Pirates of the Caribbean

“Captain Jack is rocking the ship.” shouts a crewman as the crew make their escape from a place called end of the world. Words more true were not uttered in the whole movie because if not for Johnny Depp’s brilliant portrayal of Jack Sparrow there will be a little to hold the movie together.

The script of the movie bounces like a ship in troubled waters as it struggles to tie up all the loose ends from the previous two movies. The characters are thrown in a wild ride from Singapore to an icy end of the world inside Davy Jones’ locker to rescue Captain Jack. The romance between Will Turner (Orlando Bloom) and Elizabeth Swann ( Kiera Knightly) faces bad weather as they both realize they can not trust each other any longer. Davy Jones is shown as a star crossed lover as he sheds tears for his lady love Calypso. With Jack free from the clutches of Davy Jones, the brethren of the pirates unite to take a stand against Davy Jones and the East India Company who are hell bent of destroying the pirates at the sea.

The special effects are quite luring besides the antics of Captain Sparrow which essentially makes watching this sequel worth your time and money. Particularly, the scene in which a multitude of crabs carry the black pearl across the desert into the sea and when battle sparks off between The Flying Dutchman and The Black Pearl, in the center of a raging typhoon.

Even though the story bobs up and down in the sea of expectations, there is enough special effect laden action to keep the story afloat. The appearance of Keith Richards of Rolling Stones as Jack Sparrow’s father and the keeper of the pirate code, adds a delightful touch to the whole movie as Johnny Depp has popularized the fact that he modeled the character of Jack Sparrow after Keith Richards.

In the end the movie leaves the viewers satisfied, albeit a bit confused. Unbelievably stretched over 2 hours plus, Pirates of the Caribbean gives little time to understand what actually is going on. The bad guys of-course end up dead, the romance of Will Turner and Elizabeth Turner (yes, they do manage to get married in the whole melee of the ending battle). Captain Jack is back on the sea in his little dingy with a bottle of rum and his compass guiding him to the fountain of youth and the viewers leave the movie hall with just one question in mind, will Jack be back again?

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