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Fri, 06 Jun 2008

Movie Review: Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Title:Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)
Rating:2/10

At about the half-hour mark into Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End I hit the "Display" button on the PS3 to see how much longer I had to endure this incredibly insipid movie... just a mere 2½ more hours! I was pretty tempted to turn it off right there... really tempted in fact. But I figured if I added the half hour I had already wasted to the 2½ hours of Pirates 2, that I was already more than halfway through the thing and I may as well slug on ahead. It now seems obvious to anyone that watched this movie and Pirates 2, that the Pirates franchise has now descended into nothing more than an epic exercise by the Disney studio heads to make a gob of easy money without delivering much by way of a product to the consumer (and there is a hint of a Pirates 4 at the end of this movie!).

Where should I begin? The fact that the movie is too long and tedious? That the undecipherable fluff plot is pretty much a voyage to boredom? Or that much of the clever slapstick that made the first movie so enjoyable is watered down in Pirates 2 and non-existent in this installment? Wow. So disappointing.

:: Posted by rus on Fri, 06 Jun 2008 11:56 pm
:: Filed under /reviews/movies

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