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Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End (2007)

So Disney’s Pirates triology has come a full circle with the release of At World’s End. With Jerry Bruckheimer betting his next big bucks on Prince of Persia: Sands of Time, we probably will not be seeing another PotC sequal any time soon. And for that, I’m grateful. Don’t get me wrong, PotC: AWE is a great summer action flick in its own right - with the star line-up, Hans Zimmer’s score, and action-packed sequences, it’s got every element a successful action movie needs. But it could have been better. Much better!

First off, if I were to rank the triology, it’d be Curse of The Black Pearl > At World’s End > Dead Man’s Chest. Understandable. The sequals were, after all, “tagged on” after seeing the success of Black Pearl. One main problem with the PotC series is their editing - the movie drags. It drags. It’s like the drag at the end of Lord of the Rings: Return of the King and A.I.: Artificial Intellegence. Except with Pirates, it’s not just the ending. It’s most of the movie.

Finally!!! After an agonizing month without seeing ANY of the Movie Madness in May, I finally managed to catch up with Shrek the Third. So how was the movie you ask? It’s got some funny bits here and there, but overall it failed to deliver the same comedic elements from the previous two installments, and is a rather forgettable flick.

Where do I start? May’s finally here (read: summer!!), which means graduation for some, summer vacation for others, and unemployment for the unfortunate few…. (sorry… but I was one of them…). But for the already employeed nine-to-fivers, it doesn’t really mean much other than the nice warm sunlight you’re greated with when you leave for/from work…

But this year, it’s a bit different. There’s so much to do this May, so many movies to watch! I’ve already missed a few movies I intended to watch earlier this year. Might have to catch those up on Netflix (I say that all the time, but my queue list is extending at a rate much faster than I can handle…). But in any case, here’s a list of movies I want to see. So if any of you are interested, holler!!

List after the jump (movie titles not in any particular order, may include movies came out prior or after May).