Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

Pirates of the Caribbean - At World's End (Widescreen Edition)
$29.99
Complex and dark, as an independent film this is an obvious failure on too many levels to enumerate. Yet as the third part of a tryptich, this is a stunning visual and narrative achievement.

The visual effects -- the "visual achievement" part -- have obviously profited from the technological developments of the years following the first film. There is eye candy galore here and for silly folks like me who love watching things blow up in spectacular and impossible ways, there simply is not enough icy coke and popcorn in the world to ever get tired of watching this multi-layered spectacle.

But the story-telling -- the "narrative achievement" -- is the real jaw dropper. Now, granted, this will not qualify as your over the top, academically significant, shrieking franco-european existential angst driven piece of "important" film making. But there is some very real story telling going on here that (a) takes it for granted that the audience is not stupid (which was a real problem for some movie critics when this was first released into theatres) (b) and as a result, unapologetically spins out multiply interlaced lines of story that collide, interfere, reflect and refract with one another. So confident are the story-tellers that they stampede over our expectations at the end, and do so with such meticulous and merciless care that it works in a way that could not have worked otherwise.

Oh, and as with the first movie in particular, do be sure to stick it out until the end of the credits for the "Easter Egg".

Pirates of the Caribbean At World's End Bonus DVD
$7.95
BONUS FEATURES INCLUDE:


* Pirates of the Salt Flats
* The Return of The Dutchman
* Acting Below the Surface
* Destroying The Endeavor
* From Wax To Will: Orlando & Madame Tussauds
* World's End / World Premieres

Pirates of the Caribbean III: At World's End Collector Pack
$34.99
A great value with a collectors package, logo'd gold pocket-watch that REALLY WORKS! I received the package and am waiting for the DVD to arrive once it is released on 12/4/07......

Pirates of the Caribbean - At World's End (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
$34.99
Complex and dark, as an independent film this is an obvious failure on too many levels to enumerate. Yet as the third part of a tryptich, this is a stunning visual and narrative achievement.

The visual effects -- the "visual achievement" part -- have obviously profited from the technological developments of the years following the first film. There is eye candy galore here and for silly folks like me who love watching things blow up in spectacular and impossible ways, there simply is not enough icy coke and popcorn in the world to ever get tired of watching this multi-layered spectacle.

But the story-telling -- the "narrative achievement" -- is the real jaw dropper. Now, granted, this will not qualify as your over the top, academically significant, shrieking franco-european existential angst driven piece of "important" film making. But there is some very real story telling going on here that (a) takes it for granted that the audience is not stupid (which was a real problem for some movie critics when this was first released into theatres) (b) and as a result, unapologetically spins out multiply interlaced lines of story that collide, interfere, reflect and refract with one another. So confident are the story-tellers that they stampede over our expectations at the end, and do so with such meticulous and merciless care that it works in a way that could not have worked otherwise.

Oh, and as with the first movie in particular, do be sure to stick it out until the end of the credits for the "Easter Egg".