If this film isn't a hit, it's not the end of the world.

Rating: 5/10 (28 May 2007)

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End/2007/**
Main Stars: Jack Sparrow: Johnny Depp Will Turner: Orlando Bloom Barbossa: Geoffrey Rush Elizabeth Swann: Keira Knightley Davy Jones: Bill Nighy Lord Cutler Beckett: Tom Hollander
Better than the first? No way!! Better than the second? Nope. As good as either? Sorry. The third installment in the POTC adventures is a drone. Too long and too much. The too much part of it is all the insignificant characters involved. We don't care about them or what they do. Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) I would say was interesting. Davy Jones (Bill Nighy) was also interesting. All others didn't do enough for us to say, "They acted well, etc." Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush) disappointed me. He wasn't near as funny as he was in the first installment. This time he was there... He had one funny moment toward the end. That was it. As for Will Turner (Orlando Bloom) and Elizabeth Swann (Keira Knightley), there was nothing to them! They just stood and talked. In the first two films, we saw them as good, interesting characters. In this one, completely the opposite. Plus, they have a predictable moment together at the end that got me fed up. I truly think this 168 minute long film could have been sliced in half or at least a quarter. I honestly think the film would have been more enjoyable if it had been shorter. Some films are made to be long. This one was not. The second was exactly 150 minutes long or two and a half hours long. That's a tolerable running time. This one was pushing it with practically three hours. No need for that. The story wasn't bad. The screenplay was. The effects were fantastic. So were the costumes and makeup. But what really matters? The story AND screenplay, direction, acting, blahbbity-blooh Those things really didn't show up except for those two characters I mentioned earlier. The only good MINOR character was Joshamee Gibbs (Kevin R. McNally). He's always fun to listen to. The last MAJOR character to be mentioned is Lord Cutler Beckett (Tom Hollander). He was the most annoying and the least important. Sure, he wanted to wipe out all pirates. But he wasn't the only one. Norrington (Jack Davenport) shows up for a brief, also unnecessary role and so does Governor Swann (Elizabeth's father played by Jonathan Pryce). You see the film has so much potential. The fact that writers Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio wrote such a great film like POTC 1 and a good POTC 2, don't forget Aladdin, and wrote the masterpiece Shrek, means they have enough skill to write a full screen story and screenplay for the LAST installment of the POTC adventures. Of all POTC films, the last one SHOULD be the best in THEIR eyes. I predicted this to not be as good as the first and second and I was right. They tried TOO HARD to make it the best and it turned out they failed to impress. I gave it two stars for the fact that they tried as hard as they possibly could and for all the junk I mentioned earlier. As for the story, it is all mixed around. Chow Yun-Fat/Yun-Fat Chow as Captain Sao Feng shows up for a brief moment. He wasn't really entertaining but he wasn't annoying either. He was the minor part who was there as another plot device; otherwise, fluff. He started the film. Then the film finally went to what it was all about. Turner, Barbossa, Swann, etc. are on a mission to rescue Sparrow from the depths of Davy Jones' locker. But before that, they have to encounter treachery and deceit from opponents and even allies. More treachery and deceit than needed!! First, someone deceives another. Then that person deceives that person who's friends with another person that has just been killed but then that dead person happens to be another plot device just put there for fun. Then all the people that had just betrayed each other hug and do it again. What I just wrote wasn't completely accurate but that sure was what the film felt like. And what was also ridiculous was the decision of who will be the king/leader/captain of this adventure. First it was this then this but then a that comes in and intrudes but what about these and the thoses. A who shows up but then is killed by a what. The what is killed by the who's friend, sir. A ma'am shows up and it turns out she is going to be the captain. Again, that wasn't completely accurate. But what fun! It was almost like a game! But it was as aggravating as Aggravation! So, what about Davy Jones? Well, he has something happen to him at the end of the film. It was sooooo surprising You know what? I think the film deceived the audience a bit and even gave them some treachery by making them sit through a three hour film. That wasn't very nice. And by the time the last part of the film showed up- the final titanic battle- I think most of the audience was asleep by then. But they shouldn't fret because they really didn't miss anything. Movie directed by Gore Verbinski.