Pirates 3 was glorious. My whole family went to see it after watching the second movie again last night to get us pumped. We had a ball. I think the definition of a good movie is one where you laugh, cheer and cry. I don’t ask for much. Oh a scene where a monkey tries to shoot a parrot. Good times. I was having so much fun I was very hyper after the movie for several hours later. Then I listened to the Pirates 2 soundtrack three times in a row while I worked until it made me depressed that there were no more Pirates so I stopped. I might go see it again once the crowds thin out some.

That said, I now have total trilogy withdrawal. I couldn’t care less about Spiderman and Shrek, I might rent them but I don’t have any emotional attachment, but I have come to love the entire cast of Pirates. Because what was cool about pirates is that even the bit parts were the same from movie to movie so it was  fun getting to watch the same ensemble over the course of the three films. It feels more like when one of my favorite TV shows ends or Lord of the Rings. Because even if they get one or two of the actors back, they will probably never get the whole gang together again.

I have to give props to the writers, though, because they set the plot up such that if only one of the main actors agree to do a sequel, they can take the story off in at least three totally different directions. They definitely covered their bases on that and I am not usually the type to read/write fan fiction but I may need to make an exception with this because there is a lot of stuff I need to hear more about if there never is another movie.

Oh and there is supposedly a scene after the credits. We didn’t know this until after the fact so we missed it so consider yourself warned. The movie is so long I don’t know how anyone can stay for the credits and not run out of the room to the bathroom, but if you can hold it, it’s there.

One thing I do have to say is that anyone who thinks the plot is confusing must be a little . . . simple. That is what 90% of the people leaving the theatre were saying, "Why did people think the plot was confusing?" It was pretty straightforward. I mean, all the double crosses could have been hard to keep track of I suppose, but since so many reviews made mention of this, I just wanted to clarify that as an average intelligent human, its not confusing. And nearly all of the audience I saw it with agreed on this point.

This is also another movie like, with the second Pirates, where I am not convinced that the critics watched the same movie as I did. It is  long and there was one scene I thought was slow (though my family told me that was one of their favorite scenes, so there you have it) but overall I really liked it and some scenes were so awesome the time flew by. It was piratey goodness.

Oh and the theme music has been in my head since Sat. I cannot get it out. My husband and I have been running around the house, swinging imaginary swords over our heads singing it all the time. It’s like a sickness. I even sing it quietly to myself when I am all alone.

I want to be a pirate. It is very odd how you leave that movie and that is the common consensus. Everyone wants to be a pirate after that movie. But, you know, with like better hygiene.

Oh and my brother said that if your theatre has DLP you must see it in that. It’s the same price as regular but way way cooler. Our theatre doesn’t have it so we missed out, but if you can get it, it’s cool.

Oh and if you are a cheap bastard like myself, we went before noon and it was only $6. At AMC, its only $6 before noon and then $8 before 4PM and then $10 any other time. I just wanted to mention this because $6 is much less painful then $10 and there’s nothing wrong with catching a 11:45 movie on a Sat or Sunday.

As a final thought, they showed the trailer for Transformers and it gave me more joy than I thought was possible. Why? Because the Transformers are all attacking this little girl in this one part and she is totally holding a My Little Pony. Both revived toys from the 80s, both Hasbro. I am totally taking that as a shout out. I was seriously laughing so hard at that, I needed to be sedated.

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