Comments on: Pirates of the Caribbean: At Exhaustion’s End http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/05/29/pirates-of-the-caribbean-at-exhaustions-end/ The News Blog of Comics Culture Sun, 8 Nov 2009 12:05:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: NOIBIAITAPS http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/05/29/pirates-of-the-caribbean-at-exhaustions-end/#comment-2897099 Fri, 30 Jan 2009 08:51:04 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/05/29/pirates-of-the-caribbean-at-exhaustions-end/#comment-2897099 anal sex positions -[url=http://www.hqtube.com/?5736000000/][b]>>>deer sex >>anal fucking machines >>[url=http://www.hqtube.com/?5736030501/]cindie jennings porn[/url] >>[url=http://www.hqtube.com/?5736030066/]mtcs nude naked sex pose[/url] >>[url=http://www.hqtube.com/?5736010518/]thai misc sex[/url] anal sex positions -[url=http://www.hqtube.com/?5736000000/][b]>>>deer sex >>anal fucking machines >>[url=http://www.hqtube.com/?5736030501/]cindie jennings porn[/url] >>[url=http://www.hqtube.com/?5736030066/]mtcs nude naked sex pose[/url] >>[url=http://www.hqtube.com/?5736010518/]thai misc sex[/url]

]]> by: Kuodo http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/05/29/pirates-of-the-caribbean-at-exhaustions-end/#comment-752401 Sat, 26 Jan 2008 19:15:19 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/05/29/pirates-of-the-caribbean-at-exhaustions-end/#comment-752401 R. Maheras Says: 05/29/07 at 11:36 am Note to all modern-day blockbuster directors: Less is more! Leave your ego at the door and learn to bloody edit!!! King Kong: Too long Spider-Man III: Too long Pirates of the Caribbean III: Too long Notice a pattern here? Can't really agree with the Spiderman 3's part. Pirates of carribean 2 and 3 can be squeezed into just one if not for the useless ferris wheel scenes, and super long draggy betrayal + rescues scenes. And of course, without scenes like the giant-goddess-turned-crabs scene and CYF and all the meeting with other international pirates scenes(They all die or idle in the end doing nothing!?). But Spiderman 3 is just the direct opposite. It would have been a good movie if it's only about sandman and black suit spidey, or purely, solely on black suit spidy and venom. Man, even the cartoon series of Venom lasts for series. And it's a potential story that can lead to a trilogy of it's very own! Carnage too? But since when do Venom ever team up with anyone just to defeat spidey? LAME. Venom's a crazy loner. And having Eddy n the suit die in the end just makes it abrupt. And sick, I missed the ending for POC3 since I couldn't bear the long drag no more! R. Maheras Says:

05/29/07 at 11:36 am
Note to all modern-day blockbuster directors: Less is more! Leave your ego at the door and learn to bloody edit!!!

King Kong: Too long
Spider-Man III: Too long
Pirates of the Caribbean III: Too long

Notice a pattern here?

Can’t really agree with the Spiderman 3’s part. Pirates of carribean 2 and 3 can be squeezed into just one if not for the useless ferris wheel scenes, and super long draggy betrayal + rescues scenes. And of course, without scenes like the giant-goddess-turned-crabs scene and CYF and all the meeting with other international pirates scenes(They all die or idle in the end doing nothing!?).

But Spiderman 3 is just the direct opposite. It would have been a good movie if it’s only about sandman and black suit spidey, or purely, solely on black suit spidy and venom. Man, even the cartoon series of Venom lasts for series. And it’s a potential story that can lead to a trilogy of it’s very own! Carnage too? But since when do Venom ever team up with anyone just to defeat spidey? LAME. Venom’s a crazy loner. And having Eddy n the suit die in the end just makes it abrupt.

And sick, I missed the ending for POC3 since I couldn’t bear the long drag no more!

]]> by: ashli williams http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/05/29/pirates-of-the-caribbean-at-exhaustions-end/#comment-301444 Wed, 01 Aug 2007 23:45:31 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/05/29/pirates-of-the-caribbean-at-exhaustions-end/#comment-301444 hey yal , i love pirates of the caribbean . it is so cool . i am in love with jack sparrow . he is so cool . people think that will turner is so great . really he is just a prep . that's just my opinion . i have diff. opinions then others . i have been a fan since the first movie came out . hey yal , i love pirates of the caribbean . it is so cool . i am in love with jack sparrow . he is so cool . people think that will turner is so great . really he is just a prep . that’s just my opinion . i have diff. opinions then others . i have been a fan since the first movie came out .

