My kids are into the Pirates of the Caribbean movies, so we went to see Pirates III the other day. After seeing Pirates I on DVD right before seeing Pirates II, I really wondered what all the fuss was about. Pirates II was an incomprehensible mess. So I was not looking forward to Pirates III. I don't know if that sufficiently lowered the bar or not, but I found III to be rather enjoyable.
Although I feel like it was 15 minutes too long, and tried to do too many things, it was a rip-roaring adventure that made sense , for the most part.
During Luke and Laura's wedding scene (actually quite clever) I can imagine Davey Jones and Jack Sparrow leaning on their swords and waiting, high up on the mast, before they can continue fighting. You just know that Orlando and Keira have to get together as they are the only good guys with white teeth. The prosthetic dental-work creator should be up for some kind of Oscar for this.
Also, I still don't see the genius in Depps performance, unless you happen to like drunken, androgynous mincing about. I feel, also, that the much bally-hooed appearance by Keith Richard as Johnny Depps father was rather short and wasted (no pun intended). They actually look kind of alike, until you give Richard a big fake nose and skin lesions. That is unless Keith has aged even more since I saw him last.
All in all, Pirates III is a typical summer movie of late. It is enjoyable, loud and completely unmemorable, until the sequel rolls around next summer.
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