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As I mentioned earlier, I managed to see Pirates 3 on the first day, first show itself. The cinema was packed even though it was Wednesday evening. Not many families, mostly couples and groups of friends/colleague.
There was no inkling of what happened in the previous episodes; no flashbacks whatsoever. The movie started eerily. Mass hanging of suspected pirates and pirate-supporters set the tone for the movie. Unlike the other two prequels, this episode is dark, more into emotions and relationship. The underlying theme is love, of course. The unrequited type.
The hanging scene ends with the Pirates song being sung, thus alerting the pirates to the danger that will bring forth their extinction. The story cuts to Singapore where we are introduced to Chow Yuen Fatt’s character. Elizabeth (Kiera Knightley) and Capt Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush) plan to get a ship and crew from Chow and also to steal his map that show’s Davy Jones’ Locker (that’s where Jack Sparrow is trapped after being swallowed by the Kraken in the last episode). The Locker is a surreal land of nowhere that is a prison of sorts for those not dead. Barbossa informs Chow that the “song†has been sung and thus he wants to convene the Brethren Court, which is a meeting of the top nine pirate lords in the world. Unfortunately, Capt Jack (Johnny Depp) is one of the nine lords and that’s why they need to get him back from the land of the undead. However, hot on their heels is Her Majesty’s army, led by the powerful Lord Buckett. The army attacks them in Singapore. » Read more: Pirates of the Caribbean 3: At World’s End
