Pirates 3

[Occhidiangela]

Note that Pirates 2 . . .

Sucked the fun out of a fun story.

However, its main suckage eas its length, it ponderousness, its very opposition to brevity being the soul of wit, the wit that made Pirates I so good.

Mixing mythology is dicey, with Krakens, Davy Jones, Blackbeard, and Maelstrom all tossed into the gumbo, but it can work.

So, Pirates 3.

Good enough. Too long, by an hour. Jack Sparrow comes back as him, and I have to say the Locker scenes, the madness, the weirdness, and the way out of the trap were lovely. Down is up, or at least a pillow stuffing.

It went downhill from there, I wanted a pillow for the yawnfest, to include the deus ex machina of the BEI and idiocy near the end. Bah. Don't make bad guys stupid, just make them evil.

Why was the song from the beginning not rewoven into the themes at the end?

Why were the pieces of eight not rewoven into the story?

Why did it have to take 3 hours to "get on with it" and finally sew it all up?

Why didn't they weave the song "Derelict" into the film?

Oh, thank goodness Keith Richard made his appearance, he did well.

Don't spend full price, do a matinee show, and empty your bladder before show time.

Then, enjoy. Enough fun to excuse the blatant cheese.

Occhi