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

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

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

Colour:

Colour

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:

Jack Sparrow, Johnny Depp's character, waits a whole 33 minutes before making his on-screen entrance.

Goofs:

Continuity: In the scene that three representatives of each side of the war step on a lanky piece of land in the middle of the sea to negotiate, there is a black piece of cloth tied to Jack Sparrow's right hand palm which disappears once during their negotiations and then appears again and remains there until the end of the scene. More precisely, when he is saying the line: "That debt was paid mate, with some help from ... (moving his hand toward Elizabeth)" the cloth is gone and right after it when saying the next line after Davy Jones' :"technically..." the cloth is back and remains till the end of the scene.

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 "Saturday Night Live: Tina Fey/Carrie Underwood (#33.5)" (2008)

Soundtrack:

Yo Ho (A Pirate's Life for Me)

Good conclusion to the series, same problems as the 2nd

AWE was a decent close to the trilogy (although they did leave it open for the possibility of a 4th).

Lets go down the list: 1) Holy cow. The CGI is breathtaking. The details on the sets is just as breathtaking. The filming sites were beautiful. These are a talented group of folks I tell ya. GREAT job.

2) Acting .. both good and bad. Sparrow, Barbossa, Beckett, Norrington, Jones, and Gibbs provided some very good acting and funny moments. However, they were offset by Pintel and Ragetti (they got annoying in the 2nd film and it didn't stop here. While I enjoyed the idea of Tia Dalma's character, I wasn't impressed with the performance by beautiful Miss Harris. I haven't especially liked Keira all that much in other things she has done and it was the same here. Decent actress but not overly impressive. Stellan's portrayal of Bill Turner was decent enough but a notch down from what we KNOW he can do. Now the best for last. Im a 100% hetero male and even I can say that Orlando Bloom is a VERY good looking guy. But for the love of pete, this guy is one of the most terrible actors ever and strangely, he was cast in two of the biggest, most profitable trilogies ever. He has essentially played the same character in every movie, just with different costumes. His mannerisms, his low "sexy" voice, his facial expressions .. ALLLL the same, all the time. Sooo blahhhhhhh.

3) The story was good but there was too much of it. It has been said here but I will say it again. At one point, I just stopped trying to follow along and just enjoyed it. Everyone stabbed everyone else in the back at least once. It wasn't "hard to follow" but a movie like this isn't supposed to make you think. You want that, go see .... Clue :P the whole Singapore thing was just unneeded. While it did add a new element to the film, it just seemed too forced.

4) Running time was a tad bit long but it passed fairly quickly due to the great action sequences.

All in all .. I was impressed with the movie, but it has its problems. Much like part 2.

I say go and see it. You wont be disappointed but you wont walk out thinking you just saw a masterpiece either.

Just my thoughts ...