One of 2007's Best is No Big Complement

Rating: 7/10 (24 June 2007)

Having decided to see 2007's biggest hit, we skipped the multiplex and headed for greater Washington DC's finest single screen theater, the UPTOWN. With its huge curved screen and superior stereo, this is the place where World Premiers are held and the best place to enjoy an over-sized epic movie.
With low expectations set by the limp and lame Pirates 2 - Dead Man's Chest, we found Pirates 3 to be amazing and imaginative, keeping the viewer's interest from start to finish. However, there is absolutely no coherent plot, no character development, nothing but action and stunning scenes. Like almost all Jerry Bruckheimer films, you watch it and toss it away like a fast food wrapper. The filmmakers change the rules every few seconds: One minute a character is dead, the next he isn't; therefore suspense is eradicated. Any fair-minded person would rate this picture from 1 through 7. The large number of 10 ratings might be studio feed, as there is no way to prevent dishonest input and studios have been buying good reviews from newspapers for decades.
This picture played some of the finest remaining single-screen houses in America: Washington's Uptown, Baltimore's Senator, New York's Zergfeld, Akron's Highland, LA's El Capitan. When the next big picture comes out (Harry Potter) do yourself a favor and see it in a good theater if your city still has one. Usually the price is the same.