Pirates!

[elwen]

Finally (?) saw Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End. Overall, it was good. A bit too complicated, and, like a certain other third installment of a trilogy, rather epic, but good.

Just a few, spoiler-y thoughts:

I think I would have been happier with just the first movie. But once they did the second, I guess they were stuck. Now I'm stuck, because I liked the third one enough that I'll probably buy it, but I'm more ambivalent about the second, but then my competionist streak sets in and I'll probably end up getting them all. Maybe Westlaw will start having them. (Yeah right.)

Sad ending. Well, not sad per se. But the implications were sad. I hate one-sided immortality. (Then again, Elizabeth didn't seem to have aged after the credits...)

Even sadder than the ending was how everyone died. Poor Norrington! But he went with courage. And they didn't even really explain what was going on with Governor Swann. Or at least not such that I could understand it.

Have I ever mentioned how much Tia Dalma detracts from my understanding and enjoyment of the movie? I'm sorry, but I have listening comprehension problems. I don't need someone with weird grammar and weird pronunciation. Davy Jones was almost as bad this movie. Grrrr-baaah.

So exactly why did Yao Feng think Elizabeth was Calypso?

Sorry, but the thing after the credits reminded me of the end of Fushigi Yuugi. "Look at all the stars, mommy!" "Yes dear, I'm sure they're watching over us." ...and then they had to make Eikou-den. D:

I love it when movies or series bring in different cultures. Even though they were rather caricatured. And the flags! I guess I just like members of a set (very much in the mathematical sense) that way.

I totally thought Jack's father was Captain Hook at first. XD;

As I said above, the movie was way. too. complicated. I very quickly lost track of who was agreeing to do what for whom in betrayal of whom else. They kind of remedied the problem by appropriately reminding the audience when necessary, but it still just ended up feeling kind of gimmicky.

I expected more out of their releasing Calypso. More than a maelstrom that apparently froze time for everyone except the two ships that spent half an hour duking things out. It's like there was all this build-up, and then nothing. =/

When did Klaus Badelt stop doing the music for Pirates? I guess I couldn't really tell during the movie, but now that I listen to the first movie score again, it's obvious that the style was different. Hans Zimmer kept the motifs, but I liked the lighter feel. But maybe that wouldn't have worked for the epic scale of the third movie, kind of like how the LotR soundtracks are so different, even if all by Howard Shore.

...I think that's all. I might add more if I think of it.

ETA: Oh yeah, and I didn't understand the multiple Jacks. I mean, it was funny and added to the surreality of Davy Jones' Locker, but after they got back it was just random and weird. Still funny, but out of place.

Comments

[thierrys.livejournal.com]

When Barbosa was trying to get Yao Feng (who had betrayed them to the EITC) to let them get away after all, he said he had Calypso on his ship (true) but sort of implied it was Elizabeth. I agree, too many betrayals, no big scary sea goddess impact, and it seemed to rely mostly on in-jokes from the first movie. But -- I did like when they played a bit of the track from the ride after they went over the Edge. For a minute it was like being at Disney! ^_^;

[ctrl-a.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah, I remember that part now. *reiterates complaints about the movie being too complicated*

I liked the part from the ride, too. With the crappy sound quality and all! :D

[abigailelliott.livejournal.com]

Grr, I didn't see anything after the credits. What happened?

[ctrl-a.livejournal.com]

Ah, you didn't miss much. Elizabeth (looking exactly as she always does) is walking along a grassy sea cliff with a young boy, who's singing "A Pirate's Life for Me". They look into the sunrise, and then you see a green flash against their faces. The boy looks up at Elizabeth and smiles. And then the Flying Dutchman is there with Will in the riggings looking toward them.

[nendil.livejournal.com]

I thought it was too complicated not in that it confused me, but in that it made terrible narrative flow. Both visually and plot...ically.

I've heard and agree with all your opinions elsewhere so that's all. :>

[ctrl-a.livejournal.com]

it made terrible narrative flow. Both visually and plot...ically.

Oh yeah, that too. I think I forgot how skippy the first part of the movie was after the long-ass maelstrom fight. In the end, action movies are not for me. =/ (Although I guess the first fight in Singapore was kinda cool. I wanted to see those female attendants kick some more ass before they died, though.)