Pirates of the Caribbean 3
Posted by jen June 4th, 2007 in Jen@TheMovies.Well, that was interesting. Kinda wish I’d seen Shrek 3 or Knocked Up (which I hear is great) instead this week.
Not that it wasn’t okay, but I should have watched the second movie again first. A large portion of the film I was absolutely clueless what they were going on about.
Not the Matrix 3 clueless suckfest, just “Uh Elizabeth killed Jack? Uh how now? I don’t remember that.” And I do remember that two was a mite more confusing that one was. The first was just plain fun, but I could at least keep up with it. Of course I watched the first one a number of times before seeing the second. It’s one of my favorite DVDs.
One thing that did annoy me in the new one was Jack’s whacked out other invisible selves. Okay, Jack is crazy, fine. That was established long ago, we didn’t need to see him hanging off his own giant dreadlocks did we? Or squabbling with many hims on the Black Pearl in Limbo. Jack was never right in the head, but his own company in there just seemed silly and unnecessary.
Also in watching 3 yesterday I’m like wondering about the heart, Will’s taking over the Dutchman and and all that. Turns out I found something online that told me more than the movie did.
‘At World’s End’ had the real resolution of Will’s curse left out of it. The two writers, Terry Rossio and Ted Elliot, had intended to explain it like this:
If Will returned home after ten years and found his true love waiting, he would no longer be bound to the Flying Dutchman, and his obligations as the farrier of souls lost at sea would be broken.
The reason Davy Jones cut out his heart was because after ten years, he came home and Calypso was not waiting for him, thus dooming him to be the Captain of the Flying Dutchman forever.
However, in Will’s case, Elizabeth was waiting, so he is free.
Which makes the last snippet after the credits (which I missed) make sense. Ish. Wether they make that clear in a fourth movie, if the same cast does it, is to be seen later.
Anyway I think they just tried to cram too much in, and went off on too many sight gags, but meh, it was better than Sunday night summer tv. Nothing on.
Oh and despite what some sites have said, Keith Richards is in it.
They definitely left it open for a fourth, and we’ll see if that happens, but they need to go back to the original formula and not put so much into it. Simple is better. Because effects wise they will be hard pressed to beat this one.
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I completely agree with what you said. And thanks for putting that explanation of the ending up! I thought they were going to be trapped in that 10 year thing forever.
But where did you find that quote? Do you still have the link?
That explanation ruined the end for me. I was happy that it had a bittersweet ending and now it’s all romantic and junk. BOO! I was hoping he would just come back once every 10 years to impregnate her with another kid.
We saw it last week. I found it….long. Needed editing. And the multiple Jack’s was just, well, gratouitous. And that was the biggest credit list of any movie i have ever been to. ANd not worth sitting through for the blah special scene. Ten bucks says they ruin the francise with a #4 that centers around the kid- like they ruined The Mummy Returns.
Auntie Jenny and I are going to see “Knocked Up” this week. WIl review later.
Still, it was far, far better than Shrek 3, which I had the misfortune of seeing a few weeks back.
PotC3 at least had gogeous textures, throughout. Verbinski has this inordinate fear of clean, smooth surfaces….
The first Pirates of the Caribbean was great in every way, the best part of the other two was the special effects… the question now is, if they come out with a fourth, will it maintain the quality of the first?