Grandiose crap

Rating: 3/10 (7 July 2008)

I have never been a big fan of the series. The first one was okay, but too long and kinda boring, but I could see why people liked it, interesting premise, solid acting etc. The second movie, I thought was better, I enjoy the clever premise of Davey Jones and his crew being made of sea creatures it was creepy and in style with the film. The action sequences were better, the story was good, and Johnny Depp was stellar. Still it didn't really have an ending and was again too long, good not great. But the third movie is utter crap. I story is way too intricate with too many twists and characters. Also, I hate how Orlando Blooms father looks exactly like the evil pirate from the first movie. Am I the only one who found that confusing? This movie is just filled with unnecessary things that muddle it up. The first sequences in Asia somewhere is just filler that didn't really need to be there. Johnny Depp and Kiera Knightly have no chemistry so why even try to float that boat. The insanity sequences with Depp were just inane. There were so many uninspired and insipid action movie sequences I just wanted to gag. One scene where a voodoo woman turns into a I don't know what, but the transformation was soooo cheesy. Nothing about this third installment screamed originality. It screamed, rushed to make money. I remember a particularly terrible scene where the general of the ship walks down stairs, as his ship was being torn apart by cannonballs and finally it explodes. Well, he got off lucky not having to sit through the rest of this inexplicably terrible film. In trying to make everything grandiose and epic the creators just managed to make a grandiose turd. It gets a three only because I think Johnny Depp has done a heck of an acting job with the series.