]]> by: maija http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/05/29/pirates-of-the-caribbean-at-exhaustions-end/#comment-214928 Fri, 22 Jun 2007 17:56:23 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/05/29/pirates-of-the-caribbean-at-exhaustions-end/#comment-214928 Okay, so my expectations were low for this one, so I didn't rush out to see it until last night. It was definitely overlong and some of the subplots could have been excised, but generally I enjoyed it. As for unresolved endings, I was far more bothered by the plot points that were given heavy emphasis and then abandoned, the most glaring being the two musical lockets and the love/hate between Calypso and Davy Jones, and the wedding. There should have been a better resolution to the arc of Calypso and Davy Jones after so much build-up. Instead we just got a storm that blew itself out, literally. And then the wedding: if it wasn't included to set up a magical resolution to the problem of the curse (I assumed that since they were bound "til death do us part" that she would be able to sail with him or something) why the hell was it there?! It didn't affect the curse in the least, not even if we include the lost ending. If it did, there would have been an immediate effect when they cut out his heart and he returned and he would have had to take off before sunset from the beach. So I can only conclude that the ridiculous scene was included for the moral prudes, which is very very lame, not just for the fact that it was done to keep everything Disnified and above-board, but it was a potential plot saviour wasted. I thought the Being Jack Sparrow scene in Davy Jones' Locker was pretty sweet though. Okay, so my expectations were low for this one, so I didn’t rush out to see it until last night. It was definitely overlong and some of the subplots could have been excised, but generally I enjoyed it. As for unresolved endings, I was far more bothered by the plot points that were given heavy emphasis and then abandoned, the most glaring being the two musical lockets and the love/hate between Calypso and Davy Jones, and the wedding. There should have been a better resolution to the arc of Calypso and Davy Jones after so much build-up. Instead we just got a storm that blew itself out, literally. And then the wedding: if it wasn’t included to set up a magical resolution to the problem of the curse (I assumed that since they were bound “til death do us part” that she would be able to sail with him or something) why the hell was it there?! It didn’t affect the curse in the least, not even if we include the lost ending. If it did, there would have been an immediate effect when they cut out his heart and he returned and he would have had to take off before sunset from the beach. So I can only conclude that the ridiculous scene was included for the moral prudes, which is very very lame, not just for the fact that it was done to keep everything Disnified and above-board, but it was a potential plot saviour wasted.

I thought the Being Jack Sparrow scene in Davy Jones’ Locker was pretty sweet though.

]]> by: 7th grade student (not lying) http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/05/29/pirates-of-the-caribbean-at-exhaustions-end/#comment-187324 Fri, 08 Jun 2007 05:56:14 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/05/29/pirates-of-the-caribbean-at-exhaustions-end/#comment-187324 I loved this movie! I thought it was a lot better then the first two movies. The best part of the movie too me was the ending. I really enjoyed the battle! I'm kinda glad the ending was left open for a fourth movie. I would really like to see what would happen to Elizabeth and Will. I'm only in seventh grade and thought this was an awesome movie. Please continue making such great movies! I loved this movie! I thought it was a lot better then the first two movies. The best part of the movie too me was the ending. I really enjoyed the battle! I’m kinda glad the ending was left open for a fourth movie. I would really like to see what would happen to Elizabeth and Will. I’m only in seventh grade and thought this was an awesome movie. Please continue making such great movies!

]]> by: Alex http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/05/29/pirates-of-the-caribbean-at-exhaustions-end/#comment-187320 Fri, 08 Jun 2007 05:47:18 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/05/29/pirates-of-the-caribbean-at-exhaustions-end/#comment-187320 I personally loved the third movie. I thought it was great but I also think that a fourth should come out because I would like to know what happens to Will and Elizibeath Swan. I think I spellet that right? Who knows? I personally loved the third movie. I thought it was great but I also think that a fourth should come out because I would like to know what happens to Will and Elizibeath Swan. I think I spellet that right? Who knows?

