Pirates will be even harder to follow in China!

Variety reports that Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End has been heavily edited for its release in China:

Chinese auds will get to see a trimmed version of “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End” when it opens here Tuesday after censors cut back on a number of scenes featuring Hong Kong star Chow Yun-fat.

According to local media, more than half of the scenes featuring Chow as a Singapore pirate, have been cut, including his recitation of a poem in Cantonese. . . .

The report said the cuts make pic difficult to follow.

Uh, like the movie wasn’t “difficult to follow” to begin with?

The previous installment in the franchise, “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” was banned by the Film Bureau because of scenes of cannibalism and ghosts.

So they have cut out not only entire scenes featuring a significant minor character, but they have also effectively “cut out” an entire segment of the trilogy? Talk about making it “difficult to follow”!