In a word: Disappointing

Rating: 4/10 (7 June 2007)

The third Pirates installment is a grand disappointment in the way that you get everything you expected but none of it is the least bit exciting. The first movie revived a long dead genre and the second build up a real 'Empire strikes back' cliffhanger but unfortunately the third fails to deliver. The first two hours are spent with endless tired dialog and unfunny jokes, and when we finally get to the action scenes they look like something ripped from either of the two first movies. The plot twists and turns with more backstabbing than you would imagine, and the main problem with this is the fact that there is a path that would make everybody happy, but nobody seems to acknowledge it (least of all the scrips writers).I caught myself looking at my watch 4 times during the film wishing it to end, which is something I can't remember feeling since 'Phantom menace'. And for the love of god don't wait for the after-the-credit scene as it is completely unnecessary and certainly not worth the long wait. I really wanted this to be good, but in the end I just wanted to go home and watch a Hornblower movie.