Excellent special effects, rubbish movie

Rating: 4/10 (5 June 2007)

Not much to say other than that, really. It was FAR TOO LONG though: an hour before the end I was bored out of my brain, thinking it should finish soon but looked at my watch and realised there was loads more to go.
The first movie had a great story and script and I loved it. The second and third clearly had much too much money thrown at them in the hopes that special effects could distract from the lack of a plot. I don't know why studios think that more money makes a better film: often, less money makes filmmakers more inventive and imaginative, and almost always more money makes them completely the opposite as this film proves.
At least the first one was something fantastic happening in the context of something vaguely real-world. This movie just seemed to make up its own rules in order not to have to bother making sense in any vaguely real-world context.
As I've said the special effects were, as always, brilliant. All four of my points are for them. If you liked the original Pirates but were disappointed with the second, don't bother with this one. If you like a film with a story, don't bother with this one. If you don't care about plot and just want loads of special effects, you'll love this one!