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10 Reasons Why Pirates 3 Actually Kicked Ass

May 27th, 2007 at 4:25am • Posted in Media I Like • Tagged Media I Like

Update: Well, this is interesting. I wake up from a nap, and this post is on the digg front page. I guess something about this struck a nerve, I’m currently reading through almost 200 pretty heated comments, and I’m still not believing that this post has nearly 1500 diggs. Cool stuff! :)

As we near the end of the month, the endings to three of Hollywood’s biggest modern megafranchises have come to pass. First was Spiderman 3, and let’s be honest, it kinda sucked. (Sorry Toby, but you ain’t Johnny Depp. You’re a good actor, but that doesn’t mean you can pull off “cool”. Don’t you EVER try pulling off goofy stuff like those venom suit scenes again.) Then came Shrek the Third, which sucked slightly less, or at least, had fewer scenes that had me crying in tears of pain, fear, and disappointment. (In all seriousness, the “venom suit” scenes in Spiderman may’ve seriously damaged my psyche. Am I the only one who imagined all the extras cracking up as soon as Toby Maguire walked beyond their line of sight?)

Yeah, you know where this is going. Because the Rottentomatoes score is kind of… well, disappointing, to say the least. And there’s only so much Johnny Depp can do to buoy the boat afloat. And hey, it’s a Bruckheimer/Disney movie. Of course they’re going to whore the franchise out. Or… maybe not. Because I have a surprise.

Guess what?

Pirates doesn’t suck. In fact, it’s actually pretty sick, in a good way.

Yes, Pirates is lumbering, and effects laden, and may be full of hack writing and ridiculously convoluted plot conventions. But don’t forget, that’s what made the first Pirates so balls out entertaining and fresh. The perfect blend of popcorn fun, and the rewardingly brainbusting plot twists that probably initially had studio execs crying tears of frustration. Then again, we’re talking the same execs who greenlighted a movie based on an amusement park ride. Which I would’ve vetoed. What do I know? (By the way Gore, if you’re reading this, how the hell did you get those guys to swallow this up? “Hey look, guys, I wouldn’t worry, the Nascar demographics will have fun too, even if they don’t quite get everything”?)

Pirates 2 had the formula slightly off, though I will say, after watching 3, I’m willing to forgive 2 for a lot of things.

Yeah, so anyway. To sum it up, it’s pitch-perfect popcorn fun. Look, even I still don’t believe it. So to convince myself that I’m not high off of Bruckheimer’s CGI fumes, I worked on a list. Here are ten reasons why Pirates 3 actually kicked ass:

Disclaimer: Spoilers ahoy.

Geoffrey Rush1. Geoffrey Rush: The best part of the trailer to this movie is when Captain Barbosa is cackling as his ship careens towards Calypso’s whirlpool. How ridiculously badass is that? Please, give this guy an Oscar. And Geoff, if that Oscar doesn’t work out for you, I give you the Phill Ryu Award for “Most Badass Portrayal of a Pirate Ever” award. Congrats. (By the way, it was totally sweet how you stole Pirates 2 with about two seconds of screen-time. Thanks for popping in at the end and making us all realize how much Pirates 2 kinda blew without you.)

2. Being Jack Sparrow: One of the most hilariously inspired scenes in movie history is in Being John Malkovich, when John enters his own mind. Ok, so imagine that scene, but with Jack Sparrow. Tons of them, babbling at each other, arguing, shooting each other in the face. Ludicrous, hilarious…. and pure awesome, bottled down to its natural form. Yes, it’s Johnny Depp metaphorically jacking off, but you can’t blame him. I mean, hey, who doesn’t love Jack Sparrow and his rum problem. Pirates 3, particularly said scene, begs the question, can you really have too much of Jack Sparrow? (The answer, of course, is a resounding no.)

