Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End (2007)
Pirates of The Caribbean 3 may lack the freshness of its first predecessors but Pirates of The Caribbean: At World’s End still has plenty of wind in its sails, thanks to another winning performance from Johny Depp and the return of Geoffrey Rush. This is the third installment of the amazing tale of Pirates. The film picks up after the events of Dead Man’s Chest (Pirates of The Carribean 2) as Will Turner (Orlando Bloom) and Elizabeth Swann (Keira Knightley) find themselves allied with the resurrected Captain Barbossa (Rush) in their quest to free Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) from his mind-bending fate in Davy Jone’s locker.
But while darker and more self-important there’s still plenty in its locker to keep audiences entertained in spite of a running time that approaches three hours. Once freed, the pirates mist unite against the might of Davy Jones (Bill Nighy) and The Flying Dutchman now allied to the East India Trading Company and its treacherous leader Lord Cutler Beckett (Tom Hollander) in a bid to protect their freedom loving Pirate way. But there are some shortcomings such as the relationship of Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann are particularly exposed as they lack the charisma needed to keep their on/off relationship interesting. While new characters such as Chow Yun-Fat’s Chinese pirates Sao Fen don’t really add anything to proceedings and just to add to there forever going story.
Some of the more extravagant touches such as an extended sequence inside Davy Jones locker that features numerous “Captain Jacks” also feel unnecessary and can be very confusing. The biggest problem with this movie is that its much like Spider man 3 and tries to cram in too much. The film is needlessly complex and over-burdened with too many stories and characters, meaning that the waker elements appear more obvious. This younger movie audiences tend not to follow as easily and miss out on vital parts of the movie. But the films stays afloat by playing to the strengths of its biggest assets notably Johny Depp and Geoffrey Rush.
Captain Jack Sparrow retains that consistent ability to mix camp humor with swash-buckling verve and has plenty of moments to savor, while Rush and Nighy continue to provide useful foils to Depp and deliver their lines with relish.
+ IMDB Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0449088/
