Screw scurvy, we all want to be pirates. We wear T-shirts with the skull and crossbones, participate in international talk like a pirate day - at the moment there are 13 groups on Facebook about pirates or international talk like a pirate day. And rebellious icons like Elvis Presley, James Dean and Che Guevara remain popular for the same reasons pirates do - pirates reflect the rebellious and anarchic desires that lie in all of us.
All these factors help explain the considerable success of the "Pirates of the Carribean" films. The first two films, "The Curse of the Black Pearl" and "Dead Man's Chest," grossed over $700 million in the United States alone, according to imdb.com. While critical reception to the second film was mixed - metacritic.com, which compiles reviews of films, gave "Dead Man's Chest" a score of 53, as opposed to "The Curse of the Black Pearl," which received a 64.
Friday, Walt Disney Co. is set to release the third film, "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End," and Johnny Depp's Jack Sparrow, Keira Knightley's Elizabeth Swann and Orlando Bloom's Will Turner will return -¡- with a few additions, including Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards and Geoffery Rush - who will reprise his villainous Captain Barbossa role.
"At World's End" picks up where the second left off, as Turner and Swann ally with Barbossa to save Sparrow. The boozy, slightly inept pirate was last seen entering the jaws of "The Kraken," a giant beast from the depths of the ocean, who serves at the behest of Sparrow's nemesis, Davey Jones.
Will Sparrow, Swann and Turner survive? Will Barbossa be a reliable ally? Will Keith Richards be as cool a pirate as a Rolling Stone? Moviegoers will have to wait until Friday to find out.
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