Davy Jones3. The Tell-Tale Heart: Davy Jones… where to begin? Let’s forget about the state of the art CGI for a second, and ignore that pretty, tentacled face. We find Davy Jones with his heart held hostage (literally) in Pirates 3 to the evil East India Trading Company, having been forced to kill his beloved pet, the Kraken. And it only gets more complicated from there. But by the end, Davy Jones is one of the most sympathetic characters ever displayed on screen in a popcorn flick, with MUCH more depth than a blockbuster movie villain deserves. I’m talking Darth Vader depth. (Speaking of which, watch out for that slimy India Trading Company dude, Lord Beckett, just when you think he couldn’t get slimy enough…. he redeems himself. And it’s awesome.) By the way, Davy Jones also gets possibly the single most badass scene in the movie. You won’t be believing it as it happens, second by second. You’ll be shitting yourself. I won’t ruin it for you. (However, I will say, if you’re all icky about squids, prepare to be traumatized.) And as sick as it may sound, man am I craving some calamari right now.

4. Backstabbing and plot twists by the barrel. You savvy?: There’s so much backstabbing here, and so many unexpected twists and turns, that it honestly, at times, gets overwhelming. And this is probably the most common claim leveraged against the movie by its critics. But don’t get your panties in a bunch like them (who, by the way, I tend to agree with, at least about Shrek and Spiderman). However, that having been said, believe it or not, the twists and turns do work out. (Mostly.) I’ve seen the movie twice, and it does make sense; a lot more sense the second time around. And, you know what? I love movies that require a second viewing, books that I pick up again right after finishing the last page. I wish I could erase my memory and watch this movie again, fresh experience, because the twists and turns had me at the edge of my seat for nearly three hours. Remember the climactic back and forth plot hilarity in the first movie involving the titular curse? Remember how those sort of hijinks SHOULD’VE happened but didn’t in Pirates 2, with Davy Jones’ curse and the Kraken? It happens in spades here, and boy is it fun.

5. More pirates: And that’s totally a good thing. Because, remember the golden rule of yarr (which, admittedly, I just made up): More pirates equals more badassery. Chow Yun Fat is incredibly badass as an Asian pirate lord, but honestly, the number of badass pirates in this movie approaches a point that I can only describe as ludicrous. And believe it or not, no, Chow Yun Fat is NOT the most badass of the new pirates, even though Chow Yun Fat IS the most badass living Asian currently in existence. Chew on that for a bit. The crown for the most badass new pirate goes to…

Chow Yun Fat Kicks Ass

6. Keith Richards as Jack Sparrow’s dad: ‘nuf said.

7. The Pirates universe: What other movie could possibly dare to feature monkeys in rice farmer hats setting off fireworks in a pirate den in Singapore, pirate warlords from the corners of the earth banding together under the pirate’s code, the visual spectacle of the giant, rotting corpse of the Kraken, and Barbosa cackling as the Black Pearl plunges towards the whirlpool, meanwhile making gazillions of dollars at the box office and jumpstarting the careers of dozens of Johnny Depp impersonators? What a perfect mix of ridiculousness, fantasy, badasses, and humor. See, one reason why this all works, is because it doesn’t take itself too seriously. Which brings me to point

8. Humor: It’s still there. Blink, and jokes will fly by, visual or verbal. The humor is often hilarious, and almost always on mark. I can’t think of a single really painfully bad joke in there.

9. CGI set pieces: I mean, obviously they’ve gotta be there. Here’s how Jerry Bruckheimer might’ve proposed one of the movie’s big fights.

“I want a fight with hundreds of badass pirate ships firing on and boarding each other. I want Davy Jones and Jack Sparrow dueling it out in the middle of this fight, with Davy’s CGI tentacles playing a pivotal role, and lightning striking left and right. And I want all of this going on in a giant whirlpool, that’s sucking these ships up.”

Cost more than the GDP of a small African country

Glad I wasn’t the effects guy in charge of that.

The set pieces are sweet, and even considering my expectations on that front (very, very high), they more than deliver. Forget about Pirates 2, this is the real deal.

10. An ending that doesn’t suck, or drag far longer than it has any right to, just like this bullet item: Yes, it has a long ending. And yes, long endings in general suck. Hey, I loved Return of the King, but the extended ending just became painful. Only reason I was able to keep my cool while sitting through it was because Peter Jackson poured his life into it, and hey, I’ll give the man 20 minutes to putz around before really finishing it off. (If it isn’t clear, I thought ROTK was a pretty classy finale to an awesome trilogy.)

The good news is, Pirates ends well. Honestly, it ends gracefully. I kept alternating between “I hope this doesn’t end”, and “Oh sweet, I hope it ends on this sweet note” about ten times. That’s a great thing, and ultimately why I left the theater glowing, sat down, and wrote this. There is rarely a better feeling than seeing such an epic quantity and range of loose ends neatly, masterfully tied.

