Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)

User Rating:

7.0/10   

Director:

Gore Verbinski

Writers (WGA):

Ted Elliott (written by) &
Terry Rossio (written by) ...

Release Date:

25 May 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Fantasy

Tagline:

At the End of the World, the Adventure Begins

Plot:

Captain Barbossa, Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann must sail off the edge of the map, navigate treachery and betrayal, and make their final alliances for one last decisive battle.

Plot Keywords:

Pirate | Heart | Goddess | Sea | Ship

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 16 wins & 27 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Sat. Nov. 21

7:00 PM

USA

Cast

Johnny Depp	...	Jack Sparrow
Geoffrey Rush	...	Barbossa
Orlando Bloom	...	Will Turner
Keira Knightley	...	Elizabeth Swann
Jack Davenport	...	Norrington
Bill Nighy	...	Davy Jones
Jonathan Pryce	...	Governor Weatherby Swann
Lee Arenberg	...	Pintel
Mackenzie Crook	...	Ragetti
Kevin McNally	...	Gibbs (as Kevin R. McNally)
David Bailie	...	Cotton
Stellan Skarsgård	...	Bootstrap Bill
Tom Hollander	...	Cutler Beckett
Naomie Harris	...	Tia Dalma
Martin Klebba	...	Marty

Also Known As:

P.O.T.C. 3 (USA) (promotional abbreviation)
Pirates 3 (USA) (informal short title)
Pirates of the Caribbean 3 (USA) (working title)
Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of action/adventure violence and some frightening images.

Runtime:

169 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Dutch

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS | Cinesound (RCA Sound System)

Certification:

Netherlands:12 | Ireland:12A | Norway:11 | Germany:12 | South Korea:12 | UK:12A | New Zealand:M | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | Denmark:11 | Finland:K-13 | Italy:T | Singapore:PG | Hong Kong:IIA | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | Argentina:13 | Greece:K-13 | Australia:M | Sweden:11 | Brazil:12 | USA:PG-13 (certificate #43487) | France:U | Malaysia:U | Spain:7 | Philippines:G (MTRCB) | Portugal:M/12 | Taiwan:PG-12 | Peru:PT

Filming Locations:

Bahamas

Company:

Walt Disney Pictures

Trivia:

The crew built a sixty foot replica of the front half of the Black Pearl on the back of a semi trailer in the salt flats of Utah for a shoot with the Shadow of the Pearl. The shoot was scheduled for 19 days, it took 4.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: In "Bootstrap" Turner's first appearance, his bare skin is visible just below the nape of his neck where the makeup ends.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Officer: In order to affect a timely halt to deterioriating conditions, and to ensure the common good, a state of emergency is declared for these territories by decree of Lord Cutler Beckett, duly appointed representative of His Majesty, the King. By decree, according to martial law...

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "The Simpsons: Apocalypse Cow (#19.17)" (2008)

Soundtrack:

Yo Ho (A Pirate's Life for Me)

Not bad

Less than a year after the previous installment of the popular pirates trilogy, Jack Sparrow and company return in Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End. The film should be great, given a three hundred million dollar budget, huge anticipation, and the closure a third installment inevitably brings to a series. While this film does show its budget and is quite visually arresting, it lacks a fair share of resolution to the trilogy and confuses with its overflowing exposition rather than purely existing to entertain.

Even in an action packed pirate movie, overly chatty sequences will simply bore audiences just because it's too hard to follow what exactly is being said. The movie really just had too many vague or unnecessary plot points that didn't affect the main plot at hand.

All the acting was perfectly fine, with Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow and Geoffrey Rush as Captain Barbosa unsurprisingly being the standouts. The introduction of Depp's character in the pirate equivalent of Hell called Davy Jones' Locker is a particular favorite, as well as the scenes at World's End, which somehow involves a giant, deep waterfall. Keith Richards' hyped cameo as Jack's father is nothing to go crazy for, he does a decent job, but his screen time lasts only about two minutes.

Director Gore Verbinski and his crew knew going into this that the reviews would be mixed and the plot would be confusing (in order to encourage repeat viewings), but honestly, at nearly three hours, the more the film confuses you the more it becomes an endurance test. Also, rather than providing a satisfying conclusion to the series, the end opens up the possibility for a fourth installment, which might not even happen. The crew put every penny of the film's budget on screen, made evident in the hour or so of its bloated climax. The film looks and feels like a true epic, shots are wide, locations are vast, costumes are extravagant, and the scope is large. However, the film needs to scale down its plot in order to let the characters we fell in love with stand out and shine, as that's what makes these films unique.