Not bad

Rating: 7/10 (8 February 2011)

Okay, I seen this movie at the drive-in back in 2007, and I had a great time, and I enjoyed the movie. I even own the DVD, and have watched it a few times since seeing it in theaters. This movie is not horrible. It's not great, but it's good. 7 out of 10 isn't bad from me. The best scene was definitely the Maelstrom battle. Until the end it was great. But there were quite a few things I wasn't too thrilled with.
WARNING: SPOILER ALERT I was disappointed with Davy Jones' Locker. I expected it to be creepier, and more disturbing. Yes it was disturbing already with the hallucinations and nowhere to go, but isn't the Locker supposed to be a lot worse? I also didn't like that fact that Elizabeth didn't apologize to Jack for what she did. In my view, that conversation should have been in the movie.
I also didn't like how Will turned kind of sinister in this film. The Will Turner from the first and second film would never trade another's life for a ship. Even Jack wasn't going to do that in COTBP. That's explained in a deleted scene in COTBP BTW.
I was also disappointed with the ending. I'm not a big Elizabeth fan since she hurt Jack, but there are a lot of Will and Elizabeth fans who were heartbroken over seeing them separated for ten years. Plus, Barbossa saving Jack and marrying Will and Elizabeth during battle? I could understand if they asked someone else to perform the ceremony but why in the world would you want the man who was going to kill you, not to mention maroon Jack and steal his ship be the one to perform the ceremony? I also didn't like that they killed off Elizabeth's father. He was a good guy, and didn't deserve that.
I think it would have been better had James Norrington still lived, been in the Maelstrom battle, and he would be the one to stab the Heart. That way he would find his place again, Will and Elizabeth could go on their merry way, and Jack could sail off into another adventure. It was also really disappointing that the Kraken was dead. That creature was awesome in DMC, and should have been brought back.
AWE is my least favorite of the Pirates movies, but it wasn't a bad movie, and was quite entertaining on some parts. The Maelstrom battle. I also liked the music in the scene when Will is saying goodbye to Elizabeth. And Jack and Barbossa's scenes always crack me up. :) Good movie, but not great.