By the way, THIS is how you end a mega franchise. Hats off Gore Verbinski, and for not dropping the ball like, um, everyone else this month. You may be a hack, but you’re the best of the class. The hack to end all hacks. Bravo.

PS, how hilarious is it that while this movie definitely cements Keira Knightley as our generation’s “it” girl (wait until you see her in the film’s last few minutes, yowza), Orlanda Bloom’s potential chance for sex symbol status gets shafted by a Keith Richards impersonating Depp? Then again, I also consider Orlando Bloom to be the luckiest man in Hollywood, and possibly the luckiest man alive. Two mega franchises without acting chops? You and Gore should team up on another movie. And I’m not even kidding either. I’d watch it. And since I love giving out fake awards, Orlando Bloom, take honor in receiving the Phill Ryu Award for being “The Luckiest Sonofabitch Alive”.

Orlando, you son of a gun.

PPS, yeah I realize I already screwed up. Say hello to reason #11 why this movie kicks ass: the soundtrack. Mad props to Hans Zimmer, definitely his best since Gladiator. Though a ton of credit goes to Klaus Badelt for the original movie soundtrack. (Who is this guy, Klaus?)

PPPS, the more I think of it, the more I realize Gore Verbinski is, in his own, hack way, a genius. Why? I came out of Pirates 2 last summer absolutely disappointed, and thinking it was sort of shit. And a lot of people agreed with me, but whatever, the movie still made bank. But now, despite what I still recognize as huge, huge flaws, I’m starting to feel an affinity for Dead Man’s Chest because of this movie. Maybe it wasn’t actually that bad. I’m gonna have to watch it again. Crazy. And I suppose, here I am, harping about Pirates

Agree? Or disagree? If you have some strong opinions or intelligent thoughts, feel free to comment, and digg it if you enjoyed the article. Oh, and shoutout to Will for the cool images. :)



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Up until this point, there have been 78 responses to “10 Reasons Why Pirates 3 Actually Kicked Ass”:

William Wilkinson

May 27th, 2007 at 4:30am

Hah. I provoked Ryu into this post.

skimpson

May 27th, 2007 at 7:29am

phill,

this is dead on! i saw it last night and a few of my friends were like “eh it sucked, i didn’t like all the plot lines” blah blah. the story was great! it managed to remain funny with out getting cheesy or campy (ala spiderman 3), and as you said the ending was very tight and graceful. i am assuming you stuck around until after the credits?

Alexander Suite

May 27th, 2007 at 7:52am

I walked into the movie theatre, saw the hordes of teenagers dressed as pirates, and walked out. Ill go in a week or two when its not that crowded. Theres no way I’m sitting next to someone who I dont know who is dressed like a friggin pirate.(Call me anti-social, but you know how teenagers get when they are in packs. Even Im a teenager and Ive realized this!!) Needless to say, I shouldn’t be talking cause I did dress up for Star wars Ep III….

I do look forward to seeing it!

Rohit

May 27th, 2007 at 8:20am

Ah well you said it !! Geoffrey Rush, Jack Sparrow & Davy Jones are the soul of Pirates and now I cant wait to watch this !! Excellent review btw !!
Nice to see you do things besides mac too .. !

ippy

May 27th, 2007 at 8:25am

Damn, I loved the film score too! It IS the BEST, seriously. It’s been on rotation since I came outta that cinema, and that was 3 days ago.

wphj

May 27th, 2007 at 8:26am

Haha, funny post. I saw the movie last night and really enjoyed it. Now I know this is cliché, but it wasn’t quite as good as the first. However, it was fun and still had most of that “pirates” charm.

Phill Ryu

May 27th, 2007 at 8:32am

skimpson, unfortunately I didn’t stick around. Doh! I’m assuming there was something pretty sweet at the end.

