Shared Darkness

The trailer for Pirates of
the Caribbean: At World’s End has bowed, and it features a lot of what you’d expect, including swordfights along mast lines, winking cute scenarios (a marriage proposal) amidst massive
turmoil, and various FX money shots, including a ship sailing through sand dunes and two very literal, swirling sea and Cliffs of Dover-esque interpretations of the movie’s title.

It also shorthands the plot by having some character just blurt out “our enemies have united,” and then showing a bunch of shots of Captain Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush), Governor Swann (Jonathan Pryce), Davy Jones (Bill Nighy), Chow-Yun Fat’s new Captain Sao Feng and, I believe, if I’m not mistaken, Darth Vader and Leatherface. This is, of course, about as merrily, blithely condensed an encapsulation of the series’ derailed narrative as one might rightly expect from an early trailer.

Of course, that description might as well also serve as a rallying cry for those who found Pirates of
the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest a treasonously bloated betrayal of the original’s spry delights. To view the trailer over at Film Threat, click here.