A Tragedy At Sea

Rating: 4/10 (25 May 2007)

I've been a fan of the Disney ride since 1996, so I was all the more excited when I saw the first movie in 2003. I absolutely loved it, it was a solid, spirited story and great escapism. But now imagine the writers - you have a great hit movie, the people are screaming for more, so what do you do? Throw all the characters from the first movie in a pot, add some new ones, hell even bring some back from the dead, flavor it with lots and lots and lots of action and fantasy, stir a few times, and boom, there's your story! Does it have to make sense? I guess not.
The second and the third movies can't live up to the first. Their story lines are heartless and wobbly as Jack's brain. They both might visually be mind blowing and make you feel like you're a pirate in the Caribbean yourself, but story wise they are just confusing. I had a very small headache when I entered the theater and a really big headache when I left.
The character developments are more than questionable - they change their opinion by the minute and you never know who is on who's side, it's incomprehensible what their motivations are. The extra portion of epic love just didn't fit into this movie, nor did the sudden change of heart in a battle scene, of which we do not even know what the meaning of it was, just as we don't know why other certain things happened. Allover I can't even put my confusion about the plot into words. It's way too much to absorb and it'll just be confusing to think about it any longer.
The one scene I enjoyed the most was when the screen went all black and you could hear far away singing and rattling and a voice slowly saying "Dead Men Tell No Tales" - those were original sounds from the Disney ride, and I felt just like I was in there again. It had such a great atmosphere, even the air in there is unforgettable. And then the screen went white.
The third movie is deeply melancholic from the first to the last scene - despite all action. The ending leaves the audience frustrated and discontented. The scene after the credits seems to close the trilogy - which is a good thing, because nothing will ever live up to The Curse of the Black Pearl.