Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

"The brethren know they face extinction. All that remains is where they make their final stand."

Pirates are dying. Basically, if you have ever had any contact with a pirate or you are a pirate you will be hung. The film opens with mass hangings, but the pirates have not lost heart. Together they sing "Hoist the Colors" a code which calls all pirates to unite.

Here is the plot…
1. Beckett (Hollander) of the East India Company controls the oceans. Davy Jones (Nighy), Governor Swann (Pryce) and Norrington (Davenport, now an admiral) are being controlled by Beckett. Together they give him ultimate power: Jones controls the seas, the Gov. controls the people, and Norrington keeps order.
2. Jack (Depp) is imprisoned in Davy Jones’ Locker and is going crazy
3. The crew of the Black Pearl, Will (Bloom), Elizabeth (Knightley), Tia Dalma (Harris) and Barbossa (Rush) have teamed up to save Jack
4. After freeing Jack they must call upon the Brethren Court
5. The Brethren Court is the 9 Pirates Lords. Essentially they are the bad-ass pirates who control the various seas…they lords include Barbossa, Jack and Sao Feng (Yun-Fat) who makes Elizabeth his successor before he dies. And they also need Captain Teague (Keith Richards), Jack’s father who keeps the Pirate Code.
6. To stop Beckett they must stop Jones.
7. To stop Jones they will need all the help they can get. The woman he loved was the Goddess of the Sea, Calypso who was imprisoned by the Brethren Court (another reason to convene). If they release her, she could help them. The other way to stop Jones is to get the chest and stab the heart, thus killing him and making the person who stabbed the heart his successor.
8. There is a large battle...Beckett, Jones, and _____ against Barbossa, Elizabeth, and _____ (I can't give away the ending)

Basically…Beckett is evil and must be stopped. The only way to do so is for the pirates to unite and get rid of Jones. Can Will save his father (Skarsgard)? Will Elizabeth and Will ever get married? Will Norrington do the right thing? Who IS the captain of the Black Pearl? Is Jack crazy? Will the Brethren Court ever stop fighting?


There have been many bad reviews of this film, but I think it works. The plot is crazy...as you can tell from my numbering system above, and that is just a sketch of what happens. Once again the CGI is fantastic. I'm not entirely sure how I feel about the ending, but I think overall it works. There are even more characters to figure out, but I thought the Brethren Court was great and Keith Richards is very funny. Also, Chow Yun-Fat is great. As far as sequels go (and a second sequel at that) it was decent. Not the best film I've ever seen...but not the worst by far.

Dude, it's quotable: a little darker than the previous films, but still worthwhile.
Rent it multiple times: at this time I've only seen it once and I think I understand everything that happened (but I found out the ending prior to seeing the film so I guess that helps). A second viewing is necessary to completely understand what happened. Plus the maelstrom is pretty awesome so I'd like to see that HUGE battle again.

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007) 168 minutes
Rating: PG-13 for intense sequences of action/adventure violence and some frightening images.
Director: Gore Verbinski
Starring: Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow
Geoffrey Rush as Captain Barbossa
Orlando Bloom as Will Turner
Keira Knightley as Elizabeth Swann
Jack Davenport as Admiral James Norrington
Bill Nighy as Davy Jones
Tom Hollander as Lord Cutler Beckett
Stellan Skarsgard as Bootstrap Bill Turner
Naomie Harris as Tia Dalma
Jonathan Pryce as Governor Swann
Chow Yun-Fat as Captain Sao Feng