So much hard work, such a complete waste of time

Rating: 1/10 (31 December 2007)

This was a bigger letdown than Pirates 2. Each scene was so severely over-thought and over directed, the result was a dull and sad waste of three hours. To make matters worse, the plot was confusing and the laughable. Now we have 30' ocean goddesses, 16th century ships that can easily sail about massive whirlpools with ease and so on. Some very nice camera work was wasted due to excess and I laughed aloud once during the entire show. Just dreadful.
Let's start with the constant "multi-Jack" scenes which would have been good for a laugh in a 1 minute bit, but were used repeatedly taking 20 minutes of screen time and adding nothing to the entertainment value of the show.
Then we have a split ending, one that had promise with Jack on his way to another adventure while the other was a horrible fate for the Swans.