Ed and I had a lot of fun at Luckily, the thrill of
walking the red carpet took my mind off my feet. It was great waving to all the
people and cameras lined up on either side. I tried to take pictures, but I
kept getting bumped so most of my shots ended up being of the ground. See,
security at this event was hurrying everybody down the carpet. They wouldn't
let anybody stop for very long. Ed
kept looking for famous celebrities while we were on the carpet. Not to meet,
but to hide behind. He was shy about being in front of hordes of fans and
camera. At the end of the
red carpet, most of the people who had paid $1,500 a pop to get into this
movie formed two lines and waited to get autographs and pictures of
the celebrities who attended the premiere. Even though it clearly said in the
letter we all got prior to going in that we weren't allowed to ask for
autographs due to security and time concerns, we were all hoping the stars
would bestow upon us their John Handcocks as precious mementos of the
glorious occasion that we had paid so much to be apart of. (I kinda sounded
like Jack Sparrow in that sentence, didn't I?) Still, autographs didn't concern
me much, although they would've been nice to get. What I wanted was to see the
stars of Pirates in person and pictures of all the attending stars
to share with the fans who visited my site. The one I was really looking
forward to seeing was the super hot Orlando Bloom! Well, I did see
some stars, (no autographs though) but only one from the Pirates movies.
It was Keith Richards. But security was giving him, as well as all the
other stars the "hurry up and move along" treatment. So, he was herded
past me so fast that I only got a picture of his back half. :( The other stars
of the movies, Johnny, Click here for the pictures I took during
the premiere. Ed
was really sweet. He stood by me to wait for the stars, even though he could've
cared less about seeing them, until I insisted he go get some dinner (I didn't
want him going hungry for me). He also tried his best to cheer me up after my disappointment
of not getting any pictures of Anyway,
like I said, we saw the movie outside. There was this huge screen on The
movie itself was awesome! Awesome, awesome, awesome, awesome! After
the movie was over, the ticket holders had On our way out of the park, Ed and I each
got a goody bag containing a Nintendo DS handheld video game system, a
"Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" game to go with it, a spechial Mickey Mouse hat with Jack Sparrow's bandanna
tied around it, and a spechial souvener
pin (pictured below) and photo(pictured above, beside the text) where they digatily put Ed and me in a Pirates poster. Very nice. So,
I had both a good time and a miserable time at the premiere of Pirates of the My review of: Pirates of the When we last left our swashbuckling
heroes, Will, Elizabeth and company had retreated to the mystic Tia Dalma’s shack to find a way
to rescue Jack Sparrow from Davy Jones’ locker and they meet (gasp!) the evil
Captain Barbossa, back from the dead! They travel to Jack, meanwhile, is suffering from multiple
personality disorder in Davy Jones’ locker as he tried to find a way to escape
back to the land of the living. The little band of heroes (if you can call
a group of pirates that) is soon reunited, and that’s when their different
agendas start to clash. Jack now wants to take Jones place as the immortal
captain of the Flying Dutchman, Will wants to free his cursed father from
Jones’ crew, Barbossa wants to return Tia Dalma to her true form as the
sea goddess Calypso so she won’t return him to the land of the dead, and Sao Feng just wants to stay on the winning side and avoid the
hangman’s noose. To get their way, each of these characters take turns double
crossing each other until Elizabeth, who just wants to put and end to Beckett
and marry Will, steps in and seizes control of the situation. It all comes to a
climax during a ferocious sea battle in the middle of the mother of all
maelstroms! From beginning to end, At World’s End
is a rollercoaster ride of action and adventure with somewhat noble heroes
facing off against despicable villains. It’s fun, entertaining and will
definitely keep you guessing about how it will all turn out in the end. The
quality level of acting of the first two movies continues here. Johnny Depp’s Jack Sparrow is no less witty and comedic and Bill Nighy’s Davy Jones is no less menacing and cruel. Kiera Knightly satisfyingly takes her character from the
prim English rose yearning for freedom she was in the first Pirates
movie to the bold fighter and Pirate Queen she is in this one. Orlando Bloom
also does a superb job of taking his character from a timid, sheltered,
by-the-book fighter to a bold, cunning warrior who has absorbed a bit of Jack
