I saw it at the 8:00 showing on Thursday night...and I thought it was horrible. Even Johnny Depp's not-inconsiderable charm could keep it afloat, and what a waste of Geoffrey Rush, to bring him back at the end of the second movie only to just drop him in the middle of this mess.
As for the suggestion that fans would've done a better job writing it, I disagree. Having observed many different fandoms, either as a fan myself or a neutral observer, I've drawn the conclusion that letting fans shape the story is always a bad idea, in no small part because of the wide diversity in opinions and beliefs. If you listen to this group of fans, then what they want to see is what gets portrayed, at the expense of that group of fans. OK, so you may try to even things out by listening to that group of fans while shaping the next chapter...only to find that there is a third group of fans....and a fourth...and a fifth...ad infinitum.
IMO this movie suffered from creative exhaustion and the baffling decision to make it stretch out to three hours. It also lacked any coherent narrative, and simply relied on various battle scenes to try and keep the audience distracted.
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As for the suggestion that fans would've done a better job writing it, I disagree. Having observed many different fandoms, either as a fan myself or a neutral observer, I've drawn the conclusion that letting fans shape the story is always a bad idea, in no small part because of the wide diversity in opinions and beliefs. If you listen to this group of fans, then what they want to see is what gets portrayed, at the expense of that group of fans. OK, so you may try to even things out by listening to that group of fans while shaping the next chapter...only to find that there is a third group of fans....and a fourth...and a fifth...ad infinitum.
IMO this movie suffered from creative exhaustion and the baffling decision to make it stretch out to three hours. It also lacked any coherent narrative, and simply relied on various battle scenes to try and keep the audience distracted.