Post by richardburton on Jun 6, 2007 11:40:56 GMT 1
Went along with the missus to see this last night. Was looking forward to it as I thought the first one was excellent and the second still good (although a little flawed).
The third outing was a little more flawed than Dead Man's Chest in my opinion. For starters it introduced a load of MAJOR plot developments that had not had a SINGLE mention in the first two films (namely the Pirate Lords and the 9 pieces of eight and also the godess Calypso). Without giving anything away these are major plots for the whole outcome of the trilogy and no one thought it important to mention them before (even just in passing)
I also thought that some of the action sequences (like in Dead Man's Chest) were way over the top (even for this type of film) so much so that you became aware of just how much you had to suspend belief.
Chow Yun-Fat and Keith Richards I thought weren't used to best effect, but were ok. Johnny wasn't on top form, although was still good enough. Orlando and Keira were both ok, but nothing startling. For me, Geoffrey Rush stole the show - out acted everyone by far in my opinion (although even his accent went a little dodgy in a couple of places - but I'll let him off!).
The film was good overall and did wrap up everything, but with better editing could've shaved off 20-30mins. I was just disappointed with the way they conveniently threw in several new major plotlines that had never been mentioned before in the earlier 2 films.
The third outing was a little more flawed than Dead Man's Chest in my opinion. For starters it introduced a load of MAJOR plot developments that had not had a SINGLE mention in the first two films (namely the Pirate Lords and the 9 pieces of eight and also the godess Calypso). Without giving anything away these are major plots for the whole outcome of the trilogy and no one thought it important to mention them before (even just in passing)
I also thought that some of the action sequences (like in Dead Man's Chest) were way over the top (even for this type of film) so much so that you became aware of just how much you had to suspend belief.
Chow Yun-Fat and Keith Richards I thought weren't used to best effect, but were ok. Johnny wasn't on top form, although was still good enough. Orlando and Keira were both ok, but nothing startling. For me, Geoffrey Rush stole the show - out acted everyone by far in my opinion (although even his accent went a little dodgy in a couple of places - but I'll let him off!).
The film was good overall and did wrap up everything, but with better editing could've shaved off 20-30mins. I was just disappointed with the way they conveniently threw in several new major plotlines that had never been mentioned before in the earlier 2 films.