]]> by: Kerri http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/05/29/pirates-of-the-caribbean-at-exhaustions-end/#comment-184845 Wed, 06 Jun 2007 16:09:25 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/05/29/pirates-of-the-caribbean-at-exhaustions-end/#comment-184845 i don't see what all the complaints are about, and i take insult from the line stating that my generation doesnt even understand "excitement and pays offs". get a bloody grip, perhaps it is YOU who is unable to grap concepts because your view point is old fashioned, out dated and irrelivent. i loved this film because i was entertained, because the costumes and sets were magnificent, because the acotrs DID A GOOD JOB- and actually made their characters grow and mature and finally i DID NOT FIND THE PLOTS DIFFICULT TO FOLLOW and question the intelligence of anybody who did. its really rather simple if you paid attention in DMC. perhaps you couldn't be bothered to, which is your perogative, just don't expect the next film to make sense to you for christ's sake!!!! and finally, somebody above seems to have brought about the issue of race. i am incredibley BORED of people harping on about "oh you didnt represent my race in that! im offended"- get a life; why should you be? nobody gives a crap, your trying to pick a fight over nothing with this racism malarky as a cover up. hardly anyones intrested anymore so SHUT UP ABOUT IT. quit ripping a good film. id like to see the kind of movies you people find decent- they're probably quite abismal. i don’t see what all the complaints are about, and i take insult from the line stating that my generation doesnt even understand “excitement and pays offs”. get a bloody grip, perhaps it is YOU who is unable to grap concepts because your view point is old fashioned, out dated and irrelivent.

i loved this film because i was entertained, because the costumes and sets were magnificent, because the acotrs DID A GOOD JOB- and actually made their characters grow and mature and finally i DID NOT FIND THE PLOTS DIFFICULT TO FOLLOW and question the intelligence of anybody who did. its really rather simple if you paid attention in DMC. perhaps you couldn’t be bothered to, which is your perogative, just don’t expect the next film to make sense to you for christ’s sake!!!!

and finally, somebody above seems to have brought about the issue of race. i am incredibley BORED of people harping on about “oh you didnt represent my race in that! im offended”- get a life; why should you be? nobody gives a crap, your trying to pick a fight over nothing with this racism malarky as a cover up. hardly anyones intrested anymore so SHUT UP ABOUT IT.

quit ripping a good film. id like to see the kind of movies you people find decent- they’re probably quite abismal.

]]> by: Brian http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/05/29/pirates-of-the-caribbean-at-exhaustions-end/#comment-181811 Mon, 04 Jun 2007 03:45:18 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/05/29/pirates-of-the-caribbean-at-exhaustions-end/#comment-181811 Neeb - Totally agree with you about the missing fleet battle. They build up these Pirate Lords and then we never get to see them do anything. I actually misunderstood the ending. I thought Will could go ashore one day a year and would be done after 10 years. But then I was only half awake for this movie. Not the movie's fault but the fact that I caught a 10:20 showing, and I was dead tired. Neeb - Totally agree with you about the missing fleet battle. They build up these Pirate Lords and then we never get to see them do anything. I actually misunderstood the ending. I thought Will could go ashore one day a year and would be done after 10 years. But then I was only half awake for this movie. Not the movie’s fault but the fact that I caught a 10:20 showing, and I was dead tired.

]]> by: caribbean http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/05/29/pirates-of-the-caribbean-at-exhaustions-end/#comment-176273 Thu, 31 May 2007 09:53:46 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/05/29/pirates-of-the-caribbean-at-exhaustions-end/#comment-176273 I don’t have too much to say about Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End. But Josh's friend gave him free ticket to the premiere of Pirates of Caribbean III, so off we went to see the movie at XXI-EX yesterday. I'm not usually fussy about the seats at cinema because all of them are generally the same to me, but i must say that the seats at XXI-EX is completely different!, It's so cormfortable that you can sit there for hours (PoC III playing almost for 3 hours) without feeling like having back ache or something. Kapten Jack Sparrow (being rescued by his crew form the other world) was acting like his old charming-eccentric self and love is all around between Will & Elizabeth. Together, they fought of the company & davy jones which put a perfect end to the movie (no more sequels please!). I don’t have too much to say about Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End. But Josh’s friend gave him free ticket to the premiere of Pirates of Caribbean III, so off we went to see the movie at XXI-EX yesterday. I’m not usually fussy about the seats at cinema because all of them are generally the same to me, but i must say that the seats at XXI-EX is completely different!, It’s so cormfortable that you can sit there for hours (PoC III playing almost for 3 hours) without feeling like having back ache or something. Kapten Jack Sparrow (being rescued by his crew form the other world) was acting like his old charming-eccentric self and love is all around between Will & Elizabeth. Together, they fought of the company & davy jones which put a perfect end to the movie (no more sequels please!).

