Pirates 3... eh.

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I went to the drive in this past Friday to watch Pirates 3 "At World's End" with some friends. I wasn't expecting much... and not much is exactly what I got.

The plot was ludicrous in a "I'm sorry, but I can't suspend this much disbelief" kinda way, and in a non-interesting way. Monster pirates are fine, but the characters deviated from previous behaviors and far from normal human behavior. It started out sad and didn't get much better... ever. The ending was a huge disappointment, and there were several points within the story that they could have made more of, but were simply explained away.

The first movie was funny, and I liked it. It was interesting and just enough fantasy to make me a very happy elf. The second movie was nothing but a set up for the third, and the third was a whimper instead of a bang.

Oh, and if you stay after the credits, there's a p.s.. There's been one at the end of each movie... but this one just pissed me off. I'll just say thins... you see Elizabeth ten years later and... what's that? She hasn't aged a day!

Well, at least I only paid two bucks for it. (The drive in is $10 per car and there were five of us) And I have now been to a drive in movie, which was pretty cool. Much easier to sneak food into.

So, I guess that's a thumb's up for the drive in and a thumb's down for the movie.
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Reply #1 from JoeUser Forums Top
Man... I don't know if I'll still see it now. Probably, but I won't enjoy it.
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Reply #3 from JoeUser Forums Top
The ending was a huge disappointment, and there were several points within the story that they could have made more of, but were simply explained away.


Or all the parts that they glossed over or ignored completely, in lieu of creating new and even more convoluted plot twists.

Like the Calypso thing - what the hell? Could we make a little more sense?

Here's the problem. The first one was the perfect blend of humor and action, a great swashbuckling adventure. The second one, I thought, was a great second act to a trilogy - sets up a few messy problems that will be difficult to overcome, but which can be all sussed out in the last film. The third one, rather than being an effective third act and tying up the loose ends, ignored the loose ends and just kept cutting more.

You remember the part where the one British guy that's totally crushing on Jack Sparrow says, "Do you think he plans it or just makes it up as he goes along?" That's the way the movie felt - made up as they went along. They thought of a weird effect they wanted to put in, and so they figured out some contrivance to put it in the script.

Plus, the stupid theater we went to see it in cut off the last little bit - everything after the credits was simply cut off and we started seeing the stupid "Who stared in this movie" trivia crap.

Man, that movie pissed me off.

But I feel better now that I vented.
Reply #4 from JoeUser Forums Top
Calypso was my biggest disappointment. Okay, cool! She's a minor goddess trapped in human form. They could do a lot with that... but no. She gets really big, turns into a big pile of crabs, and makes a whirlwind. That's it? I expected more from her.

Maybe if I had gone in with a better attitude, I would have liked it better. However, when the first scenes contain a small boy being hung... sorry. I just can't get happy.
Reply #5 from JoeUser Forums Top
Drive in?  YOu have those?  You lucky duck!
Reply #6 from JoeUser Forums Top
Yup. It was my very first drive in movie and, despite what my father said about drive ins, I quite enjoyed myself. Except for the part where I had no one to make out with. It just doesn't seem like I could have really gone to a drive in movie if I didn't make out with anyone.
Reply #7 from JoeUser Forums Top
Except for the part where I had no one to make out with. It just doesn't seem like I could have really gone to a drive in movie if I didn't make out with anyone.




So true, so true. That's why you have so many gripes about the movie - if you'd been busy with a rousing game of tonsil hockey, you wouldn't have even worried about plot holes or crab-ladies.
Reply #8 from JoeUser Forums Top
So true, so true. That's why you have so many gripes about the movie - if you'd been busy with a rousing game of tonsil hockey, you wouldn't have even worried about plot holes or crab-ladies.


No kidding! What could have been a perfectly good movie was ruined by my lack of arm candy. *sigh* But then, I suppose everyone has to actually watch a whole movie with no distractions at one point in their lives...
Reply #9 from JoeUser Forums Top
But then, I suppose everyone has to actually watch a whole movie with no distractions at one point in their lives...


But see, that's when you need to watch a real winner - like my friends and I having our "Hest fest" this last weekend - Charlton Heston movie marathon! Those are movies worth giving your undivided attention to. (Especially Soylent Green - because it's almost undecipherable even if you do give rapt attention. )
Reply #10 from JoeUser Forums Top
(Especially Soylent Green - because it's almost undecipherable even if you do give rapt attention. )


And you do catch nuances each time you see it!

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