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Author Topic: Pirates of the Caribbean 3 - At World's End (2007) Phil Blake Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 558 From: esperance western australia Registered: Nov 2003 posted 05-26-2007 12:04 AM                        yes .... it was bad yes ... it will make huge money why ..... well I guess as long as this sort of stuff keeps bring in full houses they will keep making it. The masses I have had in and really enjoyed it,obviously they are not people like ourselves. Its the "In Thing" they are sitting there with a lap full of candy and drinks glued to the screen thinking this is just the greatest ever.Its a sheep like syndrome. My personal comments on it, well the sound was great in DTS, film print was a little on the grainy side, the story , appeared to have been assembled from cutting room pieces that were left out of the first 2 movies.The forward movement of the story was so painfully slow and mixed up maybe the director was sharing the rum bottle with Johnny. a 168 minute fight-double cross-fight failed to entertain me. 1 out of five stars.  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 05-26-2007 12:19 AM                        I've heard that Deppy-poo is willing to make a 4th "Pirates" movie.  |  IP: Logged Phil Blake Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 558 From: esperance western australia Registered: Nov 2003 posted 05-26-2007 03:36 AM                        they will more than likely make that 3.5hours long! and make that out of clippings from this one  |  IP: Logged Kyle Anderson Film Handler Posts: 86 From: Tyler, TX, USA Registered: Dec 2005 posted 05-26-2007 02:45 PM                     quote: Phil Blake The masses I have had in and really enjoyed it,obviously they are not people like ourselves. Exactly what I thought when i read this thread. A bit too long, and too serious about itself to not have the unserious parts seem cheesy, but I never cared one bit, because it was A) a fun - and well written - plot; more like a book than the usual speedy straightforward tripe we get in movies, and B) had OUTSTANDING CGI until the scene with Will and Mr. Turner (which was just bad for some reason) - I watched the Maelstrom scene and snapped out of it for a sec to think " Holy shit, this is the best CGI I've ever seen! "  |  IP: Logged Sam Graham AKA: "The Evil Sam Graham". Wackiness ensues. Posts: 1431 From: Waukee, IA Registered: Dec 2004 posted 05-26-2007 10:43 PM                        CINEMA: 13th Avenue Warren, Wichita, KS AUDITORIUM: 14 (the super groovy one with the balcony) PRESENTATION: Dolby Digital Cinema/THX PRESENTATION PROBLEMS: Seriously lacking on the low end RATING: Three stars (out of four) Random Girl in Snack Bar Line (immediately behind me) is frustrated because everybody keeps walking basically through her. The snack bar is an island in the middle of the lobby, so line space is short, so this is normal. The fun part is, even as we move forward, people still keep picking her to walk through. So she looks to me for empathy. "You know, it's like they're (the snack bar employees) unmotivated to do their job" (because the line is moving so slowly). "I worked in fast food in high school, and WE couldn't get away with working this slow. And for these prices! I dropped off my kids and came to the movie. They'd kill me if they knew I was seeing this without them. They're in this show but I've seen it like ten times, so I decided to go to the movie. Bad move, huh. So is somebody saving your seat? Oh, your wife? And you're buying the popcorn. My husband NEVER buys the popcorn. He's like "You don't need that crap. Let's just go in." To make the experience even more awesome, a teenage girl in line doesn't have enough money for what she ordered, pays for part of it in change she counts out by hand, and then BORROWS MONEY FROM A RANDOM CUSTOMER BEHIND HER. A customer who actually gives her the money, I might add. Then the kids in front of me order their popcorn and soda, then when it's ready and totaled up, they ask for candy. Then that's rung up, then more candy. Then that's rung up, then MORE candy. It was totally worth it, though. BEST. POPCORN. EVER. Before the show started, they ran a pre-recorded announcement about Memorial Day and asked us to observe a moment of silence, then some recording of "God Bless America" played. Is it really a moment of silence if they play a song during it? The curtain rises and Wife #1 is impressed. "I haven't seen that happen since River Hills when I was a kid." That's not even close to true. Fridley still raises curtains at their two local nine-plexes. Yes, they're running DLP on the biggest screen in the building, and it looked good. If DLP can look good on this screen, DLP can look good on any modern screen. I don't see what you're all complaining about. It's no more convoluted than "Lord of the Rings" and unlike LOTR, parts of it are actually fun to watch. [ 05-27-2007, 11:29 AM: Message