Hueykia, Elise, Stella and I went out to sea with Captain Jack yesterday, and I was right to prepare myself to be disappointed with Pirates 3.
Here’s some food for thought: if they removed all of Chow Yun-Fat’s scenes, would it have made a difference?
I really don’t hate Chow Yun-Fat. Even though I'm sounding like I do. Hmmmph. I’m just trying to make a point, and it’s that the whole film would probably still be able to flow (no pun intended) without Captain Sao Feng coming in to...complicate things further, with his the-only-reason-I-want-to-rescue-Jack-Sparrow-from-Davy-Jones'-Locker-is-so-that-I-can-send-him-back-myself-and-other-unrelated-grieviances story. Now I really sound like I hate him. I'm grumpy because the film was
a) Too long, and
b) Unnecessarily convoluted.
Convoluted is the word. I can't even begin to descibe the events in this film. And I normally love spoiling movies, okay. Does Tia Dalma, a 10 metre tall woman and only about a gazillion crabs make any sense to you? Anyway. Sorry Jack, but Captain Barbossa was my favourite character in Pirates 3. He trumped you. I wasn’t agreeable with resurrecting him at first, but surprisingly, I enjoyed his company VERY much this time round. Geoffrey Rush is so incredibly hilarious. Actually, I think it's because Johnny Depp's screen time was cut a whole lot shorter in this film, and with my new revelation, I conclude that that is why they put so many of him in so many of his scenes.
I think I'm beginning to make some sense of things. Totally savvy.
