Pirates can't get any better

Rating: 9/10 (26 May 2007)

In the first Pirates of the Caribbean, I felt like "it's a really cool movie" but I felt it wasn't the best Pirate movie ever. Then I saw "Dead Man's Chest" and I was equally impressed by it. I actually liked mostly the settings that they filmed, hiding any sort of acting clique that might be revealed by actors. And what does Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End have? Best Depp performance, excellent cinematography, great music, great plot, and mostly: a return of humor that just wasn't there in the second movie. More Pirates than ever too. Although this is probably the darkest of all three, I feel like maybe a giant waterfall or a whirlpool didn't feel really cool in the trailers. Well, if you see it on screen, and with some talented ideas to make even a "de ja vu" seem awesome, that's what you're going to be surprised to see when you see this movie. I would really disagree wtih many reviewers that Jack's appearance in the movie is late. They said mainly "1hr, 45 minutes". That is definitely wrong. Plus, the "scenes of insanity" were actually the places where most of the humor was hidden. Having Jack crazier than ever is something that a sane person cannot resist but laugh. Only the too serious people wouldn't understand how unbelievably funny the insane things that Jack does are throughout the movie. It would be also wrong to say that there's a lot of "we've seen that before". There definitely isn't. In terms of humor. The producers pushed more and more humor into the story, and there's jokes for everyone; even historians that might find it funny how well the quarrels were made between the Singaporean Pirates and the Caribbean Pirates. Special effects were great too, and I thought that Davy Jones is just awesome. Mainly during the final battle. Remember when King Kong's battle with the V-Rex's was praised so well because of a "cinematic wonder"? Well here you have cinematic wonder number two: the battle between all of the Davy Jones's crew. Another great thing is, that although in the first and second movies you had sort of an idea of "who was on who's side" (even though the two movies tried to make you confused", in this one, you really don't. And that's the best part. I mean, who would ever think that will would end up as he did in the end? Who would think that Jack and Elizabeth were actually not so involved as you might think? Who might think that Calypso would make an appearance in the history? I generally didn't think Pirates of the Caribbean 3 would be much worth from the trailers. But I was really surprised how funny things can get, and how the long length can be enjoyed. Most people complained about Jack not being there for the first 30 minutes of the film and an opening sequence in Singapore. Well, that isn't entirely bad, because you might as well get to see something more than just the sea. My only complaints about this movie are three things. First, I think that the new pirate played by Cho-yun Fat is pretty much useless. Therefore, making the beginning sort of senseless (but that does not mean entirely useless since it's a cool beginning with a few laughs!). I think Chow-Yun Fat just didn't leave such an impression on me as Davy Jones had. About 2 years ago when I first heard about World's End, I remember in an interview that Chow Yun Fat would be described as a much worse Pirate than Davy Jones had ever been. Unfortunately Davy Jones still remains the crowned villain of the series. The second nit-pick is just that I was so drawn into the movie that I was sort of disturbed with a very emo speech of Elizabeth before the final battle. And it was just lame. It was better for her not to make any speech because when the Pirates were just staring at her talking no sense, I was just feeling like the director should have been banged on the head and forced to remember "I'm not making a Hollywood movie!" Another very small thing is that I was agreeing with some reviewers that some characters return for nearly no reason. I mean, the admiral is just pointless in the movie (especially one of the last moments you see him and Elizabeth together). Jack's father was just plain awesome.
Overall, I think it was really pleasing. There isn't anything that you can probably go to right now, so if you already saw Spider-Man 3, go check out Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End for great entertainment.