Good excuse to go watch it again. ;)

Steve Streza

May 27th, 2007 at 8:50am

Disney needs to come out with Pirates movies more often. At least once a year. Becaue every time they do, girls hit on me a lot more. I’m not sure why. :)

Glen

May 27th, 2007 at 9:59am

Their baby looks kinda weird… can’t wait for lil’ kid pirates 4 ;)

Soar

May 27th, 2007 at 11:37am

Well, I guess it was okay. The plotline sucked, but your points were true. :D

LX

May 27th, 2007 at 11:42am

Pirates 2 was the Empire Strikes Back of pirate movies. Fortunately Pirates 3 is the Return of the Jedi of pirate movies. One of the better popcorn flicks and probably the best one we’ll have this summer (My hopes for Live Free or Die Hard dwindled as soon as I saw that guy from the Mac commercials)

Johann

May 27th, 2007 at 11:55am

Love the review! I saw it yesterday morning with a packed theatre of people dressed as pirates (private showing). It was great! Of course we understood why they didn’t allow us to wear weapons when the movie started a few minutes late, and then they cut short the scene after the credits so they could get ready for the next showing.

I will definitely be purchasing the DVD when it comes out so I can watch it over and over again!

me

May 27th, 2007 at 12:13pm

Dug. Linked. Kudos. ‘Nuff said.

Jordan Green

May 27th, 2007 at 12:32pm

Yea i agree with you totally i loved this far better than the other 3 major releases i think it was better than the other 2 pirates films :) Good review/natter!!!

Easyldur

May 27th, 2007 at 1:01pm

I saw this twice in two days, in the best cinema here in Italy (maybe Europe), the Arcadia of Melzo: 98×52 feet screen (that’s about 5 096 square feet!), DLP projector, THX certification and woofers that makes your seat tremble… That’s how a popcorn movie should be seen!

I’m glad you liked as I did. I mostly agree with what you wrote!

A message to everyone: if you ever come close to Milan, Italy, don’t forget to check Arcadia out: it worths the trip! (Ok, that would be in Italian language but, hey, we have the best dubbers in the world!)

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Nick Shepherd

May 27th, 2007 at 1:05pm

I must say, you put that much better than I could think to come up with why I thought it was great. I think being with my mates to see it (and after how much they complained about the second film being so sh!te) that this film was a pleasant surprise. I completely agree with your notions about the acting ability of Orlando Bloom, and about Spider-man 3!

Jett Loe

May 27th, 2007 at 1:05pm

this reminds me of the ‘rodney king’ trial – they police defense attorneys stop-framed the assault caught on video to justify everything that was happening on screen –

you can analyze a clip/movie and break it down and defend it all you want -

but the end result of sitting there watching ‘pirates’ was a zen like numbness – i saw it in a packed theatre = no laughs, people yawning, checking watches, etc.

Melina

May 27th, 2007 at 1:21pm

I think the movie was awesome, although I liked the first two a bit more. I couldn’t believe I was there, watching it. Johnny DEPP it’s awesome, I think he deserves an oscar for sure!!!and Geoffrey Rush…no comments, he was fantastic. Orlando Bloom….I didn’t liked him much, I have to say near Johnny Depp he seems like a boy who is trying to give his best. I loved Keira Knightley, and I can figured it out why there’s people who hate her.
Good argument boy!!I liked it.

Adam Schroder

May 27th, 2007 at 1:21pm

Yeah, I totally agree with you. I felt the same way about pirates 2, and I fell the need to watch it again to see if it was really that bad. Great list.

uuyuiiu

May 27th, 2007 at 1:22pm

FIRST FIRST FIRST FIRST FIRST FIRST FIRST FIRST FIRST FIRST FIRST FIRST FIRST FIRST FIRST FIRST FIRST FIRST FIRST FIRST FIRST FIRST What do I do for a living? FIRST FIRST

Awesome. Reminded me of 24 with Bauer and co. 2 > 1 > 3 simpsons imo excited 133t System FoReVeR!

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May 27th, 2007 at 1:37pm

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Phill Ryu

May 27th, 2007 at 1:39pm

uuyuiiu, I don’t even know where to begin. Oh wait, I do. What the heck are you trying to say? :P

Sean

May 27th, 2007 at 1:56pm

Finally!!! Someone writes a review and actually thinks in terms larger than “sucks”, “stupid”, “hate”, “worse than the others”, “I can’t believe I paid money for that” … need I go on? People are not going to the movies any longer to have fun; they’d rather “text” on their phone during the majority of it (cuz talking on it is rude), and then they log on to their favorite blog site and talk about everything they hated about the film. And oh yea, most of them can’t spell worth sh*t!! I haven’t seen the movie yet, but I’m going to and I’m gonna have a damn good time!!! (disclaimer – my mispelled words are on purpose.)