]]> by: brittany http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/05/29/pirates-of-the-caribbean-at-exhaustions-end/#comment-175738 Thu, 31 May 2007 02:00:37 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/05/29/pirates-of-the-caribbean-at-exhaustions-end/#comment-175738 You guys are stupid pirates was a great movie just because you aren't able to appreciate a well made film that doesn't have half naked girls or the f word used in every sentence. and don't use that excuse, oh it was too long. i'm guessing you didn't have anything better to do. you think you could have made a movie that made over 150,00,000 dollars? and the point of that Chow Yun Fat's character was so Keira could become capitain who would eventually beome king. i have to admit some parts were pointless like calypso at the end, it didnt like that. its a little confusing but maybe the point of that is so we will go see it again to understand it more and it worked! cause i'm going to see it again. in the end i thought pirates was a great movie and johnny depp never looked hoot and all yall who think differently are just, well, not right in the head. You guys are stupid pirates was a great movie just because you aren’t able to appreciate a well made film that doesn’t have half naked girls or the f word used in every sentence. and don’t use that excuse, oh it was too long. i’m guessing you didn’t have anything better to do. you think you could have made a movie that made over 150,00,000 dollars? and the point of that Chow Yun Fat’s character was so Keira
could become capitain who would eventually beome king. i have to admit some parts were pointless like calypso at the end, it didnt like that. its a little confusing but maybe the point of that is so we will go see it again to understand it more and it worked! cause i’m going to see it again. in the end i thought pirates was a great movie and johnny depp never looked hoot and all yall who think differently are just, well, not right in the head.

]]> by: Thomas http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/05/29/pirates-of-the-caribbean-at-exhaustions-end/#comment-174384 Wed, 30 May 2007 18:14:12 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/05/29/pirates-of-the-caribbean-at-exhaustions-end/#comment-174384 I loved the film. Loved the complexity of the plot. Love the final battle. I guess it is just me and my video game generation friends, but some of us would prefer a sweet, romantic, and fun, mid-sword fight wedding to a gigantic mindless navel battle filled with 'splosions. I loved the film. Loved the complexity of the plot. Love the final battle.

I guess it is just me and my video game generation friends, but some of us would prefer a sweet, romantic, and fun, mid-sword fight wedding to a gigantic mindless navel battle filled with ’splosions.

]]> by: Wraith http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/05/29/pirates-of-the-caribbean-at-exhaustions-end/#comment-173518 Wed, 30 May 2007 02:42:53 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/05/29/pirates-of-the-caribbean-at-exhaustions-end/#comment-173518 I saw the first POTC movie on cable, and to my surprise, I liked it (NOT love it). I recently saw the 2nd movie on cable, and again, to my surprise I liked it (NOT loved it). I saw the 3rd movie, and to my surprise, I really liked it. Heck, I'll even go so far to say I LOVED it. I thought it was better then the first 2 movies. I do agree with those of you who said that this movie was just to damn long. I saw the first POTC movie on cable, and to my surprise, I liked it (NOT love it).

I recently saw the 2nd movie on cable, and again, to my surprise I liked it (NOT loved it).

I saw the 3rd movie, and to my surprise, I really liked it. Heck, I’ll even go so far to say I LOVED it. I thought it was better then the first 2 movies.

I do agree with those of you who said that this movie was just to damn long.

