Okay, would someone please explain this to me:
I just got back from seeing Pirates of the Carribean: At World's End… and liked it a lot. The first still is the best, but the third is close behind, and is, in fact, so good and pays off threads from the previous film that I now like the second movie better than I did a few hours ago.
But that's not my question, as you may have noticed from the obvious lack of a question mark in the preceeding paragraph. What I want to know is Why did almost everybody at the 8:00pm premiere leave during the credits?
You can be forgiven for not staying through the credits in the first film. You didn't know there'd be something after. But, when the second one came out, you probably saw the first film on TV or DVD or someething and knew there was a bit after the credits. So by the third film, you sure as shootin' better have figured out there's an ending coda.
Still, nearly everyone left.
Any other showing, I'd be far more forgiving. But, if you made time in your schedule to wait in line, and in many cases dress up in pirate gear (not my case, though, let's be clear) to go see the very first showing, you're probably a fan of the movies. And if you're a fan, how do you not know there's something coming at the end?
So, if you walked out, let me tell you what you missed: A scene so poignant and earth-shattering that my life and my soul are forever changed. A scene so brilliant and so well executed that even if you do eventually see that scene on DVD, or if someone tells you about it, you will still never know the pure bliss that came with seeing that scene, right there in that moment.
Or, it was just a really nice scene and I'm lying to you. Pirates do that.