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The month of May saw the arrival of the third installments for three different movie franchises: Pirates of the Caribbean, Shrek, and Spider-Man. Having seen all three with L (with Matt, Erin and Julie along for some of them) and admitting that my opinion is merely my own, here's my personal rating (without major spoilers) on how these threequel behemoths match up against each other.
- TWO THUMBS DOWN: Spider-Man 3
- Suffers From: Way too much crammed into one movie (particularly villains); let-down of Venom being merely an emo symbiont; Mary Jane even more of a whiny victim than before (or I was more oblivious to it before).
- Favorite Aspect: Harry Osborne was phenomenal, given the shitty role he was given of having to switch between hating and loving Spider-Man multiple times.
- ONE THUMB UP: Shrek the Third
- Suffers From: A less dramatic and less developed plot than than the second movie. Why reuse Prince Charming when a new villain could have been even better?
- Succeeds With: The best jokes out of all three movies, provoking the most consistent laughs.
- Favorite Aspect: The D&D playing geeks at the Worcestershire School. (Also, the Donkey / Puss-in-Boots swap.)
- TWO THUMBS UP: Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
- Succeeds With: Eliminates the pacing problems and irrelevant bits of the second movie; ratchets up the drama and tension like a true trilogy finisher should; special effects done spectacularly.
- Favorite Aspect: Lord Cutler Beckett's death scene was awesomely beautiful treatment for a villain I loved to hate. (Also, the "Parlay" music track, which I've been listening to repeatedly.)
I'm curious what everyone else's opinions of these movies were! Was my order of ranking them vastly different than yours? Am I off my rocker? Tell me so in the comments!