]]> by: Guns, Books, Etc. « Kick Him, Honey http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/05/29/pirates-of-the-caribbean-at-exhaustions-end/#comment-173458 Wed, 30 May 2007 01:26:58 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/05/29/pirates-of-the-caribbean-at-exhaustions-end/#comment-173458 [...] Pirates of the Caribbean: At Ordeal’s End. Which is a shame. I thought the first one was a gas, but by the end of the second I was ready to wring the director’s neck for the precious minutes of my life he’d so frenetically pissed away. [...] […] Pirates of the Caribbean: At Ordeal’s End. Which is a shame. I thought the first one was a gas, but by the end of the second I was ready to wring the director’s neck for the precious minutes of my life he’d so frenetically pissed away. […]

]]> by: Guns, Books, Etc. « Kick Him, Honey http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/05/29/pirates-of-the-caribbean-at-exhaustions-end/#comment-173446 Wed, 30 May 2007 01:25:26 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/05/29/pirates-of-the-caribbean-at-exhaustions-end/#comment-173446 [...] Pirates of the Caribbean: At Ordeal’s End.  Which is a shame.  I thought the first one was a gas, but by the end of the second I was ready to wring the director’s neck for the precious minutes of my life he’d so frenetically pissed away. [...] […] Pirates of the Caribbean: At Ordeal’s End.  Which is a shame.  I thought the first one was a gas, but by the end of the second I was ready to wring the director’s neck for the precious minutes of my life he’d so frenetically pissed away. […]

]]> by: Neeb http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/05/29/pirates-of-the-caribbean-at-exhaustions-end/#comment-173246 Tue, 29 May 2007 21:27:34 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/05/29/pirates-of-the-caribbean-at-exhaustions-end/#comment-173246 Anyone bothered by the fact we never got the full-blown fleet battle we were promised? 2 ships trading shots? Yawn. The EIC fleet against the Pirate fleet? Yes, please. Really, the battle was built up a lot and it never happened. It's like using Chekhov's gun to club someone instead of shooting them with it. Anyone bothered by the fact we never got the full-blown fleet battle we were promised?
2 ships trading shots? Yawn.

The EIC fleet against the Pirate fleet? Yes, please.
Really, the battle was built up a lot and it never happened. It’s like using Chekhov’s gun to club someone instead of shooting them with it.

]]> by: Mark Engblom http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/05/29/pirates-of-the-caribbean-at-exhaustions-end/#comment-173163 Tue, 29 May 2007 20:03:51 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/05/29/pirates-of-the-caribbean-at-exhaustions-end/#comment-173163 With all the negative P3 reviews pouring in, it makes me happy my <a href="http://comiccoverage.typepad.com/comic_coverage/2007/05/yo_ho_a_pirates.html" rel="nofollow">genetic dislike of pirates</a> kept me from subjecting myself to it. Strangely, my kids can't get enough of the Little Drunken Pirate and his band of merry CGI Creatures. Haven't I taught them <b>anything?</b> With all the negative P3 reviews pouring in, it makes me happy my genetic dislike of pirates kept me from subjecting myself to it.

Strangely, my kids can’t get enough of the Little Drunken Pirate and his band of merry CGI Creatures. Haven’t I taught them anything?

]]> by: Jimmie Robinson http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/05/29/pirates-of-the-caribbean-at-exhaustions-end/#comment-173053 Tue, 29 May 2007 18:56:47 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/05/29/pirates-of-the-caribbean-at-exhaustions-end/#comment-173053 I also liked it enough to enjoy the "parts" of it. Could have cut more down. Sadly, we have another villain "break down" at the end. Are there ANY villains nowadays that can hold their own to the very end? Sandman breaks down crying, and in Pirates 3, Beckett freezes in a moment of clarity, eventhough he has the upperhand with firepower. Darren.... that kid at the end looked a helluv a lot like the kid hung at the beginning. I think I hear "The Cirlce of Life" being sung in the background. RE: the "ENDING".... Sad they cut breaking the curse, because I agree with Heidi, it took the wind out of Swan's sails reducing her from a sense of adventure to a domestic housewife in waiting. All they had to do was put a sword on her hip as she stood there on the cliff - that one item would have spoken volumes, especially if it was the sword echoed from the very first movie. I also liked it enough to enjoy the “parts” of it. Could have cut more down.

Sadly, we have another villain “break down” at the end. Are there ANY villains nowadays that can hold their own to the very end? Sandman breaks down crying, and in Pirates 3, Beckett freezes in a moment of clarity, eventhough he has the upperhand with firepower.

Darren…. that kid at the end looked a helluv a lot like the kid hung at the beginning. I think I hear “The Cirlce of Life” being sung in the background.

