Women always lose

Rating: 4/10 (29 July 2007)

Taking aside very good special effects, the movie was a true disappointment. As always this type of movie doesn't even try to follow an intelligible screenplay. They make sure to satisfy the 12-25 male fans with their penchant for action, gore and stupid jokes, and completely forget that girls and women make more than half of the audience. Poor Keira Knightly, whose performance has been much maligned both by professional critics and common fans,actually play the only character that shows some brains and some development. And really, her acting wasn't any worse than Orlando Bloom's and the rest of a very poor supporting cast. She deserved better lines and she deserved a happy ending. But no, happy endings are not cool any more as this summer has proved. The writers and producers make sure that in the end she showed some skin (again for the benefit of the 12-25 male fans)and get to kiss the boyfriend (for the benefit of Orlando's teenage fans), but after that, shipped him off to the Land of the Dead only to be reunited with her every 10 years for a single night of sex. He would be immortal and she will age and die. Whoever came up with that stupid ending should be writing for Wrestlemania. As for Jack, played beautifully by Johnny Depp, his verbal pyrotechnics that made his character famous in the first movie, simply did not work this time. I found myself trying too hard to laugh at Jack's stale jokes, more out of loyalty for Johnny Depp than because they were funny at all. And really 10 Jacks was way too much. As for Orlando, I have to be honest. He is just another pretty face. He should take some acting lessons. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End will find itself in the company of other cinematic disappointments like the Episodes (1,2,3, and 6) of Star Wars. Strong female characters ended up like disposable Barbie dolls (remember Princess Padme and Leia). But worst of all the producers desire for merchandising their product ruined the whole point of the story.