World's End a Hit! (for me at least)

Rating: 10/10 (9 June 2007)

I remember debating whether or not I should go see the first POTC when it came out in theaters. Writing to you now in my Pirates-themed room, you can guess how that came out.
I have grown up with Jack, Will, and Elizabeth. I remember the first time we saw Jack in Port Royal. They have become more than characters to me: they have become friends.
Pirates are not good guys. They are plundering, gallivanting, dirty old, well...pirates. This movie demonstrates more of the true nature of what pirates were than the heroics of the first one. I like this one because it goes to the dark side of life, showing how people can resort to treachery to help their plot along. The hoisting of the pirate flags in the climax of the movie demonstrates what Jack says all along about the life of a pirate: "What a ship is [...] is freedom." To me, the fact that there were holes in the plot towards the end-- though they may indeed choose to do a fourth, but I don't believe so-- is to prove that in piracy, there is always another adventure to be had. Such is the life of a pirate. From the tear-jerking beginning, to the flash of green in the sunset at the very end (and i mean waaaay at the end, such as behind the credits), this movie will make you feel what it's like to be a pirate (and a schizophrenic).