RE: the “ENDING”…. Sad they cut breaking the curse, because I agree with Heidi, it took the wind out of Swan’s sails reducing her from a sense of adventure to a domestic housewife in waiting. All they had to do was put a sword on her hip as she stood there on the cliff - that one item would have spoken volumes, especially if it was the sword echoed from the very first movie.

]]> by: Darren J. Gendron http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/05/29/pirates-of-the-caribbean-at-exhaustions-end/#comment-173026 Tue, 29 May 2007 18:01:17 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/05/29/pirates-of-the-caribbean-at-exhaustions-end/#comment-173026 I appreciate your opinion, but I'm sticking to my own on this one. There was a lot of stuff in it, and it was a long film. Taking out some of the subplots or tertiary character resolutions was probably needed. Did anyone care what the original two Sparrow-foiled guards from COTB were doing now? Ideally, I would have preferred more, and split the last movie into two 120-minute jobbers instead. However, I liked it. It was a fun one for me. I wanted to see nautical warfare. Check. I wanted to see clever lines. Check (Nobody move! I dropped my brain). I wanted to see sword-fighting and swash-buckling. Check. Did I want to see both armadas go at it? Yes, and that was a horrible case of putting a gun on the wall in act one and failing to fire it in act five. Also, I didn't get the feeling that Swan wasn't the Pirate King anymore. There was never and exposition or scenary to suggest otherwise, at least that I noticed. Pirates do tend to live most of their lives on dry land, so it wouldn't be out of the ordinary for her to already be at shore. And a bad joke - did her kid look like he was eight years old? I appreciate your opinion, but I’m sticking to my own on this one. There was a lot of stuff in it, and it was a long film. Taking out some of the subplots or tertiary character resolutions was probably needed. Did anyone care what the original two Sparrow-foiled guards from COTB were doing now? Ideally, I would have preferred more, and split the last movie into two 120-minute jobbers instead.
However, I liked it. It was a fun one for me. I wanted to see nautical warfare. Check. I wanted to see clever lines. Check (Nobody move! I dropped my brain). I wanted to see sword-fighting and swash-buckling. Check. Did I want to see both armadas go at it? Yes, and that was a horrible case of putting a gun on the wall in act one and failing to fire it in act five.
Also, I didn’t get the feeling that Swan wasn’t the Pirate King anymore. There was never and exposition or scenary to suggest otherwise, at least that I noticed. Pirates do tend to live most of their lives on dry land, so it wouldn’t be out of the ordinary for her to already be at shore.
And a bad joke - did her kid look like he was eight years old?

]]> by: Frances http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/05/29/pirates-of-the-caribbean-at-exhaustions-end/#comment-172982 Tue, 29 May 2007 17:00:48 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/05/29/pirates-of-the-caribbean-at-exhaustions-end/#comment-172982 I dunno Heidi, I feel like you may be selling Kids These Days a little short. This movie is getting mixed reviews at the very best and I'm far from the only snotnose raised by Crash Bandicoot I know who walked out of an opening weekend showing. Maybe you can fault us for not bailing out after the slightly less nonsensical and boring second episode but you can say the same for half the people in this comment thread, eh? I know this is all anecdotal evidence but are you working off of something different? I dunno Heidi, I feel like you may be selling Kids These Days a little short. This movie is getting mixed reviews at the very best and I’m far from the only snotnose raised by Crash Bandicoot I know who walked out of an opening weekend showing. Maybe you can fault us for not bailing out after the slightly less nonsensical and boring second episode but you can say the same for half the people in this comment thread, eh? I know this is all anecdotal evidence but are you working off of something different?

