Sunday, 11 June 2017

Pirates of the Caribbean 3: At World's End

Cast: Johnny Depp, Keira Knightly, Orlando Bloom, Geoffrey Rush, Bill Nighy and Jack Davenport.

Director: Gore Virbinski

Release Date: 2007

Running Time: 2hrs 49 minutes

Genre: Adventure

Rating: PG-13

Synopsis:

Captain Barbossa, Will Turner and Elizabeth Swan must navigate treachery, betrayal and sail off the edge of the map, to find Jack Sparrow and make their final alliances for a battle one last time! 

At World's End! Now that Elizabeth, Will and Captain Barbossa have rescued Sparrow from the land of the dead, they must face their greatest enemies Davy Jones and Lord Beckett. Now that Beckett has control over Davy Jones's heart he forms a dark alliance with him in order rule the seas and wipe out the last of the pirates. I feel like this one and the latest "Pirates of the Caribbean" movie "Salazar Revenge" are most certainly linked. The 4th installment sort of went off on it's own agenda. Please don't let that confuse you, the correct order to watch the films are the order they were released in. Jack Sparrow doesn't actually make an appearance till almost an hour into the film, his introduction is most certainly interesting. Is he tripping? Is it a dream? A very clever scene. Johnny Depp is fabulous as always. The movie does focus more on Will Turner and Elizabeth Swan in this installment.

Elizabeth Swan is very much a pirate now and considers herself one, Keira Knightly's performance is very good, I still don't quite understand what the deal is with her relationship with Will Turner though? Sound daft? After viewing the 5th installment you'll understand why I said it. Geoffrey Rush is excellent, Johnny Depp and himself actually have serious screen time together this time which makes a nice change. Geoffrey Rush is fantastic as always! In the first film he always came across as such a bad ass pirate who would end up as a bad guy, but as the movies progress you soon learn that he's sort of a good guy really, especially in the latest film. I think his character is rather complex. Is he good,? Is he bad? Speaking of complex characters, for me personally this is the most complex storyline in the series. You need to concentrate otherwise you tend to miss things. I love that we are introduced to characters Ragetti and Pintel more in this film, they work fantastically together and add a perfect amount of humour to the movie.

Although the production design is good, I don't quite think it's as good as the first two movies. Gore Virbinksi has relied heavily on the storyline to make this movie great, that doesn't mean to say the cinematography is awful, quite the contrary, cinematographer Dariusz Wolski has produced gorgeous looking scenes, which work beautifully alongside impressive camera shots, particularly a reverse motion shot of Pintel and Regetti hanging upside down, it's a great scene and looks beautifully shot. Virbinski has relied more on special effects but it works well with the storyline in showing how the story is progressing, they believe their ship will fall off the face of the Earth, it just adds to the magic perfectly. The special effects look really good! It's quite a dark film in terms of lighting design and as far as the storyline is concerned. Therefor the lighting adds to the tone of the film brilliantly. The magic has faded, Elizabeth is no longer this innocent woman who cares for her blacksmith, but now a pirate fighting to keep others alive.

It's a great film, however I do think it's a bit too long at 2hrs 41 minutes, Virbinski doesn't allow his audience to get bored, however certain scenes seem pointless and for me did drag the film down a little bit. they don't necessarily steer away from the movie but personally the film would have worked perfectly without them. It takes a while for the action to get going. The score is good and works well with the storyline, however it's not quite as exciting as it has been in previous films. Although it's entertaining, probably one of my least favourite in the series. I found it to be a bit too dark and a little bit too long.

4/5 stars



















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