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Motorcycle Guy

May 27th, 2007 at 3:13pm

Well most of the criticism is from people who are expecting it to be something other than the continuation of the series. Of course its going to be like the other movies how would it advance the plot if it wasn’t.

Anonymous

May 27th, 2007 at 3:34pm

This movie actually sucks ass. 2 hours of random pirate chit-chat just to introduce the final awesome battle that everyone was just hoping to see.

I slept for 70% of it.

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Kristus

May 27th, 2007 at 4:41pm

I am definitely inclined to agree. However, I think a big reason that this movie was much better than the second one was that because even in some of the silly parts, they at least took it seriously. In Pirates 2, that whole tribal/island scene was just ridiculously. Thank you for posting this!

Baladev

May 27th, 2007 at 5:08pm

Can’t wait to watch it out

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Joel

May 27th, 2007 at 5:22pm

Keira Knightley was a reason to see this film.

Honestly though, I really liked this film, and I think your points were dead on :)

JPDyno

May 27th, 2007 at 6:42pm

I agree with you whole-heartedly. I dont know what all the bitching was about, It was a epic finale to an awesome trilogy. Much more like the first than the second, and come to think of it, your right, it almost does redeem the second movie

X

May 27th, 2007 at 6:48pm

You’re a fucking idiot. This movie was absolute trash. If you call this popcorn fun, but not Spider-man 3. And believe Shrek 3 was better than Spider-man 3, you’re a fucking moron. Go die in a fire please.

Phill Ryu

May 27th, 2007 at 6:55pm

X,

I don’t feel quite up to reviewing Shrek and Spiderman to this degree, but I’ll give you my one sentences summaries.

Shrek 3: All right, consistently OK, and disappointing mainly because Shrek 2 was so ball bustingly funny. And Shrek the Third was not.

Spiderman 3: Honestly, pretty good popcorn fun. You know what seriously just ruined it completely for me? The venom suit scenes. Feel free to call me out for nitpicking, but those scenes were sooooooo painful, they brought the whole movie down for me. I’m sorry, but that’s just how it was for me.

(And hey, on my side, I won’t really question your judgement on Pirates, even if you’re calling me a fucking idiot and telling me to go die in a fire. ;) )

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Open eyes

May 27th, 2007 at 7:33pm

http://www.mathgamehouse.com/images/pirates/worth.png

Actually, no, it didn’t, because my life isn’t worth money, neither is yours, or anyone else’s. There is no equation between the two. You are sick to think so.

JackSparrow

May 27th, 2007 at 10:37pm

AWESOME MOVIE!!!
AWESOME REVIEW!!!
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Andrew

May 28th, 2007 at 10:41am

This movie was simply amazing…thank you for summing up what I have been trying to tell people. If people would just see the simple genius of this film…just AMAZING!

Shampoovta

May 28th, 2007 at 12:20pm

I dugg this review,…

When all 3 Pirate are out on DVD with all the extras and history videos it will be the finest jewel in my DVD collection.
It should be boxed in a chest or something cool.

I say TV spin off with the new little pirate!

evenstar

May 28th, 2007 at 4:33pm

Pirates 3 was amazing! And anyone that is too stupid to understand more than one plot line at a time obviously doesn’t read much either…Read a novel! Or else, stop boring us with your unbelievable levels of ineptitude. Fantastic film. Definitely Jedi.

Jake

May 28th, 2007 at 6:05pm

10 Reasons Why Pirates 3 Actually Sucked

What are you people, like 12? Pirates 3 was eye-candy and that’s it. Watching it, I couldn’t help but attempt to make sense of the plot, and when I couldn’t, I found myself wondering if the film makers were trying to crap all over a brilliant series or if they just stepped in something.

#1. Geoffrey Rush. The head ass-kicker from Pirates 1 returns with a character completely stripped of what made him so full of ass-kickery in Pirates 1.

#2. Being Jack Sparrow. Just because you CAN have more than 1 Jack Sparrow in a scene, doesn’t mean you should do it – and more than once! The scenes of Jack talking to himself were so forced it was painful. It was nothing more than attempt to suck as much charm out of Johnny Depp in one movie as possible, but instead, it destroyed it.

