Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)

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07 Feb 2008 04:55 PM

I'm so confused.

I thought I was confused after the first Pirates when we thought Bootstrap Bill was dead, but he couldn't be dead, because he would have to be undead, right? But then in "Dead Man's Chest" we learn that he's slowly turning into a barnacle on the Flying Dutchman. Whatever. If there's one thing I've learned about the Pirates series, it's to enjoy the films for what they are and to try not to analyze them too much, because they really don't make a whole lot of sense.

At the end of "Dead Man's Chest," we saw Elizabeth feed Captain Jack Sparrow to the Kraken, a move I have not yet forgiven. At the beginning of "At World's End," we see Elizabeth and Barbossa working together (creepy) to convince the other pirate lords to come together in a meeting of the minds. The pirate council (didn't know there was one) met together years before to bind Calypso, the spirit of the ocean, into human form. If she were to be freed, she could wreck her havoc on Davy Jones. With Davy Jones out of the way, they could free Captain Jack from death. (Just go with me here.) Barbossa wants the Pearl back. Elizabeth wants to atone for feeding Jack to the Kraken in the first place. Will wants the Pearl so he can go meet up with Davy Jones and keep his father from becoming a barnacle. They've all got their reasons and they're working together to reach their goals. However, Elizabeth hasn't told Will what she did to Jack, and Will hasn't told Elizabeth that he wants to save his father. It's all very mysterious.

Meanwhile, Jack is in Limbo, essentially dead but not out of the story. He's on the Black Pearl, but it's resting in the middle of a salt ocean and cannot sail. He imagines that its crew is made up of different versions of himself. When Will, Barbossa and Elizabeth find him, he's not sure it's really them, thinking he's seeing things. But he gets with the program rather quickly.

Together our intrepid group defeats Davy Jones, frees Calypso, saves the world, gets married - amidst a great deal of swashbuckling and gunplay. This isn't a movie I would recommend for your children, but rather your older teenagers. It's worth seeing if for no other reason than to find out what Jack is up to now - Johnny Depp is truly genius in this role. But I reiterate - if you expect it to make sense, you'll be disappointed.

This film is rated PG-13.

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The Curse of the Black Pearl

Dead Man's Chest

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