dull, Dull, DULL!

Rating: 5/10 (18 June 2007)

I'll give it to you straight: I have just walked out of this movie. I don't think I have ever done that and I am not proud of having done it now. As a film lover this really pains me.
I should take the time to affirm that I absolutely loved the first movie (8 stars, going on 9): it was fast, witty and altogether surprising - I am a fan of Johnny Depp but on that movie he especially awesome. Though there is no love like the first one I thought the second was pretty good too (7 stars), with a few really hilarious parts of its own.
I kinda knew this one would probably not live up to the others and, boy, was I right. From the very start, there's too much stuff going on that is neither funny nor exciting. The script is all over the place, you don't "get" where the characters' allegiances are or what they are trying to achieve: people keep floating between the action theaters with no rhythm or rime. The parts where Jack Sparrow talks to himself just don't work and, for all his craftsmanship, Johnny can't save his character from being just annoying on these sequences. In fact, none of the characters are really likable and I certainly felt no empathy with any of them which is a first. The combat sequences were dull throughout and, though I'm sure the last one would probably be an eye opener, I just couldn't endure any more boredom so after 2 hours and 10 minutes I left.
To my dismay, this really was one of the most disappointing films I have seen in a long time. For what it's worth, my suggestion is to wait for rental to watch it: I don't give it less starts solely because it would then be dangerously close to Catwoman... and not even this film deserves that.