#3. The Tell-Tale Heart. So the dude who completely owned Pirates 2 is turned into some rich pretty-boy’s errand dog for Pirates 3. Davy Jones is left under-used with little to do other than mope about the screen and say, “Are you afraid of death?” Do these film makers know ANYTHING about the real story of Davy Jones? I was hoping for a little resolution. Just a smidge.

#4. Backstabbing and plot twists over done. Come on, this is Pirates of the frickin Caribbean, not Survivor! If your head wasn’t spinning one hour into the movie you were either smoking crack or so enthralled with the pirate mania to notice that the movie’s plot was absurd.

#5. More pirates. Ever heard the phrase, “Too many cooks spoil the stew?” Well, that’s what destroyed the X-Men movies and nearly smothered Spider-Man. With so many swash-buckling heroes popping up, running around, doing their thing and making me dizzy, it’s a wonder the actors themselves didn’t look out at the audience and groan, “This sucks doesn’t it?”

#6. Keith Richards. What, you mean he actually had some screen time? I guess I blinked.

#7. The pirates universe. This movie has the wit and cunning of a child and expects you to believe that these are actually adults taking themselves seriously in a world that was once cool and was grounded in the slightest bit of reality. Here it plummets into an oblivion of weirdness and shiny dollar signs.

#8 Humor. It’s still there – for six-year-olds.

#9. CGI set pieces. What is with this director? He’s like a kid that just discovered masturbation and can’t control himself. There was so much CGI in this movie it’s a wonder the actors weren’t brush-sprayed with pixels.

#10. An ending that totally sucks. Was anyone but me hoping for some bit of resolution. Elizabeth, Will, Jack, Barbosa, Jones… not a single character’s arch had any resolve. In fact, the film makers decided to spend the last two minutes of the movie setting up a fourth one. Yip-frickin-yee. We get to go through this again.

Overall, I can’t decide which part of this movie completely ruined it for me: the close up of Johnny Depp’s nose, the attack of the 50 foot woman, or Keira Knightly, who’s Elizabeth character was taken so far out of character it didn’t feel like the same movie. I hate it when film makers take female leads and turn them into men just so the feminists in the audience can swoon at it and go, “God bless America.”

Sorry fellas, the movie spewed poop for 2 hours and 45 minutes and left me wishing I’d gone to the next theater to see Spider-Man 3.

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hunt

May 28th, 2007 at 6:22pm

hey phil…
i can c da quote u said ‘I want a fight with hundreds of badass pirate ships firing on and boarding each other’…basicaly i think dis is al abt u n wat u thnk…movies dsnt hav to b da way u want.cux dis is not made jus for u…so al i can say is tht Pirates of the carribean is gr8

Haunt

May 29th, 2007 at 12:52am

Phill, you are a god among men! Best review of the movie I’ve read yet. I’ve seen the film three times already with plans to see it again, and I come out of the theater with that glow you mentioned every time.

Feel free to check out my much less professional but equally enthusiastic review at either http://whedonesque.org/viewtopic.php?t=1178 or http://www.mania.com/member-reviews/54804/200.html.

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Adam

May 29th, 2007 at 9:03am

Awesome list man.

I’d rank Pirates 3 better than number 2, but the multiple Jack Sparrows bugged me quite a bit.

Jon

May 29th, 2007 at 11:19am

Pirates 3 was just plain HORRIBLE. It was three hours of painfully written dialogue, plastic acting, incomprehensible plot-twists and not enough action. Could ANYONE follow the story? I gave the movie the benefit of the doubt going in (I was a big fan of the other two) and was trying to convince myself it was better than the schlock I was witnessing on-screen but, about two hours in, I gave up and nearly walked out. Ugh…terrible, terrible, terrible… I could go into more detail but Jake summed it up perfectly.

