Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum.So another trilogy ended this summer... and what an ending. Depending on people, it can be a good one or a bad one but most likely it will be bitter sweet.
The movie begin straight after the cliffhanger ending of The Dead Man's Chest, where Will Turner, Elizabeth and Captain Barbossa and crew in Singapore to get a puzzle map from the Chinese pirate lord, Captain Sao Feng. In doing so, they will able to find and resurrect/rescue Captain Jack Sparrow who end up trapped in Davy Jones's Locker. At at the meantime, time is running up for the pirates all over the world as The Flying Dutchman and Davy Jones, under the control of the East India Trading Company, eradicating pirates or anyone who related here and there.
The movie upped the ante in the visual department this time with lavish sets, mind boggling special effect and great camera shots with action aplenty. No movie yet can compare the great variety of sword fight scenes, auto fast cannon naval battle, shrapels and bullets flying around and a swarming of stone crabs (huh?). An throw in a whirlpool in the middle. Get the idea?Story wise, it seems a little pale in comparison to its previous movie. Sure, there's a lot of twist and turn and twist again but at times the plot is a little too complicated for the viewer to catch and enjoy. Anyway, it fun to see everybody stab each other's back at every turn while maintaining their side to each other.. We get to see some love triangle of sorts between Jack, Turner and Elizabeth while fighting the EITC cronies.
Still, some action sequences are a bit too ridiculous at the end (monkey fired with a cannonball, anyone?) And the other pirate lords' armada is just for show and helpless in the climax. Weaklings...
Anyway, the movie is worth every cent of the admission price where ever you watch it (I watch it in Singapore ) Hey, it one of the great summer blockbuster after all. And watching Jack interacting with his multi-personality self even worth a second watch :)
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