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Re: Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End Review
I had the misfortune of sitting next to a young lady who would giggle at every little comedic bit, unfortunately, there are too many of those moments in this film, as if the filmmakers were too scared to bore the audience from its excessive run time, so they crafted far way many scenes to elicit audience chuckles, but in doing so, it undermined too many moments in the film itself that should have had a more serious tone to the situation at hand. There's a decent 2 hour film somewhere in the 160+ minutes of run time in this film.
The screenplay is messy, and while the game of who's trying to pull the wool over the other's eyes seems confusing (but it's not), it also felt unnecessary and reduced the film into a mish-mash of scenes that just didn't drive the narrative in an engaging manner.
There are some pretty eye-popping action sequences, but some of them border on the absurd as well. Whenever the film focused on William and Elizabeth, the film skidded to a halt, but thankfully there weren't that many of those kinds of scenes. Jack was whimsically portrayed once again, but Depp made most of his scenes work, even if they went on far too long in spots.
Be sure to stay to the very, very end of the credits, there's one more last scene for those with the bladders and patience to wait through the credits.
I give it 2.5 stars, or a grade of C+.
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