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JCLin

May 29th, 2007 at 4:14pm

I thought the movie was really good. I highly recommend watching the second one just before (a year is too long to remember the more subtle points of the plot) because if you do (like I did), you won’t feel like the plot for At World’s End was contrived or forced. At World’s End really is an extension of Dead Man’s Chest. This is sort of eluded to by Ryu when he says that he has more appreciation for the second one now that he’s watched the third. Great review!

davitt

May 30th, 2007 at 4:14pm

I was bored about 1:45 into the movie, it did drag on longer then it had to. Why do we need to see explosions in slow motion for 5 freakin’ minutes? I couldn’t wait to get out of the theatre

DC

June 01st, 2007 at 12:42am

Very objective post. Think the besides the structural problems of the movie, theres the demistifying of the world – most good fantasy movies take place in a world where they can get away with not explaining stuff thats happened in the past, is happening elsewhere in the world etc – you believe it cos with the rules the movie has presented us, it makes sense. POTC 1 was quite intimate in that regard – small story, big world. This one is f*cking gigantic story, where every single person living in it seems to come on screen.

Aaron

June 02nd, 2007 at 1:38am

Probably the absolute best way to complete one of the greatest movie series ever. The people who said this movie was terrible seem to me to be lacking intelligence. The story wasn’t really that hard to follow. If you don’t have knowledge or the first two movies, then you probably won’t be able to follow it. Dead Man’s Chest was basically a movie that set up all the action in the 3rd movie.

I know these people hate to sit in a theater for 3 hours, but you know what I hate? I hate it when there is a great story to tell and so much stuff is left out so the movie doesn’t exceed the two hour limit.

The multiple Jacks scenes were a way to show the psychological battle that he had with himself for being in purgatory alone. These scenes were important to show that Jack had more going on that just having to worry about his debt to Davy Jones.

Also, Hans Zimmer delivers a soundtrack that puts so much feeling and emotion into the movie. It’s so freakin awesome that honestly, if it were a silent movie with his masterpeices playing in the background, I would be satisfied.

Dead Man’s Chest had so many subliminal messages that it’s actually disgruntling to go back and watch it and wonder how you never saw all that stuff before.

And I wonder why so many people have such a big problem with CGI. CGI really shows the awesomeness of modern technology. I know you’re everyday westerns are simple, and that’s probably what these people are used to, but we’re living in the 21st century now. Things get better with time.

All and all, I was disappointed by one thing. I was disappointed that the movie had to end. I was willing to stay in that theater for another 3 hours. I think the best thing that Disney could’ve done was made this a regular TV series instead of making it a movie. I think it would be so much better to see an hour of this a week so that people will be satisfied that they won’t have to have numb tushies to give them yet another thing to complain about. You know, you knew the movie was three hours long. If you were going to have a problem with it, you should have waited for it to come out on DVD. And if there was someone out there dumb enough to not know it was going to be that long, that’s your problem, next time check it. Phil, nice freakin review, it puts everything into prospective nicely. People, I strongly advise you to not listen to these people who don’t like it, because obviously everyone feels different about everything. Give it a shot. If you like everything that Phil says, then you’ll love this movie.

Ren Patel

June 03rd, 2007 at 1:17pm

The movie was a fun one time view, like most action adventure blockbusters with comic relief. But I don’t think I could find 10 reasons why I will ever watch this movie again.

Stephan

June 04th, 2007 at 12:11am

Overall, I agree with this review and POTC 3 was not that bad, I was not bored for one second of the three-hour-long finale to the trilogy. And I’m a teenager who gets bored with video games…

I personally think that it was a bad idea for them never to give Tia Dalma/Calypso and Davy Jones any payoff. I was hoping for a moment when Davy Jones is dead or dying and he and her are together, finally, in peace. But no, they just cut off his tentacle-beard thing and threw him into the big eddie. And the 50-foot monster thing was just stupid, you do not EVER do that. And all just for her to turn into a bunch of little crabs and run away.

I did not mind the Will becoming captain of the crew. They left something out that would have really made me felt better about the ending where if the man would remain faithful for ten whole years, he would be freed. It would have brought great closure to their story and I am sad they left it out. They could have atleast had Calypso saying it over the final scene ten years later after the credits.

Well, that’s all I got. Good review.

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Maria

June 04th, 2007 at 9:26am

i love how they rise the characters to an emotional level, it shows they have grown and the connect a lot better with you, the feel a lot more human. i think that’s a reason #12 why the movie rocks.

Rajeev

June 08th, 2007 at 4:16pm

Loved the movie, loved the twists and turns. Could have benefitted from 15-30 mins more, and more of everything, more kraken, more Ms. Swann, and more hijinks. Overall excellent way to end one trilogy, and start another. Thankfully no more Mr. Turner, but more Barbossa, more Sparrow, and maybe but probably not more Mrs. Turner.

