In case you hadn’t heard from my wife, her blog, or the TechRelated.com IRC channel (on Gamesurge), we went and saw Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End over the weekend. While I cannot say I enjoyed it as much as my wife (she has a thing for Johnny Depp), I did think that it was a pretty good movie. Most certainly better than Dead Man’s Chest, but nowhere near as good as The Curse of the Black Pearl.
I was very disappointed with the over hyped and under used roles of Chow Yun Fat and Keith Richards. While it was cool to see them in the movie, they were pretty much useless roles that could have been filled by anyone.
I was reading an article at EW this morning that basically called the plot of the movie a confusing, illogical, and overstuffed mess. Since the article and my comments on it have some spoilers in it, I’ll post the rest after the jump.
Alright, now in regards to the EW article which is actually a follow up to this article. Gotta love the EW editors, don’t ya? They are always soooo silly.
One of the first questions the author has with the movie is why did Jack and Davy have a 15 minute sword fight if Davy cannot be killed? That’s simple. Jack needed the key, and Davey had it. Being that they were already in the middle of a war, Jack wouldn’t have very well been able to steel the key from Davy while he was a sleep now would he? Why did he need the key? To open the Dead Man’s Chest of course! Remember, Jack wanted to become immortal by stabbing the heart.
Jack’s betrayal. According to the EW author, this was pretty much a red herring. No, it wasn’t. Jack made a deal to get out of his debt with Davy Jones, and followed through with his part of the bargain. What was his part? To get the pirates out of Shipwreck Cove. He actually kept his word with this when he voted for Elizabeth Swan to become “King” of the Pirates. He didn’t need to do much else because young William Turner also had his plan to “help” Beckett.
The next issue the author had was with the whole Davy Jones – Tia Dalma (aka Calypso) love story. I don’t know why I really have to explain this one. He loved her, was hurt by her, condemned her (without her knowing), and grieved for her… she still loved him, but after learning of his betrayal, she took her anger out on everyone rather than trying to help Davy or the Pirates.
Is there anything else you didn’t understand? Perhaps I’ll be able to shed some more light on the movie… heck, if your willing I’ll explain any other movie to you before you review it. To quote the EW users forums, “the movie is pretty simple to follow if you have a brain!”
And now, for one last special treat….
Yo, ho, haul together,
hoist the Colors high.
Heave ho, thieves and beggars,
never shall we die.
The king and his men
stole the queen from her bed
and bound her in her Bones.
The seas be ours
and by the powers
where we will we’ll roam.
Yo, ho, haul together,
hoist the Colors high.
Heave ho, thieves and beggars,
never shall we die.
Some men have died
and some are alive
and others sail on the sea
– with the keys to the cage…
and the Devil to pay
we lay to Fiddler’s Green!
The bell has been raised
from it’s watery grave…
Do you hear it’ sepulchral tone?
We are a call to all,
pay head the squall
and turn your sail toward home!
Yo, ho, haul together,
hoist the Colors high…
Heave ho, thieves and beggars,
never shall we die.