Truly Epic

Rating: 10/10 (24 May 2007)

This film is not for the casual viewer. The last two films are so amazingly epic, that someone who hasn't seen them will be confused by this. But if you have seen them...hang on.
This is, without a doubt, one of the most epic movies ever. It gets off to a shaky start, but jumps into the action quickly after Jack rejoins and climbs to an epic climax of Pearl vs. Dutchman around a gigantic whirlpool.
So many loose ends are tied up, and at times it seems cluttered, but if you pay attention you won't get lost. The loose ends are tied up with style and humor, and only the mysterious "mark" Jack left on Beckett is never explained. And some others like the Kraken, Governor Swan, and Sao Feng, are tied up too fast and could have been carried out a little longer.
I only have one real gripe, with Will and Elizabeth's marriage. Did it really have to be during the fight? It was corny, really, and annoying. It also seemed squeezed in, and I fail to see why as it only detracted from the battle. But, for what they tried to do, they did their best. It could have gone worse.
Anyhow, in the end (SPOILERS), this is what happens, so stop reading now if you plan to see the film! The big four survive.
Will becomes Captain of the Dutchman, Elizabeth becomes Pirate King ( Queen?), and Barbossa snatches the Black Pearl and maroons Gibbs and Jack at Tortuga with the charts to the Fountain of Youth, which, he discovers, have been cut out...
And the trilogy ends the same way it began - Jack sailing on a dingy into the sea, compass in one hand, rum in the other.
"Drink up me hearties, yo ho!"