Pirates of the Caribbean 3: At
World's End
By
Sean Lynch
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Yep, Captain Jack's back - but is it for the
final time? The third installment in the hugely successful Pirates of the Caribbean
trilogy hasn't even hit the cinemas and already there is talks of
expanding it to a fourth, fifth, even sixth film. Where will it end? At
World's End?
Pirates
3 picks up where the record breaking 2006 smash hit (Dead Man's Chest)
left off. With heroes Will Turner (Bloom), Elizabeth Swann (Knightley)
allied with Captain Barbossa (Australia's own Geoffrey Rush) in a
desperate quest to free Captain Jack Sparrow (Depp) from his
mind-bending trap in Davy Jones' locker.
With the
terrifying Ghost ship, The Flying Dutchman, and it's commander Davy
Jones under the control of the East India Trading Company, there is
havoc on the Seven Seas.
Navigating through treachery, betrayal
and wild waters, the heroic trio must forge their way to exotic
Singapore and confront the cunning Pirate Sao Feng (Chow Yun-Fat). Now
headed beyond the very ends of the earth, each must ultimately choose a
side in a final titanic battle - as not only their lives and fortunes,
but the entire future of the freedom loving Pirate way hangs in the
balance.
Ok, first things first. This is going to be huge. I'm
not talking simply about the hype, I'm not talking about the amount of
dollar bills that will be pouring into Disney's, Jerry Bruckheimer and
Gore Verbinski's pockets - I'm talking about the sheer scale of this
cinematic experience. Judging by the trailer - this is the sort of film
that can only be done justice by seeing it on an enormous cinema screen
and sound system. Forget your burnt copy from Thailand, don't do this
epic the injustice of watching it on a computer screen.
Without doubt, the Pirates
trilogy will go down in history with the likes of the numerous other
"Filmed-Back-to -Back" anthologies of the past (most notably Back To The Future
and Lord of the Rings),
but strike me down if on pure popcorn entertainment factor if this
isn't the most enjoyable trilogy ever made. Which is pretty impressive
when you think about the fact the both Pirates 2 & 3
began filming before a script had even been written.
But
what can we expect? The big news is that Keith Richards will finally
make his screen appearance as Sparrow's father (a role which has been
touted for almost four years now) - which was given away during filming
in 2005-2006 after Richards fell trying to get
a coconut out of a tree.
The trailer, which has been closely
guarded (perhaps due to the fact the film still hasn't been fully
completed), depicts some of the most impressive sea battle/action
scenes that have ever been put on the big screen (keep an eye out for
the all-in Pirate whirlpool battle). Let's face it, how can you go
wrong - it's like a school reunion of characters from
the Pirates
universe, with the added bonus of the Singapore Pirates and the uber
cool Chow Yun-Fat.
In
terms of box office, it's difficult to predict. There is no doubt that
this will pull in a few punters (heck, the second installment barely
had an ending and it did sublime business). In 2003 the Disney
Ride-Turned-Blockbuster got off to a slow start with Curse of the Black Pearl
pulling in just under $50 million on opening week (not bad, but
relatively average for a Big Budget affair - to put it in perspective -
both Dare Devil
and Ghost Rider
did similar first week business), however it went onto gross over $300
million in the US. The 2006 sequel, Dead Man's Chest, opened
to almost $135 million and went onto make a staggering $423 million in
the US alone (almost double that of the highly hyped Superman Returns -
which had it had half as much fun and action as Chest, would have a
hell of a lot better).
And that's not taking into account DVD and Merchandise sales. Yep, old
uncle Walt is bathing in a pool of cash in his cryogenically frozen
grave.
People will know what to expect when they
walk into the
cinemas come May 24 - but get ready - because when it comes to Pirate
battles, expect the unexpected! Savvy...?
Pirates of the Caribbean 3: At World's
End sails into cinemas May 24.
Pirates
of the Caribbean 3: At World's End Official Site &
Trailer
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Knightley
prepares to enter the stupid hat contest
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The
Big Three...
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Bloom
returns as a wavy haired fop.
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"...Savvy?..."
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"Team
Meeting - Who farted?"
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The
original and the best...
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