Sparrow into his personality (see the scene where he’s negotiating with Davy
Jones to see what I mean). Geffory Rush’s Hector Barbossa is
every bit the self-serving pirate he was in the first movie, but this time
around, he seems less of a villain. Probably because he works with Will and
company most of the time. And kudos to the special effects people
for doing a really great job with the computer imagery. Everything from Davy
Jones and his fish-men crew to the maelstrom looks really really
cool. Plus, the writers did a good job of wrapping up all the loose ends from
the previous two movies in an awesome story. There’s only one situation they
left open by the time the credits roll, and that, I’m guessing, they did so on
purpose so that they could make a Pirates 4 if they wanted. I think
they’d have a hard time making another good Pirates sequel, but that’s
what I said when the first movie came out and I was wrong there. The main drawback of this movie: to really
enjoy it, you have to see the first two. The pacing is so fast,
it leaves little room to get to know the characters. To really feel for Jack,
Elizabeth Will and all the rest and to care about what happens to them in this
movie, you have to watch Curse of the Black Pearl and Dead Man’s
Chest and get to know them. New characters like Sao Feng
and Captain Teague, Jack’s father (played by Keith Richards) get so little
screen time, it’s hard to get to know them and care what happens to them. I'm a little ticked that Annamaria, one of my favorite characters from the first
film, did not make an appearance in the third one. Her absence in this movie and
number two isn’t even explained. (Grrrrr!!)
But, overall, At World’s End is a
great film, the best of the threequells released this
summer. Perhaps, it’s the best of all three of the Pirates movies (I
think it is right now, but that might change once all the hype wears off), but
if it is, it just barely tops the other two. Go and see it. See it twice or
three times. Just stick around when the credits roll because after they’re
done, there’s a very touching scene involving the captain of the Flying
Dutchman and his true love. It’s so sweet. Here’s some specific things I liked and disliked about At
World’s End. Stop reading here if you haven’t seen the movie yet and
don’t want it to be spoiled for you. First of all, I liked that most of
the characters who did a lot of the double crossing,
in the end, did what was right and noble. Will put his life
on the line for But, the ending for Will and Elizabeth was
bittersweet. Sure, Will stabbed Davy Jones’ heart and ended up not dying (sort
of) from the lethal wound Jones gave him and he brought the Dutchman in to save
the day from Beckett, but he and Elizabeth had to go ten years without
seeing each other. Why did the writers have to do that to Will and Elizabeth? I
ask you, why? Why such a cruel fate for two people who deserved a life of
happiness together? L
At least the writers showed them reuniting ten years later that’s the scene
after the credits). And Will got to meet his and Pintel and Regetti were as
hilarious as ever. Plus, it was interesting that Regetti’s
wooden eye got a purpose in this movie. Is it just me, or did Ragetti seem to have a crush on Tia
Dalma? Norrington’s death at Bootstrap Bill’s hand was very very sad. As was the scene where The multiple Jacks were
funny, especially at the beginning when they’re all tending to the ship and two
of them are fighting over a peanut. Also in the Dutchman’s brig, when the “sea
creature Jack” says “Nobody move! I think I dropped me brain!” Calypso is such a fickle
witch. How could she bind the man she loved to the Dutchman then, when their
once-in-ten-years reunion comes up, refuse to show up? No wonder Jones was so
hurt by her. And, of course, with the
ending they gave the movie, you just know there’s going to be a number four
soon. After all, loosing his ship to Barbossa again
is just not a good ending for Jack Sparrow. He has to get the Black Pearl back
somehow.
Return to The Writings of Charlene Lee Krentz
When I heard the announcement that Disney was selling tickets to the premiere of Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End at Disneyland, I didn’t hesitate to buy a ticket for me and a ticket for my boyfriend Ed, who loved Pirates as much as I did. Sure the price was steep, $1,500 per ticket, but it would be well worth it to see and perhaps meet the actors from one of my favorite movie series and see the most anticipated movie of the summer a week before anybody else. I had already planned to be in Disneyland the day of the premiere and watch the actors go in, but now I could see them and the movie. Sweet deal!
I
couldn't get a picture because security made me check my camera before
I took my seat. (Drat!) Best
of the summer movies released so far, and best of the three Pirates of the 