Disappointing to say the least

Rating: 3/10 (4 June 2007)

Make no mistake about it, I am a HUGE Pirates fan myself and thought that the last movie was probably the classical definition of what a sequel is supposed to be like. However, At World's End failed to impress me. I believe with expectations as high as they were after the last two movies, it would be difficult to live up to it, probably IMPOSSIBLE, but I would still expect the makers of Pirates to do it and keep doing it each time. For one, there were very few links between the first two movies and the third (compared to the brilliant links established between the first two movies). Also the level of wit seemed to have gone down considerably. Some scenes seemed to stretch beyond limits and kill the smooth flow one associates with these movies. The two people who did well though were Johnny Depp and Hans Zimmers and indeed Hector didn't disappoint either. However, the movie had far too many open ends to be the final movie of a trilogy, far too many unanswered questions. Frankly speaking, I expected Gore Verbinski to do better. Had it been a movie of the same standard with different characters and bad music, I would give it a 1, but I cant quite do that to Captain Jack (though he doesn't seem to have a clear future ahead).