I just got back from watching At World's End (PotC3) on the *opening* day.
Well, here's something I'll say: Keira Knightly is very hawt. Extremely. Her accent helps. I think its cheating. Secondly, never go when pre pubescents and plain crude retards go to the same theater. In the middle of a Kiera Knightly intense moment when she was clad in nothing really but a Tia Dalman tight, thigh high black dress sort of thing, one of the kids in the theater decided to be really cool and announced, "I have a raging boner!" at the top of his lungs. Now everyone had a good laugh, except me. I thought it rather funny, but rather unnecessary.
Anyway, the seats behind me had been reserved and they were reserved for 5 fat middle aged women...and a lunk. They were alright til the end of the show, until when the credits were done flashing (yes, there is a scene after the credits, but it has no humor, and its not necessary. It was...nice to see I guess, to satisfy curiosity.
The Scene was this: (spoilers from this point onwards)
Kiera Knightly runs out in her nice dress with a boy (presumably her son--and Will's) starts singing a pirate song.
One of the fatties behind me quipped, "Well I never saw them have sex."
It was one of those crude voices, made worse by the fact that the voice's owner was a fat bitch.
Moral of the story: Don't go the first day unless you can handle retards.
The Movie itself to me was rather disappointing. There's a slight spoiler and here it is: He who stabs the heart of Davy Jones must take over as captain of the Dutchman.
After a series of events unfolds, the ending is pretty clear--or is it?
It's a pretty impressive turn of events, and a load of fabricated and exaggerated pirate mythology is put into a syncretic blend with that of the Classic Greeks, making the movie pretty enjoyable, from a wannabe classicist's perspective like me.
Kiera Knightly was indeed hot as ever, and there was a lot of action. Jack Sparrow was also very slick, and there were some interesting scenes with him dealing with his psychology, and it was comical and all that.
Some of the scenes were just weird, and I was asking myself at times "Wtf does this have to do with the movie...?" or "WTF, they totally bungled the series, I don't want to watch it happen like this"
There was a really cool scene where: (Spoiler)
Tia Dalman (or whatever her name is) talks to Barbossa, revealing he is technically still dead, and his fingers are appearing to be half rotten and skeletal. This reveals to us she is more than just a conjurer and could be a goddess in human form *nudge* *nudge* *cough*
Tia Dalman also has a meeting with Davy Jones, revealing himself as he really should be if his job hadn't been corrupted, and he himself wasn't corrupted. Really good CG and plot twists all around.
Keith Richards the actor or whatever appears as Morgan Black, or whatever, the pirate who laid down the code. He is also rumored to be Jack's father.
Here's the ratings bar:
Humor: 7.5
Kiera Knightly factor: 9
Cool factor: 8
Battle Scene factor: 10
Plot: 7
(scores not averaged)
Final Score: 8.5 with a must see brand.
Just make sure you can handle the retards.