Rambling and flat....a major let-down in wake of the first two

Rating: 4/10 (25 May 2007)

I want to establish something: I LOVE the first two "Pirates" films. They're two of the best, most perfectly executed movies ever made(or at least of this generation). I went into this one with high expectations....
...but it really just wasn't that good.
It just.... it's like they forgot what made the first two films so special: the tongue-in-cheek, the wit, the charm, the stunts-that-no-one's-ever-done-before. Stuff like the pole vaulting scene, the duel in the barn, the three-way swordfight with the water-wheel and all that.
And the plot..... blistering BARNACLES that was nuts! I was one of the few people I know who actually didn't have trouble following the plot of the second one.... but with this one, I just gave up halfway through. It was like they took the script of the "The Big Lebowski", replaced the characters and sets, added about 20 new plot lines and diversions, and then deliberately put it all together out-of-order.
The was almost nothing new, and when there was, it was almost never that interesting, and when it was, I could almost never tell why it was happening and what it meant.
So, it disappoints me to say....6/10. And if it hadn't been for Geoffrey Rush, who kicked absolute ass, it would've been a 3 or 4.