Cat

June 09th, 2007 at 9:50pm

finally someone who liked the movie!

foundress

June 12th, 2007 at 3:12am

Watching this film it was obvious that this’s already the 3rd part. But it’s rather thrilling anyway.

Foundress

June 12th, 2007 at 3:15am

Watching it i feeled that’s already the 3rd part, but it’s rather thrilling.

Michael Markman

June 12th, 2007 at 6:23pm

I’m glad I ot so far behind on my Google Reader reading that I just now found your Pirates review. Brought me back to the best night of the movies this summer. Thanks for taking the time and care to spell it all out.

Mya

June 14th, 2007 at 8:17am

I LOVED IT!

GnarlyBarbie

June 15th, 2007 at 3:14am

I liked the crabs and some of the fantasy stuff at the beginning but was sorely disappointed with the lack of fantasy elements in the last two thirds. I was hoping the lady becoming a giant would lead to something cool but she didn’t really seem to do anything except create the maelstrom? Nothing in it, except maybe the crazy surreal stuff in the land of the dead, could beat the kraken scenes in the second movie.

Also, I didn’t really find myself rooting for any of the characters for much of the movie. We are supposed to like Knightly, Orlando, and Jack, and maybe some of the other characters? But everyone has their own agenda and we aren’t really given too much time to identify with any of them and feel their struggle. Everyone’s so quick to fight (but it’s not really fighting, because none of the characters are allowed to kill each other in the ways it would have turned out in real life). Not until the last twenty minutes or so, when we can finally root for Knightly and Bloom. But by then it is too late.

Backstabbing can be fun for a bunch of antiheroes but it doesn’t suit heroes. It usually results in the stabees’ death. We usually aren’t supposed to root for the guy that sold his soul to the devil for his own agenda.

Frustrating.

Jack should have had to fight the kraken from inside it.

Arutha

July 05th, 2007 at 2:24am

Horrible, horrible movie.
Save your money, it’s a big knot of plotlines,
everyone is a pirate in this movie, Jack Sparrow has become less funny than Bush’ election and everyone switches sides once or twice.

“Oh, look, I’m working for the EIC now!”
“Oh, look, I changed into a noble pirate again!”

& where was Calypso in the end ?.. she just vanished!

Everyone is back where they started:
The two lovebirds are still not together, Jack Sparrow is again in a port with his drunk buddy and without a ship and Barbosa is captain of the Black Pearl again…

Now, Spongebob on the other hand… ~~

Miss Jack Sparrow

July 28th, 2007 at 1:52pm

Amazing. Awsome. Absolutely incredible. Then again I am the biggest potc fan ever!! The movie kicked ass!!! I love your review!! Your the only critic I like .. I hate others so much!!!! Johnny Depp/Jack Sparrow hottest man ever to walk the planet’s!!! .. I love him!!

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Top 10 Reasons Why Pirates 3 Actually Kicks Ass « Movies

October 11th, 2007 at 5:57am

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Bluewolf

October 12th, 2007 at 12:59pm

POTC3 sucked. possibly even more than Spider-man 3 which also sucked very much.
After watching two ’3′ movies that proved to be either vomit-inducing or just plain boring, I didn’t even bother going to watch Shrek the third.

angie.pangiie..

November 27th, 2007 at 2:41am

i so love pirates of the caribbean more than anyone in the universe, and dont argue with me!! this movie was freakin awesome… the best part was that i went to the premiere with my crush!!! ahhh, it was a great movie!

Jake

December 21st, 2007 at 10:26pm

Oh my god. You people are still going on about this movie? I thought the film’s poor revenue cemented the fact: Pirates 3 sucked. The revenue hardly covered the WASTED $300 mil budget. In fact, this movie sucked so much, I actually sold my DVD copies of Pirates 1 and 2, considering them an embarrassment to my collection just because they were guilty by association.

Nils

February 26th, 2008 at 7:41am

A… bit on the tardy side, I know, but great review Phil.
I was actually debating the movie, and remembered reading this review, so I went to find it again.

And in that context, a few months after the fact:

@Jake:

Fail, not to mention troll.

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