Yes, I've finally seen the 3rd Pirate movie. Why do I tolerate them? High Adventure!
I do challenge you to explain, on one viewing, just what the fuck is going on in the plot though...by the middle of the movie I've given up trying to figure out the 20 plot lines and 100s of characters.
Oh yeah, Chow Yun-Fat is in here somewhere, buried under a costume of unspeakable...The Craw! The CRAW!
Sorry...
What's to like? There are moments of true greatness..visually..where this film does things never done before, and also revisits traditional pirate themes in a new way.
There's also one or two pokes at Bush, if you look for them.
I'm glad Geoffrey Rush is back as Barbossa. He's not used as well as the first film, but there is a moment when he takes the wheel and everyone takes notice.
Some scenes go on and on (the pirate's meeting..omg...) and Yawn, old Keith as even older Papa Sparrow. Wasted opportunity (Jagger should have played Mama...)
In the "Ship being blasted to shit" category, this sequence wins hands down...
And for overkill, the 10, 000 appearances of Jack Sparrow..enough already.
Would I sit though a 4th...sure.
Btw, sit until the end of the credits...
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The first Pirates of the Caribbean was great, not too sure about the other two, tho the special effects were top notch of course. if they come out with a fourth will it maintain the quality of the first?
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