edited by: Sam Graham ]  |  IP: Logged Josh Rosen Film Handler Posts: 49 From: Toronto, Ontario, Canda Registered: May 2007 posted 05-27-2007 12:34 AM                    I saw this movie in the digital presentation today at Cineplex Entertainments Colossus theater (Toronto). Overall I didn't think it was nearly as bad as everyone else seems to. Yes its was very long, and yes it took itself way to seriously at parts, but it still had the great action scenes and engaging and interesting characters as well as some mind blowing CGI. Also, this was the first time I saw a digital presentation, so I was pretty excited. The steadiness of the picture obviously struck me right away as well as the clarity. The only thing that struck me as being bad was the end credits, they were extremely blurry and ghosting as they moved up the screen. It wasn't the best movie ever, but I still enjoyed it.  |  IP: Logged Jonathan M. Crist Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 531 From: Hershey, PA, USA Registered: Apr 2000 posted 05-27-2007 10:38 AM                     Once again the moviegoing public has been sold a bill of goods. Promoted as a summer 'popcorn' flick, POTC3 is anything but. I agree that the pacing and sensibilities seem almost like a novel (and like Charles Dickens the screenwriters seem to have been paid by the word). Not uninteresting, but definitely not lighthearted escapist summer fare. The whole tone and spirit of POTC3 is dark, somber, dreamlike and brooding - a complete reversal of the tongue-in-cheek, wink-at-the-camera sensibilities which made the first two outings such audience favorites. [ 05-27-2007, 06:51 PM: Message edited by: Jonathan M. Crist ]  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 05-28-2007 09:39 PM                        Watched this today with my wife and some friends. The friends are all really "into" the Pirates movies and they loved it. My wife and I are really "not all that into" the Pirates movies and we were lost before the end of reel 1. But, as others have said the spfx are great and I enjoyed listening to the sound. Good cannon booms! And the music sounded good. Being an old Stones fan, I enjoyed seeing Keith Richards...he makes a good pirate. And Kiera Knightley was very pleasant to look at. Too many people are bringing little kids to this. The kids can't sit still and wind up ruining the movie for the grownups. Oh well. 2.5 stars out of 5 for me. 1.5 stars deducted for having an incomprehensible story.  |  IP: Logged Chad M Calpito Master Film Handler Posts: 435 From: San Diego, CA Registered: Apr 2006 posted 05-31-2007 07:49 PM                        Just saw this movie today. I thought it was great. My coworkers thought it was great and I tend to agree. The story was a little slow, but, overall, the movie was worth my time. The special effects were great as well. And, Keira Knightly was very wonderful to look at. A total of 4 Stars out of 5 Stars.  |  IP: Logged Demetris Thoupis Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1240 From: Aradippou, Larnaca, Cyprus Registered: Apr 2001 posted 06-02-2007 05:12 AM                     I liked it, It had funny moments, The theater was packed, They liked it, It sounded terrific in DTS Did not care about the almost 4 hour issue. Demetris  |  IP: Logged Lyle Romer Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1400 From: Davie, FL, USA Registered: May 2002 posted 06-03-2007 11:16 AM                     This was a GREAT end to the trilogy. Yes it is darker and definitely not a kids film. You had to see the first two to really "get" this one. I'm glad I watched the first two a couple of weeks ago on DVD. The had it all. A good story that tied everything up (while still leaving it open for #4), humorous moments and an UNBELIEVABLE CGI Action sequence. Yes it was a bit too long. It was weird. It didn't drag on and I wasn't bored. I just kind of felt like I watched two movies instead of one. I highly recommend this but I recommend watching he first two before you go. 4 out of 5 stars  |  IP: Logged Jonathan M. Crist Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 531 From: Hershey, PA, USA Registered: Apr 2000 posted 07-14-2007 09:56 PM                     Saw this again the other day. It finally hit me why the tone of this thing seemed so familiar. This is really just an old late 60's - early 70's Fellini take off, coupled with a bit of Ingmar Bergman (The Seventh Seal) for good measure, but with modern CGI effects.  |  IP: Logged Jeremy Jorgenson Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1002 From: Chicago, IL, USA Registered: Feb 2005 posted 08-10-2007 11:28 PM                        I just noticed that according to imdb, outside the US this has just passed the 2nd PotC as the 4th highest grossing film ever. Odd considering that in the US, the 2nd PotC one is #6, and this one is sticking around #23 All-Time Non-USA Box Office All-Time USA Box Office  |  IP: Logged

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