that scar of his now :P
Never even considered that for a moment. That would have been cool and a less upsetting ending. The problem I would see there is that I can't see how he wouldn't go back to being an enemy in all that time. They wanted to end the character as a hero. Perhaps we'll see him resurrected still.

Avatar Yuffie

05-28-2007, 11:55 AM

Funny as hell. Almost everyone in the movie is backstabbing the other, with a very fun, confusing and shocking final battle.

Poor Jack, though, the trip in the Locker literally unhinged him. Seeing what his head is like when he's all alone by himself is disturbing and amusing.

Barbossa's character shine in this film, and the undead monkey rules.

The Terror of Death

05-28-2007, 01:57 PM

This the worst movie I have ever seen.

Revan

05-28-2007, 02:39 PM

^ interesting. perhaps some biterness is tainting that rating from you, frank. I have seen a lot of bad movies. AWE must have had some things you enjoyed, right?

The Terror of Death

05-28-2007, 03:14 PM

AWE must have had some things you enjoyed, right?

I enjoyed laughing at how bad the movie was in the theater. :evilgrin:

But seriously, CotBP is one of my favorite movies and I thought the second one was decent but the third had no redeeming qualities whatsover. The fact that a movie series so epic (imo) turned out so bad is what placed this movie above my other most hated films. I expected alot more but AWE just didnt deliver. The audience must have agreed with me too because numerous people left the theater and my brother swore the movie made him sick.

Cons:
Movie was too long.
I didnt know what the hell was going on. (No one can honestly say the average viewer will be able to understand what is happening.)
There was way too much double crossing.
All the characters were unlikeable.
The action was half assed.
They did not bother to explain several things. Either that or I was too confused to notice.
There was too much unnecessary stuff.
And pretty much everything else I did not cover.

Spitfire

05-28-2007, 03:42 PM

Mandi-chan

05-28-2007, 06:51 PM

It was the best of the bunch, freaking awesome!

I loved the first movie, I loved the second movie, and I loved this movie! Pirates gets better and better with each movie, I hope we see more!

I personally found NOTHING wrong with it (the same can be said for the first two movies as well), I can't wait to see it again!

Tinuvielsdreams

05-28-2007, 08:34 PM

I really liked the beginning...The Singapore set was really nicely done. It was just very grabbing very quickly...The did a good job throwing us right back in to the middle of that world

By far better then the second one. I really feel like the first one and this third one aren't even on the same plane of comparison. I think the first one strived to be a family film with some dark components but this third one was just dark and gritty and didn't offer much outside of epic fight scenes and plot twists. It's far removed from the first films intentions.

The character evolution was pretty apparent. Will is on a mission, he and Elizabeth have grown apart with their own burdens. Elizabeth is almost the hero of the film, they made her so strong and gave her a leadership role. I just got sick of the constant plot twists...it become impossible to follow every now and again. Every single character in that movie had his/ or her own agenda. It was almost too many things to have to piece back together.

I don't like the way the Calyspo plot was handled it almost didn't seem like they needed to take it to the extent they did. I didn't like her huge form on the ship and the crabs...I did like the crabs in Davy Jone's locker however..and speaking of that sequence, I dunno what to say about it. I want to say it was appropriate and interesting but I also I want to say it was over done and really almost didn't entirely fit...I can't decide. The stone crabs carrying the ship was neat though.

Did anyone watch through the credits?To see Elizabeth and Will's son?

05-29-2007, 03:23 AM

Yes, I did. It made me laugh since someone just randomly shouted "WOAH! Turner got busy!" when they saw the kid :lol:
With the plot twists and that...yeah, it was getting really confusing in the end. So many people were trying to back stab each other for one reason or another... :dead:

Revan

05-29-2007, 09:44 AM

I don't like the way the Calyspo plot was handled it almost didn't seem like they needed to take it to the extent they did. I didn't like her huge form on the ship and the crabs...I did like the crabs in Davy Jone's locker however..and speaking of that sequence, I dunno what to say about it. I want to say it was appropriate and interesting but I also I want to say it was over done and really almost didn't entirely fit...I can't decide. The stone crabs carrying the ship was neat though.
No joke. I was so confused. Calypso turned out to be totally pointless to the plot! They freed her and she just left!?

Did anyone watch through the credits?To see Elizabeth and Will's son?
Nice feel good moment but they could have shown it before the end credits so we didnt have to sit there 15 mins to watch a 30 sec scene.

