awesome!

Rating: 7/10 (1 January 2008)

I didn't check this out in the theaters, dummy me! This was really good, after part two, which I found disappointing, I wasn't sure about "At World's End", boy did they do great! OK, the embarrassing cameo by Keith Richards was pretty awful, but other than that this was a great pirates movie!
To pick up Captain Jack Sparrow is lost in Davy Jones' locker and its up to Barbosa, Elizabeth and Will to rescue him, this is handled well as they travel to Singapore to enlist help from Chow Yun-Fat. Cool sets, the movie didn't stint on the seedy feel of southeast Asia and some of the humor was spot-on here!
After Jack's rescue they journey to Pirate's Cove on Shipwreck island for a final showdown with the English, Davy Jones, et al. The effects are marvelous and the action first-rate. Johnny was terrific, even though we've seen this trick performance before it was still fun. Keira Knightley never looked lovelier and Bill Nighy managed to give some heart to the squid-faced Davy Jones, no easy feat. There were plenty of plot twists and surprises and the movie moved well considering its 3 hours long!
Please note they didn't take the easy way out with Will Turner and his doomed Dad Bootstrap Bill. This was heart-breaking but very good and totally in character for Jack. Stay tuned after the credits for a lovely final scene with Will and Elizabeth. This was excellent and well done. I'll probably buy this one, it was fun from start to finish!