Better than Pirates II

Rating: 7/10 (24 June 2007)

Pirates III, in my opinion, is better than the second, but not as good as the first. Where Pirates II seemed to be in-cohesive, Pirates III offers resolution to the various topics opened in the second installment.
Captain Jack doesn't come across as funny in the third film, but I suspect that's because we have come to know and love him, so all his eccentricities, which were humorous in the first film, have become a part of him to the point we no longer see them as funny, but just part of his charm.
There's a surrealistic sequence somewhere in the middle of the film which reminds me a little of Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and that's one of my favorite parts of the movie. A close second is little Jack's performance. But Jonny Depp is incomparable, and he's by far one of the greatest actors of our time.
Special effects are wonderful, and over the top (which works in a film of this nature). Some movies are meant to be seen on the big screen, and this is one of them.