Tinuvielsdreams

05-29-2007, 09:53 AM

no kidding...I am a credit watcher. Everyone who goes to the movies with me knows that I don't get up until the credits roll their course. My jaw dropped at the amount of people and studios involved in this. Light and Magic's effects were incredible but did you see the list of digital artists?! Everybody and their brother was a part of this film. No wonder it got confusing...too many people throwing too many thoughts in possibly?

Revan

05-29-2007, 10:10 AM

And it seemed like the credits rolled unusually fast and it still took forever. There were so many diff people involved and jobs that I had never heard of.:lol:

The Terror of Death

05-29-2007, 03:47 PM

You don't watch many movies if this is the worst one you've seen.

I didn't think it was that great either, I'd never watch it again, but I give it credit for begin 3 hours and paced well enough to not feel so.

Then again I actually understood it, the movie was really easy to follow I don't see how you didn't get it.

I said in my last post that this movie is above all my other most hated films because it was a series that I loved. I am more harsh on series that start out great but then come out with something horrible. Trust me I have seen many bad films I just put AWE above them all because I wasnt expecting it to be all that bad.

Also, you must be one smart dude because alot of film critics were as confused as myself.

I even heard some critics got a letter saying not to spoil what happens in AWE. The fact that they never sent this letter out for the other films seems to indicate that they wanted to hide how confusing the movie was. Not too many films send out these kind of letters either.

Peanut

05-29-2007, 03:54 PM

discordiatookie

05-29-2007, 05:30 PM

Went to see it earlier today, and I must say that I frickin' loved it! I never found it confusing at all, and sat with a massive grin on my face for most of it. Jack Sparrow is the sh*t. Honestly, he is the coolest! But when Keith came on screen, he blew him out the water. The man is a living legend. Ain't no acting going on there, that's just him being him. Awesome. And was that Keith's daughters that Jack had pulled towards the end of the film? I'm pretty sure it was... Another thing, I even wore my Keith Richards t-shirt to see this. yep i'm a big fan!! Even got a Stones tattoo on my chest last week...

And now, a few things on my mind...

I too felt bad for the kraken, twas rather sad... no ones's said anything about how Will & Elizabeth got married, I thought it was rather, uuh, romantic? Heh, loved it anyway... That ickle stone crab dudes were awesome, as was Jack's split personalities... I found Elizabeth's leg at the end where she's got Will's boot on to be amazingly sexy... As was one of the asian girls at the start who was working the steam cord.... When Davy Jones turned human for a sec, I couldn't get 'Xmas Is All Around' from Love Actually out of my head... Jack Sparrow's the sh*t, every little thing he does is awesome.... And plenty more that I can't think of right now...

Tinuvielsdreams

05-29-2007, 05:37 PM

What the hell are you talking about? If you got that confused, you're not an intelligent person. Bottom line. I know a lot of people got confused, but seriously, if it was that bad, I feel sorry for you.

I don't think anyone means we were sitting there like Duh.... I knew what was happening but it was kinda messy all the back and forth, maybe annoying more then confusing I dunno. I have heard others have similar opinions. It's not about being unintelligent its about a long script trying to pack a lot of information in.
The film was like visual overload, wrapping your head around every little thing that is happening on first viewing doesn't always happen...

Mandi-chan

05-29-2007, 06:33 PM

I didn't think it was confusing at all, I thought it all went together nicely.

Peanut

05-29-2007, 06:36 PM

I don't think anyone means we were sitting there like Duh.... I knew what was happening but it was kinda messy all the back and forth, maybe annoying more then confusing I dunno. I have heard others have similar opinions. It's not about being unintelligent its about a long script trying to pack a lot of information in.
The film was like visual overload, wrapping your head around every little thing that is happening on first viewing doesn't always happen...

I didn't say that. And I'm not saying the movie wasn't all over the place, because it was.

This guy is just taking it to a new level. His brother got sick? They were sending out letters to critics, because they didn't want people to know the plot was messed up? Give me a break.

Tinuvielsdreams

05-29-2007, 06:39 PM

I didn't say that. And I'm not saying the movie wasn't all over the place, because it was.

This guy is just taking it to a new level. His brother got sick? They were sending out letters to critics, because they didn't want people to know the plot was messed up? Give me a break.

Understood :)

Yeah it wasn't worth a letter, if I wrote a letter for every movie I felt was flawed, and there are many far worse, I would never get anything else done.
I dunno who that guy was but talk about taking it personal huh?

Scandia

05-29-2007, 06:53 PM

I did not care for this movie, as I said before. I did not stay through the credits- tried to, but lost patience.

The choreography was very good. Other than that, nothing remarkable. WAY too long. I don't have that kind of bladder capacity or attention span.

