PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN
At World’s End:
OMG! This movie blows everything else pretty much out of the water (no pun intended). Wow! **Also, very much like its prequels, this movie is a CHARACTER movie, meaning it will only end with the character arcs, which probably explains to most why it feels a little long. Keira Knightley did a great job as a very strong female character, and Johnny Depp did an Oscar-deserving performance with Sparrow this time, I don't care what anyone thinks. He has placed brilliant new little nuances in jack Sparrow that you didn't quite catch before in the prequels. Barbossa's character evolution was a bit puzzling, I'll admit, because some of the things he does is a complete 180 of how he behaved in the 1st film, but oh well. Another brilliant script with brilliant top-notch execution everywhere, especially for the special effects, and ESPECIALLY with Hans Zimmer's score (OMG!!!!!!!). A real classic, not only helping to redefine the Pirate-movie genre, but will also help to redefine filmmaking (especially third parts) as we know it. A true classic, much like its prequels.
Dead Man’s Chest:
This second part in the trilogy is still brilliant, but suffers because it is the second part, let's face it. When you're at the first film, everyone is excited because you discover a new world and new characters, and studios have a tendency of going gigantic on the third, so the second parts have a tendency of slipping through the cracks. FANTASTIC special effects though, I don't care what anyone says. John Knoll, you and your team ROCK! The rest is well executed as well, and the Elliot-Rossio team have continued to redefine the pirate genre with another spectacular script. A job well done!
(Originally posted by me in 2009).
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