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[asimplechord]

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End was much better than the last installment. But it could have been edited to be, oh, 45 minutes shorter without damaging the plot at all.

a) Orlando Bloom is so very pretty. Seriously. All bronzed and rough and pirate-y.

b) Captain Jack was once again entertaining, instead of descending into a caricature of a caricature of Keith Richards as he did in the last movie. Hee, and the scenes in the locker and on the Dutchman with multiple Jacks? A-plus!

c) Barbossa. Barbossa, Barbossa, Barbossa! I loved him in the first Pirates movie, was thrilled when he reappeared at the end of the second, and squeed madly whenever he was on-screen tonight. (The woman sitting next to me was even louder, so my excitement was masked for the rest of the audience.) *sigh* Geoffrey Rush. Esp. during the steering into the maelstrom. :D

d) Loved the Singapore/Asian influences.

e) The fighting/big battle? Could have spent half as much time on it. And the dorky proposal/wedding? Could have cut that out entirely and I'd have been happy.

f) Elizabeth Swann/Keira Knightley? Blech. I realize she's not the person who wrote the script, but honestly. That melodramatic speech?

g) *cries for James Norrington*

And OK, beyond the visual? I don't know if it was intentional or my own politically obsessed brain here, but I had to watch the opening scene with a cynical eye: the corporate interests and military/industrial complex working together to violate civil liberties and strip citizens of their rights, including habeas corpus.