"Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End" [review]
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Date
2007-05-24
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Prescott, Nick
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Sadly, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End proves that the “third time lucky” adage doesn’t hold true when Hollywood producers are trying to make lightning strike the same spot once again. Lightning certainly struck in 2003, when the original Pirates of the Caribbean film was released. Despite the fact that many cinemagoers were dubious about a film based on a Disneyland ride, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl hit the spot, and then some. A stellar cast (led by the astonishing Johnny Depp playing his pirate captain Jack Sparrow as Keith Richards) swashed and buckled its way through a wonderfully entertaining plot, while the best CGI wizards money could buy contributed eye-popping visual effects that managed to help tell the story without overwhelming it. I for one could not believe that such a gleefully entertaining and witty film could have been concocted from a fun-ride, and I left the cinema, as so many punters did, on that bubble-gum high that only great big Hollywood experiences can provide.
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Radio, ABC, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Review, Film, Movie
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Prescott, Nick. 2007. Review of "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End",directed by Gore Verbinski. 891 ABC Adelaide website.