At the Movies: Pirates of Caribbean: At World's End.

We are back (after a long hiatus), with another movie review. Once again I departed to take the sea with my trusty (and not so much backstabbers) mateys of the Lite Warrior House of the RAWS Society (yeah we like loooong titles). In our wet adventure we wintessed the conclusion of the saga (or at least until Disney's frozen head says soemthing) of the greatest pirate in the 7 seas ever: Capt. Jack Sparrow.

*Warning: Possible spoliers ahead*

Pirates 3 takes the story where the previous one (interesting fact: both movies were filmed at the same time in most of ths scenes) left: the surviving and guilty motley crew of the Black Pearl, helped by Capt. Barbossa and Tia Dalma, set on a mission to rescue Jack, since he is the key to save the pirate way of life from the greedy, blooded hands of Lord Cuttler Beckett who has no qualms in hanging kids or killing parents or using the Flying Dutchman as a nuke equivalent. But rescuing Jack is easier said than do and the movies has so many plot twist and backstabbing that you left wonder if all of this was a highly complicated ruse by Jack or just a massive bunch of coincidence, then again they are pirates and is Jack:

The Good: Capt. Jack Sparrow. He is the man that redefines the Cool Factor (tm) Scale. Only Batman is at that level than can freeze fire and use it as toothpick. he si back an more insane than ever. The scenes where he talks with himself can make alugh even rocks. And he still kick ass and gives you chills even if he is in the movie just for a half. He is the man, even in the last seconds of the movie. Heck even his rockstar dad makes an brief appearence that makes you wonder how that family can have such coolness in mere mortal genes. Other non-Jack good things are the bunch of plot twist that a clever spectator can deduce first, but are nicely explained later in the movie, the resolution of the Davy Jones plot, the massive backstabbing and the incredible last battle at the sea. And all the characters are redeemed while still being true to themselves and their wicked pirate ways. Finally, although many people didn't like it, I enjoyed how the movie expanded in the pirate lore of this particular universe. I think it makes it rich and complex, with a dash of magic to add flavor. Like any good classic pirate story.

The Bad: Will and Elizabeth stories take a long to be resolved, with some really cheesy scenes and you need to wait until after the credits to see an extra scene that ties the only loose end of the movie. That and the "Braveheart" speech of Elizabeth really taint an almost perfect comedy/action movie. If they decide to make a fourth movie I hope they focus only in Jack and introduce new characters (or use the ones that the prequel books already created). Dunno, Keira is pretty, but her character come across as pedantic in some scenes. Other bad thing is that the movie needs more Jack (even at risk of flash freezing the cinema). Finally, while you can see the first movie by itself, you really need to see 2 and 3 together to comprehend the full plot, is like is a movie in two installments.

The Fugly: nothing really, the movie delivers IMHO. At most the slurr in the speech that can difficult to understand some dialogues. Then again pirates are always drunk so...

The Veredict: The movie delivers, is a great entertaining one. I dunno if I would recommend to take little children to see it but is tame enough to please a wide variety of audience and keep the adults entretained. The fast pace can make you feel like you missed something, but the movie ties nicely with the previous one (just a suggestions, rent the DVD of the second movie before going to see this one, thatw ay you will have the plot fresh in mind). You have to see it or I will make you jump the board. Aye Aye Aye my mateys.