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

You’d think that if you like Johnny Depp, then more Johnny Depp would = better. Unfortunately, as in Freud’s 1940s reading of medusa, more is definitely less. And more Depp actually = a bit creepy. Although wall-Depp was funny. Somebody really should buy Slavoj Žižek a POTC box set for his birthday though.

Wisely, Blooms role is reduced, and crazily, Knightley-cod’s is expanded – at least when she’s fighting or inspiring others she can’t pout. Much.

The once untouchable Yun-Chow Fat gets to put on a slightly fey accent, a first for him. Keith Richards finally turns up as Jack's old man, and every scene with him in it is mildly terrifying because he seems constantly on the verge of melt down, explosion, or explosive meltdown.

Stellan Skarsgård is completely unrecognizable as Turner senior, he seems slightly too good (good Will Hunting and Anita: Swedish Nymphet aside) to play what’s always been one of the most rubbish characters.

Would have liked to see Naomie Harris go a bit more mental – the crabs were pretty cool but I was expecting a little more. The return of the Kraken was a bit upsetting too.

Still – the film has many exciting new ride possibilities (what’s down is up!) and coolio tentacle action and one of the best ship fights, ever. There are also few family rituals in my post--post-nuclear family, and piling into the cinema en masse for the latest POTC installment is one of them.    

We stayed for the after the credits scene following Gilbert‘s tip off.

And thanks to D-E-F-I-N-I-T-E-L-Y - I never can spell that word.

Comments

[Terry]

'After credits scene'? Curses, am I going to have to watch it all again (which wouldn't be too much of a hardship, as it was quite good fun), or is someone willing to share?

[Josie]

Happy to Terry - but SPOILER ALERT for anyone who really cares. It's not a "Solient Green is people!" degree spoiler.

OK, so after sitting through an additional hours worth of credits your treated to a TEN YEARS LATER title and Cod-Knightley, on top of a hill on an island (maybe honeymoon island, who knows) with ten year old son in tow. Daddy's ship comes over the horizen. Bloom realises he's waited ten years for an evening of babysitting.

Cod-Knightley drops off the kid and heads off to the pub. OK, I may have made that last bit up.

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