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 Rating: PG-13
Starring: Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Geoffrey Rush
Directed by: Gore Verbinski
At World's End is a great beginning to this summer's upcoming blockbuster movies—so much so, it will be a tough act to follow. This swash-buckling joy ride makes you want to pick up a sword, jump through the screen and join the pirating crew.
The third piece to this watery saga finds Jack Sparrow (Depp) lost to Davy Jones' locker and pirates the world over being rounded up and executed by order of the East India Trading Company, with none other than Davy Jones himself as their mascot.
Our favorite, accidental heroes - Miss Swan (Knightley), Will Turner
(Bloom) and Captain Barbossa (Rush) - are desperately searching for a
way to bring Jack back from a place that is lost so they can maintain
the freedom of the ocean and save the lives of those they love.
Clanging swords, ball-blasting cannons and some sturdy rope are but a few things that help keep this theatrical ship from sailing into any box-office blunders. That and a few thousand, tiny little crabs that look like rocks...
The action in this film far surpasses its predecessor, Dead Man's Chest, releasing a fury with epic proportions - only in a very unique, pirate-like style.
Majesty Swan and Captain Turner find a moment or two, between blades and throws, for a bit of romance—without nauseating the audience. That in itself deserves a bit of merit, especially considering the level of cheese present in Hollywood lately with regards to forced "romance scenarios".
This tale brings to light the legend behind Davy Jones and his sea mistress. Love and betrayal and more betrayal seems to twist the currents in this production, winding its way around each of the characters. Captain Jack Sparrow even manages to get reacquainted with a few of his long lost relatives - his mother looked particularly well.
All of the cast did a fabulous job, but Depp was the master in this tale. His precision is beyond measurement. Rush weighs in as a close second, with a clever, skillful performance.
The wit and humor in this production balance out the rigorous action sequences perfectly. Whether you are on the edge of your seat, or laughing yourself back into it, there isn't a moment you will not be entertained. The story is solid.
This is not a movie you want to miss, especially when there are so many hit and misses at the theatre already—but if you do go, don't leave until after all the credits roll (and there are a lot of credits). There is a little something extra for those that do stay...
the movie was awesome! Savy! Make sure you stay until the end of the credits. They have a surprise at the end that you won't want to miss. Ohhh...we are going to see it this weekend. Jenna, thanks for the information, I too was put off with the second one and wasn't sure if I wanted to see the 3rd. Great! I was nervous about how this one would turn out based on my mixed feelings about the second one....and after that Spiderman 3 debacle, I didn't have much hope for this one. But it sounds like I wouldn't me wasting my 11 dollars on a trip to the cinema for this one.  |