]]> by: Kelson http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/05/29/pirates-of-the-caribbean-at-exhaustions-end/#comment-172975 Tue, 29 May 2007 16:56:59 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/05/29/pirates-of-the-caribbean-at-exhaustions-end/#comment-172975 I rather enjoyed the latter two films for what they were: a fun ride. They're not quite park-your-brain-at-the-door films, though they're close. I remember thinking, probably around the hamster wheel scene in <i>Pirates 2</i>, that this was what you get when you take every adventure movie cliché imaginable and put it into one film. Then I realized I'd thought the same thing about <i>Van Helsing</i>. The difference is that <i>Pirates</i> did it better than <i>Van Helsing</i>, and more importantly, <i>Pirates</i> knew it was over the top, acknowledged it to the audience with a wink and a nod, and kept right on through. Unfortunately I didn't stay through the credits to see the tag, so I can't really comment on it, though I have to say I'm disappointed to hear that Elizabeth gave up being the Pirate King. (If it happened in the main ending, I must have blinked.) I rather enjoyed the latter two films for what they were: a fun ride. They’re not quite park-your-brain-at-the-door films, though they’re close. I remember thinking, probably around the hamster wheel scene in Pirates 2, that this was what you get when you take every adventure movie cliché imaginable and put it into one film. Then I realized I’d thought the same thing about Van Helsing. The difference is that Pirates did it better than Van Helsing, and more importantly, Pirates knew it was over the top, acknowledged it to the audience with a wink and a nod, and kept right on through.

Unfortunately I didn’t stay through the credits to see the tag, so I can’t really comment on it, though I have to say I’m disappointed to hear that Elizabeth gave up being the Pirate King. (If it happened in the main ending, I must have blinked.)

]]> by: Christopher Moonlight http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/05/29/pirates-of-the-caribbean-at-exhaustions-end/#comment-172966 Tue, 29 May 2007 16:44:46 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/05/29/pirates-of-the-caribbean-at-exhaustions-end/#comment-172966 I liked it, but that's just me. I like alot of things others don't like. I don't play vidio games, but I can see what you mean. There were no real heros in the movie, and I sort of enjoyed that. They're pirates. I don't see how pirates can be all that good. I loved the ending, and wouldn't want to see the curse broken. It would feel like a cheap (cheep?) cop out to me. I'm not going to spend time trying to tell people who don't like it that they should. It's just a fun poppy corn flick. I just hope no one went to see it on LSD. I liked it, but that’s just me. I like alot of things others don’t like. I don’t play vidio games, but I can see what you mean. There were no real heros in the movie, and I sort of enjoyed that. They’re pirates. I don’t see how pirates can be all that good. I loved the ending, and wouldn’t want to see the curse broken. It would feel like a cheap (cheep?) cop out to me. I’m not going to spend time trying to tell people who don’t like it that they should. It’s just a fun poppy corn flick. I just hope no one went to see it on LSD.

]]> by: Walt http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/05/29/pirates-of-the-caribbean-at-exhaustions-end/#comment-172943 Tue, 29 May 2007 16:23:08 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/05/29/pirates-of-the-caribbean-at-exhaustions-end/#comment-172943 <blockquote>King Kong: Too long Spider-Man III: Too long Pirates of the Caribbean III: Too long Notice a pattern here? </blockquote> That theater goers really don't <em>want</em> the Director's Cut?

King Kong: Too long
Spider-Man III: Too long
Pirates of the Caribbean III: Too long

Notice a pattern here?

That theater goers really don’t want the Director’s Cut?

]]> by: Cliff Chiang http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/05/29/pirates-of-the-caribbean-at-exhaustions-end/#comment-172908 Tue, 29 May 2007 15:40:04 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/05/29/pirates-of-the-caribbean-at-exhaustions-end/#comment-172908 Little person, Heidi! My favorite part is when they tied up Dalma and made her smoke crack, and then she turned into a giant tied up slave. WTF? That said, I liked it better than the 2nd one. Nothing justifies the goddamn ferris wheel... Little person, Heidi!

My favorite part is when they tied up Dalma and made her smoke crack, and then she turned into a giant tied up slave. WTF?

That said, I liked it better than the 2nd one. Nothing justifies the goddamn ferris wheel…

]]> by: R. Maheras http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/05/29/pirates-of-the-caribbean-at-exhaustions-end/#comment-172906 Tue, 29 May 2007 15:36:17 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/05/29/pirates-of-the-caribbean-at-exhaustions-end/#comment-172906 Note to all modern-day blockbuster directors: Less is more! Leave your ego at the door and learn to bloody edit!!! King Kong: Too long Spider-Man III: Too long Pirates of the Caribbean III: Too long Notice a pattern here? Note to all modern-day blockbuster directors: Less is more! Leave your ego at the door and learn to bloody edit!!!

King Kong: Too long
Spider-Man III: Too long
Pirates of the Caribbean III: Too long

Notice a pattern here?

