Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
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Directed by
Gore
Verbinski
Writing by
Ted
Elliott
Terry
Rossio
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Genre:
Action
Adventure
Comedy
Fantasy
Runtime:
168 min
Cast of Characters
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Johnny Depp |
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Captain Jack Sparrow |
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Geoffrey
Rush |
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Captain Barbossa |
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Orlando
Bloom |
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Will Turner |
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Keira
Knightley |
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Elizabeth Swann |
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Jack
Davenport |
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Admiral James Norrington |
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Bill Nighy |
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Davy Jones |
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Jonathan
Pryce |
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Governor Weatherby Swann |
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Mackenzie
Crook |
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Ragetti |
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Lee Arenberg |
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Pintel |
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Kevin
McNally |
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Gibbs (as Kevin R. McNally) |
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Stellan Skarsg
rd |
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'Bootstrap' Bill Turner |
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Tom
Hollander |
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Lord Cutler Beckett |
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Naomie
Harris |
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Tia Dalma |
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David
Schofield |
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Mercer |
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Lauren Maher |
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Scarlett |
Plot Outline:
Captain Barbossa, Will Turner
and Elizabeth Swann must sail off the edge of the map, navigate
treachery and betrayal, and make their final alliances for one
last decisive battle.
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End is a rollicking
voyage in the same spirit of the two earlier
Pirates films, yet far darker in spots (and nearly three
hours to boot). The action, largely revolving around a pirate
alliance against the ruthless East India Trading Company,
doesn't disappoint, though the violence is probably too harsh
for young children. Through it all, the plucky cast (Keira
Knightley, Orlando Bloom, Geoffrey Rush) are buffeted by
battle, maelstroms, betrayal, treachery, a ferocious Caribbean
weather goddess, and that gnarly voyage back from the world's
end--but with their wit intact. As always, Johnny Depp's Jack
Sparrow tosses off great lines ; he chastises "a woman scorned,
like which hell hath no fury than!" He insults an opponent with
a string of epithets, ending in "yeasty codpiece."!
In the previous
Dead Man's Chest, Sparrow was killed--sent to Davy
Jones' Locker. In the opening scenes, the viewer sees that
death has not been kind to Sparrow--but that's not to say he
hasn't found endless ways to amuse himself, cavorting with
dozens of hallucinated versions of himself on the deck of the
Black Pearl. But Sparrow is needed in this world, so a daring
rescue brings him back. Keith Richards' much ballyhooed
appearance as Jack's dad is little more than a cameo, though he
does play a wistful guitar. But the action, as always, is more
than satisfying, held together by Depp, who, outsmarting the
far-better-armed British yet again, causes a bewigged commander
to muse: "Do you think he plans it all out, or just makes it up
as he goes along?" As far as fans are concerned, it matters
not.
Runtime:
168 min
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 Widescreen
Sound Mix:
SDDS Dolby Digital DTS
Certification:
Italy:T
Philippines:G Greece:K-13 South
Korea:12 Norway:11
Brazil:12 UK:12A Canada:PG
Argentina:13 Finland:K-13
USA:PG-13 Malaysia:U
Netherlands:12 France:U
Ireland:12A Switzerland:12
Singapore:PG New Zealand:M
Spain:7 Australia:M
Switzerland:12 Sweden:11
Portugal:M/12 Germany:12 Hong
Kong:IIA Denmark:11
Taiwan:PG-12 Canada:G
Peru:PT
Quotes: Jack Sparrow : Can't spot
it. Must be a tiny thing hiding somewhere behind the Pearl.
Awards:
5 wins & 5 nominations
Comments:
Less than a year after the
previous installment of the popular pirates trilogy, Jack
Sparrow and company return in Pirates of the Caribbean: At
World's End. The film should be great, given a three hundred
million dollar budget, huge anticipation, and the closure a
third installment inevitably brings to a series. While this
film does show its budget and is quite visually arresting, it
lacks a fair share of resolution to the trilogy and confuses
with its overflowing exposition rather than purely existing to
entertain. Even in an action packed pirate movie, overly chatty
sequences will simply bore audiences just because it's too hard
to follow what exactly is being said. The movie really just had
too many vague or unnecessary plot points that didn't affect
the main plot at hand. All the acting was perfectly fine, with
Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow and Geoffrey Rush as
Captain Barbosa unsurprisingly being the standouts. The
introduction of Depp's character in the pirate equivalent of
Hell called Davy Jones' Locker is a particular favorite, as
well as the scenes at World's End, which somehow involves a
giant, deep waterfall. Keith Richards' hyped cameo as Jack's
father is nothing to go crazy for, he does a decent job, but
his screen time lasts only about two minutes. Director Gore
Verbinski and his crew knew going into this that the reviews
would be mixed and the plot would be confusing (in order to
encourage repeat viewings), but honestly, at nearly three
hours, the more the film confuses you the more it becomes an
endurance test. Also, rather than providing a satisfying
conclusion to the series, the end opens up the possibility for
a fourth installment, which might not even happen. The crew put
every penny of the film's budget on screen, made evident in the
hour or so of its bloated climax. The film looks and feels like
a true epic, shots are wide, locations are vast, costumes are
extravagant, and the scope is large. However, the film needs to
scale down its plot in order to let the characters we fell in
love with stand out and shine, as that's what makes these films
unique.
