Wow.

Rating: 10/10 (2 June 2007)

I am voting 10/10 because this movie was, while flawed, simply amazing. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End does have its flaws... Firstly, it is so long it'll make your but go blue... they could have trimmed the script a bit. Secondly, once again there are too many plots... this movie, like Dead Man's Chest, does not have the simple brilliance that Curse of the Black Pearl had. However, the positive points rather...I guess overshadow the flaws I guess, so it's all good [= Characters really develop in this movie, and Orlando Bloom really grew as an actor. Will Turner (Orlando Bloom) learns to bargain and keep his cool [ Tea party scene, etc. ] and overall, matures greatly. Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) is as great as always, and Depp does a fantastic job portraying all those different personalities while Jack is hallucinating. And Hector Barbossa (Geoffery Rush) was... possibly just as good as Captain Jack. He was amusing, pirate-y, and overall a great add to the movie, and those scenes with him bickering with Jack were awesome and added much comic relief. All the minor characters were generally great as well. Davy Jones (Bill Nighy) is less inhuman and Pirates 3 shows that he does indeed have emotions and had once loved Calypso. But since he has no heart... well, you end up feeling pretty sorry for him which is great. Cutler Beckett (Tom Hollander) is great as well, being the evil midget of snark every movie needs. His death was probably the best one in the entire movie (which is kinda sad I guess, that we have enough deaths to say which one was 'the best'), being resigned to his fate and not dying the way typical villains do. Kudos to Ted & Terry. Yes, there are too many deaths in this movie. I was disappointed in how much they trimmed down James Norrington (Jack Davenport) and just killed him off in a way that was really unsatisfying. Ted & Terry, in my opinion, abused Bootstrap Bill's character having him just be this tool to add drama and not really a character. However, I heard that Jack Davenport had not agreed to do a fourth so maybe that was it, but you didn't hear that from me. Overall, this film was great fun and while it does not beat the classic Curse of the Black Pearl, it gives the amazing trilogy a truly grand finale (and definitely beats the second).