Holy Smokes! (SPOILERS)

Rating: 9/10 (26 May 2007)

SPOILERS
Holy smokes is a compliment, by the way. This film was definitely one of the most anticipated films for me this year, apart from the Simpsons Movie. Trust me, this has lived up to its hype. This film is incredible, and when I mean incredible, I mean that the CGI, wow, where do I start? The CGI in this film is, well, there are no real words to describe the CGI. I am going to try, though. Incredible, amazing, magnificent, wonderful, surreal, and just plain great. This film, though, still has flaws. Like all the Pirates of the Caribbean films this one has one major flaw, the plot. The plot is not as bad as the second one, but it is still hard to learn. There are too many twists and turns, and some side plots seemed that they were just thrown in.
I also enjoyed the music of this film, too. There were a lot of good songs. Speaking of songs, the beginning of this film is very dark. I mean, twenty people were hanged in one minute, including a child. The reason why that made me think of a song is because the child starts singing Hoist the Colours.
Here is the plot. The end of piracy is near, and the East India Trading Company lead by Cutler Beckett and the Flying Dutchman, controlled by Davy Jones, rule the sea. When that is happening Elizabeth Swann, Will Turner, Barbossa, Tia Dalma, and the crew of the Black Pearl go to Singapore to steal Navigational Charts from pirate lord Sao Feng and his crew on the Empress to rescue Jack Sparrow from Davy Jones' Locker. They succeed. They rescue Jack. They discover that Beckett has the heart of Davy Jones, and they have to meet the pirate lords at the Brethen Court. Then Sao Feng and the Empress captures Elizabeth, thinking that she is the goddess Calypos, who was Davy Jones's love. Calypos is actually Tia Dalma. Sao Feng is then killed. Before he dies he says that Elizabeth is the captain of the Empress. Elizabeth and the crew of the Empress then are held prisoner by the Flying Dutchman. They escape. Meanwhile, they make it to the Court. The pirate lords vote who to be King of the Court. Elizabeth wins. She says that they have to fight the Davy Jones and Beckett. They prepare to fight, but they are outnumbered by ships. Calypos then makes a huge maelstrom when she bursts into crabs. In the battle, Will and Elizabeth become man and wife and Will is stabbed by Jones. He then stabs Jones's heart, killing him. Will becomes the new captain of the Flying Dutchman because of that. Everyone blows Beckett up, and the pirates win. The only problem is that Will has to be at sea only to return to land every 10 years. In the meantime, Jack tries to find the Foutain of Youth in a dingy and everyone parts their separate ways.
Overall, this is a very good finale to such an excellent franchise. I am kind of sad the the Kraken died though! She was easily the coolest character and they show her corpse. It was sad. This film is also really long, but there is a scene at the end that you can watch after the credits. Some scenes are really well done too, such as Beckett walking down the steps of his ship while everything is exploding behind him in slow motion, before he too is blown up. There are also a lot of characters that are killed off that are important. Norrington, for example. Some scenes were also funny, too, like all of the POTC films. For example, Jack's hallucinations are hysterical, especially the coral-like one who lost his brain. Anyway, this is an action-packed finale that made me hoping for more films to come.
9/10
Recommended Films: Pirates of the Caribbean 1 and 2.