I only wish I could have found my eyepatch...

Last night I went to the sneak peek preview of *dun da dun!* Pirates of the Caribbean; At World's End! I went at 8:00pm with friends, and all decked out in pirate garb. I knew it would be a bad movie--I've known that since Dead Man's Chest came out--and my predictions were met.

Even though Barbossa oozed pirate charisma, and Will and Elizabeth are easy on the eyes, it's no secret Jack Sparrow is the best part of the movie, so I was very disappointed when he didn't show for the whole first part. The rest of the movie had much switching of sides and double-agenting, which got very confusing very fast. Halfway through I gave up all hope of trying to follow the plot, and merely wondered at who was going to shack up with whom. Things were rocky with Will and Elizabeth, and there were enough outside-relationship kisses to make me wonder. Apart from that I was most upset by SOMEONE DYING. *sniff* I will not divulge, but they were killed right after they got INTERESTING. Also, at the end it was completely set up for another sequel. Yay, I just adore sequels of sequels of sequels of movies based on theme park rides. You know it's high class humor when most the jokes revolve around a once-undead monkey.

But despite my complaining and snobbery, Pirates of the Caribbean in general is one of the most entertaining series I've seen.

Immortal monkey. Top that! -Jack Sparrow

I missed the Superman buzz, I'm right on top of things for Pirates of the Caribbean!

AOL blogger points out the simularities between The Empire Strikes Back and Dead Man's Chest I just hope Will and Elizabeth aren't brother and sister.

I'm glad the next movie is already written. It's not pretty when screenwriters sue.

Who's to credit for box office records, Jack or Johnny? That's a silly question, it's Keith Richards.

Eonline's Pirates info

Hide the rum!

I just got back from Iowa where *drum roll* I saw Pirates of the Caribbean 2! Me and Maddie dressed up as pirate whores and were the first in line at midnight. Much to my dismay nobody else was dressed up! The theatre wasn't even full! You can understand why I'm a little surprised to see it has grossed 132 million dollars the first day. Ah, the wonder of sequels. Disney is ecstatic.

The whole beginning could have been cut. Elizabeth and Will have to postpone their wedding plans to save Jack on a dessert island. The whole thing has nothing to do with the rest of the plot, except we know that Elizabeth and Will need the find Jack's magic compass. It turns out that Jack has a debt to pay to Davy Jones, (Bill Nighy with a Medusa beard) and when trying to pay it doesn't work out, he just runs away with Davy's heart*. The most exciting development is an interesting new love triangle which will call Will/Elizabeth shippers to question where their loyalty lies! (Wink wink, nudge nudge)
All in all, it was a lot like the first one, similar plot, same characters, same jokes. Only it was two hours and forty minutes long, and that's more than enough to make your butt sore.


* In the most literal sense. Dead Man's Chest, get it?