05-30-2007, 04:31 AM

No joke. I was so confused. Calypso turned out to be totally pointless to the plot! They freed her and she just left!?
Kind of. She was going to side with Davy Jones when she was freed (when they were talking below deck), but Will reminded her at the last minute that it was Jones who passed on the knowledge of how to bind her to human form. She was devastated and, since she didn't know who to side with, decided to give everyone a level playing field on the sea (Note how the pirates and Lord Beckett say that they have a favorable wind before the battle)

KROW

05-30-2007, 08:05 AM

I saw this last night and I, too, was not confused at all. Everything tied together and came to a close nicely. Not only that, but the film still left room for another sequel -- which I would love to see happen, since Depp said he'd be in for a fourth.

As for the "too many plot points" argument, I thought it was great. Every major character had their own agenda and wanted everything to go their way. This one playing against the other to get this one and that one... Good stuff. You hardly see that in movies anymore; usually everything's got a one-track mind.

Wonderful movie. I was highly entertained.

The Terror of Death

05-30-2007, 04:23 PM

This guy is just taking it to a new level. His brother got sick? They were sending out letters to critics, because they didn't want people to know the plot was messed up? Give me a break.

New level!? First of all when I said he got sick I never said sick as in bad health. I meant sick to the stomach. Disgusted is a more suitable word. Also, if you bothered checking things out before assuming you would know that critics did infact receive a letter.

And fyi I did not take this movie personal. Just because I said that it was the worst movie I have ever seen does not mean I am going around trying to prevent people from seeing it. I simply stated how I felt. If you guys liked the fim thats fine by me but dont attack me for giving my own input. Not everyone has the same opinion as you or sees things the way you do so learn how to deal with it.

Why am I even bothering to respond? This is the internet after all, where anything you say will either be misinterpreted or judged harshly by others.

Mandi-chan

05-30-2007, 07:02 PM

Also, if you bothered checking things out before assuming you would know that critics did infact receive a letter.

The critics got letters, this was a news story on IMDB.com....they got letters because Disney didn't want anyone spoiling stuff that happened in the movie.

And I say, good for Disney.

I'm so sick of critics, entertainment shows, the news, and internet posters constantly spoiling stuff that happens in movies, shows, etc (with or without warning) all the time!

What happened to the days when people were patient and enjoyed suprises?

It's annoying.

I cheer for Disney's decision to try and keep things under wraps for the best film series they've done. I wish all studios (including tv show ones) would try to be more forceful on keeping out spoilers.

The Terror of Death

05-31-2007, 06:35 PM

I wish all studios (including tv show ones) would try to be more forceful on keeping out spoilers.

I agree but I still believe Disney was trying to hide the plot for the reason I stated. Bad reviews are a factor in how well a movie does in its following weeks. I think Spider-man 3 would have done a bit better if most of the critics were not ripping it apart so much.

Peanut

05-31-2007, 09:44 PM

Yeah, because we all know Spider-Man 3 did terrible business! :roll:

gobo

05-31-2007, 11:12 PM

You know, that's exactly what I thought the first time I read that post? :lol: Then, I realized he didn't suggest that it didn't do well, just that it could have done better without the bad reviews. So, it seems I'm at least not completely out-of-it to have jumped to that conclusion.

Cure

06-01-2007, 12:42 PM

I just saw this movie, and was expecting to be completely confused from what I've read, but ended up loving it. To this day the only movie that still confuses me is the first Mission: Impossible. Man, I have no idea what was going on in that movie.

Revan

06-01-2007, 01:05 PM

^ MI wasn't as bad as the matrix. I watched it when it first came out and it took me about 4 watchings to understand it.:ohwell:

Brodie

06-01-2007, 04:11 PM

This was a really bad movie.

gobo

06-01-2007, 04:27 PM

Very thorough review, sir. ^_^

The Terror of Death

06-02-2007, 08:55 AM

This was a really bad movie.

Quoted for truth. Since you have Doyle as your avatar I can tell you have a great taste in movies.

Brodie

06-02-2007, 07:18 PM

I'd like about a couple hundren million bucks to make a bad movie.

It feels like the original Fantastic 4 movie all over again.

Raven

06-02-2007, 11:52 PM

Just got back from seeing it, not a big fan of the series but I also cant say anything wrong about it. I really enjoyed the film, it ended every plot that had been going on through the films rather nicely I thought. Was it hard to follow? Hell no, it was so easily predicable if you just paid attention, if you were confused by this then you must of been covering your eyes for half of the film.

Is it the best movie of the summer? No, I think it did its job on entertaining the audience and to me thats a very imporant part of a film.