Ahoy, maties!
posted Tuesday, July 11, 2006 :: 9:08 PM
My sweet dh took me to see Pirates of the
Caribbean this weekend (we certainly weren’t the only ones, LOL). I’ve
heard the movie getting gently panned by the critics, so I was prepared
for the film to drag and be semi- unenjoyable, but surprise! It was
entertaining from beginning to end. The special effects were incredible. Not knowing in advance what the
plot was about, I was pleasantly surprised (again) by the movie’s
theme: that judgment follows death, and what we do in this life about
our immortal souls matters.
MovieMinistry.com has posted a great review which draws out the
biblical themes. Ken Ham blogs a bit about seeing the movie, too. Note
to parents: the PG-13 rating is well deserved. No swearing that I can
remember; there are a few kissing moments between Will and Elizabeth,
and three other brief instances of ... mild attraction, I suppose you
could say. The worst of it is the disgustingly decayed state of Davy Jones and his crew, who are trying to escape death and
the judgment that follows it, and their cruelty to captured sailors.
The eeeeeeww factor is similar to or maybe even stronger than the first Pirates movie, what I can
remember of it.
One
thing that I do appreciate about this series of movies, it certainly
unglamorizes the pirate’s life. Everyone is dirty and sunburnt by the
end of the film, and the biggest heroes are, as in the first film,
those who do not make the pirate’s life their preferred mode of living.
The more the movies progress, the more lost and empty Captain Jack
Sparrow seems, and by the end of the film, I saw his bravado as a thin
veneer hiding a painfully purposeless life. We will just have to wait and see how the third movie wraps up all the loose ends.
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