Yeah, I know by now that everyone that sees the latest (and final?) Pirates of the Caribbean movie will have hit their blogs with their opinions. Will I be any different? Probably not, no. I feel the urge and the desire to share with the world, two cents of my very own.First and final warning though, there be spoilers ahead as I explain this bugger out as best as I can. So consider yourself warned here and now, if you are indeed against reading such things.
OK and so the point behind the theory of this post is to air out my wonder as to what and how people have found this movie to be 'confusing' and 'too long.' I mean, I have read such searing comments such as "the girl seeing her dad in the boat was stupid!" or other favorites like "the part where the lady gets big and explodes into crabs was stupid!."
Need I say more? Needless to say, I was at a lost for words upon reading how much people were bashing this movie and in my own opinion, quite unnecessarily.
For starters, the girl seeing her father in the boat comment... stupid? Elizabeth Swann seeing her dead father entering Davey Jones' Locker was stupid? Oh yes, what a pointless matter to add into the movie. It really adds absolutely NO feeling at all to the overall tone of the film... *Ends Sarcaism*
And like I posted on MSN, 3 hours seems like a lot, but I don't remember hearing anyone bitching with Lord of the Rings. Seriously, I heard NO ONE saying anything bad about the movie when my girlfriend and I left the theater.
Truth be told, I would rather see this movie at 3 hours long, then say a little over 1 hour as it was done to Eragon, which hurt it so very much.
It being as long as it was was needed, though it seems people wanted more depth to the characters. What, do people want even more backstory in the THIRD film? Come on folks, the time for explaining came and past in the previous 2 movies. Now was the time for the story to come to an end! (if this was truly the end that is)
This time around, the betrayals are plentiful and really, everyone fit their roles perfectly in my own opinion. I will even admit Orlando Bloom seemed much more natural to his character (finally) and I think he would have made a very convincing villain (if his character had gone that path that is).
The exchanges between Geoffrey Rush's Barbossa and Johnny Depp's Jack Sparrow are near show stealers. Having the two Captains trying to co-exist on one ship is entertaining, their verbal exchanges alone made it worth seeing the movie in my opinion. And while I always read how great Johnny Depp is as Sparrow, I will add that Geoffrey Rush does an awesome job as Barbossa as well.
The biggest twist in the movie is the love affair between Davey Jones and Tia Dalma, the one who brought Barbossa back from the dead. That couple had more then a betrayal amongst them.
Or maybe the biggest deal was the fact that Will Turner would have been as good as dead, had Sparrow not use him at the very end to stab the heart of Jones and ends up taking his place as Captain of the Flying Dutchman!
Or maybe...
Or maybe I could be here a whole lot longer, dragging out every bit and piece that I can to try and see what ranks up there. Or maybe I won't. Regardless of what I say, I know people will or will not see the movie. If you happen upon my humble little blog though, take it from me if you are in need of an opinion to sway your mind.
Give it a shot. Forget the reviews on this one and just give it a chance. I'd recommend this movie over Spider-Man 3 anyday!
