What movie did you folks see? LOL

Rating: 1/10 (4 June 2007)

Because I can't believe I saw the same film as all these folks rating it a 10.
I wanted to love this film. We counted down the days, as a family, till this film was released. We loved Pirates from the first Yo Ho, but this ending was the ending none of us even could have dared dream in our nightmares.
I wish I hadn't seen it. I wish I had skipped DMC and AWE until the reviews were in. I believe that the franchise took itself way too seriously in the end and forgot that it was supposed to be FUN.
Also, in reading around the 'net the explanations going on about the bonus scene and what it meant- that dialog explaining the end of the curse at 10 years got cut out, doesn't help me at all. If you go by what was said in the movie- they did the equivalent of condemning Luke Skywalker to an eternity of servitude. Not to mention killing off other characters for NO reason and the multiple Jacks? Idiotic. What was up with the opening of the film? Am I the only person who, as a parent, found it absolutely horrifying? Absolutely heartbreakingly disappointing. So many other endings would've made sense. This one made none. Now thinking about the trilogy- especially the first movie which has been my favorite movie of all time since it was released, just makes me sad.
Maybe I like happy endings, for a movie made by Disney and based on a theme park ride, I don't think that's too much to ask.