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Hot Take: This one has the worst pacing

posted 3 years ago by Tommy (185)
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File this under unpopular opinion: The Curse of the Black Pearl has the worst pacing of all the Pirate movies. I’m not saying it’s the worst movie of the franchise, but I think it could have been greatly improved with some trimming for pacing sake. All these movies could be improved with the same thing (ironically I would say At World’s End is an exception and has the best pacing even though it’s the longest one, lol) but I just find the original to be the most affected by this issue.

[–] davodikum (6212) 2 years ago

You automatically become defunct, by saying at worlds end has better pacing. Though I'm talking out my arse, cause I never stayed awake through it. BLACK pearl is pretty sweet. Lags at points, never to be noticed thouhh

[–] aavfreak (3385) 2 years ago

I think it's like a lot of movies where the pacing is fine on the first watch, but is off when rewatching.

A certain amount of storytelling and world building can be immersive the first time through, but when you already know what happens, then it can become tedious.