]]> by: The Beat http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/05/29/pirates-of-the-caribbean-at-exhaustions-end/#comment-172901 Tue, 29 May 2007 15:22:15 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/05/29/pirates-of-the-caribbean-at-exhaustions-end/#comment-172901 Yeah, aside from CYF -- who should be embarrassed by that role -- and Dalma, they conveniently got rid of all the non-whites. But the midget was okay. Yeah, aside from CYF — who should be embarrassed by that role — and Dalma, they conveniently got rid of all the non-whites. But the midget was okay.

]]> by: Tinpan http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/05/29/pirates-of-the-caribbean-at-exhaustions-end/#comment-172878 Tue, 29 May 2007 14:57:51 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/05/29/pirates-of-the-caribbean-at-exhaustions-end/#comment-172878 Not to mention that Chow Yun Fat''s character is totally wasted, gets turned into a would-be rapist, and dies a really pathetic death....the Singaporeans die by the boatload, and the multicultural United Colors of Pirates just stand there looking stupid whille the main characters (who are, incidentally, all white) go and have all the fun. Way to treat the yellow man, yo. Not to mention that Chow Yun Fat’’s character is totally wasted, gets turned into a would-be rapist, and dies a really pathetic death….the Singaporeans die by the boatload, and the multicultural United Colors of Pirates just stand there looking stupid whille the main characters (who are, incidentally, all white) go and have all the fun. Way to treat the yellow man, yo.

]]> by: Abby Denson http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/05/29/pirates-of-the-caribbean-at-exhaustions-end/#comment-172856 Tue, 29 May 2007 14:35:21 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/05/29/pirates-of-the-caribbean-at-exhaustions-end/#comment-172856 I too, was also totally disappointed by the ending. Your post sheds a lot of light on it. If they had made it clear that the curse was broken, I would have walked out way more satisfied. As it was, it's just a bummer ending. Plus I agree they shouldn't have put it after the credits. From Pirate King to single mom with a ten-year booty call? Way to ruin a strong female character. Of course, if they had shown her having adventures with her son and Captain Jack between the booty calls it would have been a cool twist. I too, was also totally disappointed by the ending. Your post sheds a lot of light on it. If they had made it clear that the curse was broken, I would have walked out way more satisfied. As it was, it’s just a bummer ending. Plus I agree they shouldn’t have put it after the credits. From Pirate King to single mom with a ten-year booty call? Way to ruin a strong female character. Of course, if they had shown her having adventures with her son and Captain Jack between the booty calls it would have been a cool twist.

]]> by: John Green http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/05/29/pirates-of-the-caribbean-at-exhaustions-end/#comment-172737 Tue, 29 May 2007 12:46:44 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/05/29/pirates-of-the-caribbean-at-exhaustions-end/#comment-172737 Well, I *did* tell you it'd be like "Jedi"... Well, I *did* tell you it’d be like “Jedi”…

]]> by: jimmy palmiotti http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/05/29/pirates-of-the-caribbean-at-exhaustions-end/#comment-172720 Tue, 29 May 2007 12:12:52 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/05/29/pirates-of-the-caribbean-at-exhaustions-end/#comment-172720 this was boring, dragged on for hours and was a complete mess and waste of my time and money. there was not one memorable scene and how insulting that after three hours they would think we would sit through the credits to watch a real ending of the film they should have had enough respect to attach to tha actual film. This was a total disaster on so many levels. heidi...amanda and i both fell asleep during it...and she loves these films! JIMMY this was boring, dragged on for hours and was a complete mess and waste of my time and money. there was not one memorable scene and how insulting that after three hours they would think we would sit through the credits to watch a real ending of the film they should have had enough respect to attach to tha actual film. This was a total disaster on so many levels. heidi…amanda and i both fell asleep during it…and she loves these films!

JIMMY

]]> by: Sphinx Magoo http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/05/29/pirates-of-the-caribbean-at-exhaustions-end/#comment-172715 Tue, 29 May 2007 12:09:41 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/05/29/pirates-of-the-caribbean-at-exhaustions-end/#comment-172715 "A huge navel battle"???!?!!? Yar! 'Tis a battle of the outies! Ouch! One of them's been pierced! “A huge navel battle”???!?!!?

Yar! ‘Tis a battle of the outies! Ouch! One of them’s been pierced!

]]>