Wednesday, May 30, 2007

Movie Review: Pirates of the Caribbean 'at world's end'

Ok, I am a frustrated writer and a lame one I should add. I always want to write everything that's on my mind, but I just can't seem to keep on track. It's like I have short-term memory loss or something. Thus, I tend to frequently write down every bit of memory I have left of me. If life so betrays me and my memory be gone, at least I would still find myself reading this and perhaps no memory of it is my writing, laugh about it for its lameness. I could somehow foretell that somewhat in the nearest future I'll be the youngest ever to have an Alzheimer's(pardon the spelling, did I got that right?) disease
Well, anyways, for this time around, I would like to write about the most recent movie that I've watched, some smart people would prefer to call it as Movie Review, but duh, whaddya heck: Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's end. So, here it goes:

Well, compared to Pirates 1  2, I definitely like this, but somehow I just don't like the idea of Elizabeth Swann(Keira Knightley) as being so robust and pirate-like. There was no inkling of hints that she has been well adept with sword-fighting and the likes --- being brought up as an elitist and an aristocrat. She even became a pirate ship captain to replace the short-lived Chow Yun Fat. But what is the movie all about.... this is what I understood despite having been placed in that part of the cinema wherein your attention could barely make it to the screen amidst the heated lovers surrounding you.

The movie started with the hanging of suspected pirates(by order of course of Lord Beckett) and them chanting the anthem for pirates and there's this coin that has been so significant in the movie. I could not figure out, though, the song they are singing, but it did sound pretty melancholic. That scene was a place somewhere in Singapore with Capt. Barbosa, Keira visiting the pirate Chow Yun Fat, they realized that Will Turner has been held captive by them for he tried to steal a priced map from Fat. The map allegedly contained clues and direction of the world's most enchanted places and location of world's hidden treasures like the fountain of youth.They would be needing the map to locate Sparrow. They have been attacked by the Beckett's men but luckily Will and Chow had an agreement to lend him the map in return he is going to give him the Black pearl plus Sparrow.

They continued to their voyage at the end of the world to retrieve Sparrow(wherein he developed some multiple personality issues). Of course, they were able to retrieve him and the Black Pearl in the world of upside-down but they had a difficult time returning to the world of the living. However, Jack was smart enough to decipher the map then, with his help, led them back to the world of the living. When they got back, they were attacked by Chow but Barbossa was able to persuade Chow that instead of him taking the Black Pearl, he should consider taking Calypso, the goddess of the sea, trapped in human form, where Chow thought to be Keira.

Keira thought that it would be for the best to save Black Pearl so he let Chow took her to his ship. When Chow was blabbering about Calypso, she doesn't have a bit of idea on the things he's been blabbering. In the middle of their conversation, their ship was attacked and Chow was deeply injured, and so before he died, he made Keira the heir to his ship and take over his responsibilities. But they were held capture by Davey's ship. where Norrington(Keira's fiance in Part 1) helped them to escape the Flying Dutchman but Norrington was killed by mentally disable Bootstrap Turner.

On the other hand, Will Turner was giving leads to Beckett's men so that they could seize the Black Pearl and perhaps free his father from the bondage under Davey Jones service. But Jack was able to discover his plot. And so, he pushed him out of the ship but gave him his compass so that they could trace their location

Will Turner made an arrangement with Becket that he is going to lead them to the Brethren Court in return that he is going to free his father. Davy Jones who has against it but could only comply because Beckett got his heart. Will likewise mentioned that they are going to free Calypso while they are going to have the meeting in the court. When Davy heavily disagreed on what brethren's to-be decision, Will then realized that Davy Jones was the one who has persuaded the Brethren Court to entrap Calypso.

Prior to that, the witch told the crew in the Black Pearl that Davy Jones was tasked by Calypso, the goddess of the sea, to collect the souls who have died in the sea for her. She made him Captain of the Flying Dutchman and that he is given a chance to be with his love one after ten years. When after ten years, Jones showed up in their spot but Calypso was nowhere to be found. Due to hatred, he persuaded the court to trap her for he knows how to in return, the Pirates will take control of the sea.

But they didn't realize that the witch was Calypso herself in human form and that she made an arrangement with Barbossa that she is going to give him his human life back if he is going to help rescue Jack and persuade the Court to give up their 8 treasures of 9 so that she will be freed. Without Jack and Barbossa, she will not be freed for she needs those things to release her. Barbossa tricked the first five to give up their thing-to-which-could-free-calypso, he then only needed Jack's and Keira since they were hesitant to give theirs. Keira likewise raised to the court that they should fight Beckett and restore their pirate rule over the sea. But then, every captain was hesitant in going against Beckett thus they have to elect a pirate king to for under his rule, every pirate will have to comply. When the pirates agreed with it, they voted only themselves but broke the even when Jack voted Keira for being the pirate king, of course, she won and forced the Court to fight Beckett under her rule.

Of course, Barbossa released Calypso for he was able to complete the things when they swapped Jack for Will and snatched Keira's boon. When the war broke -out...I don't like how it was presented for they only highlighted the action between the Dutchman and the Pearl.

To make the story short. Davey pierced Will with his sword, and Jack was able to get a hold of Davey's heart, pierced it and killed Jones' in return. Will dying, the crew of the Dutchman swoon over him as Keira shouting for Will feeling her loss over her husband(Barbossa married them while at the same they were doing some fighting scenes with the antagonists) After Jack returned to the Pearl with Keira...The Dutchman suddenly came out from the sea with the crew transforming to their original human form...

Of course, with joint forces of the Black Pearl and the Dutchman, they were able to defeat Beckett's armada....

Of course, Will could not get away from his responsibilities, so he gave Keira his deadman's chest and promise to be back on land after 10 years...

I think that's about it... If you have not seen the movie... then you should be... please make sure you have seen the first two to avoid confusion. If you intend to understand the movie, you have to keep all ears on it, it's quite confusing actually.

I hope you enjoyed reading, till next time

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