Why why why WHY?

Rating: 5/10 (11 June 2007)

* There be spoilers below*
I LOVED Curse of the Black Pearl. I liked DMC, although I wasn't too keen on the fact that, unlike CotBP, it wasn't a stand alone movie. And now, having waited all those months to finally have everything wrapped up... what happened???? This ending was most unsatisfactory, and overall the film was the least entertaining, amusing and gripping of all three.
Firstly, after all that, Will and Elizabeth aren't even together! In fact they're further apart than they've ever been, when I was under the impression that one of the plot's constants was them getting together! How disappointing and unfair to the characters and the paying public!
Secondly, there was absolutely nothing new. Much of the humour was reliant on previous films (poppet/the wooden eye/parlay/no rum/sea turtles etc). There were no new effects - Davy Jones wasn't as repulsive as before because we'd already seen it. And really there were no new characters - Chow Yun Fat was barely in it, and as for Keith Richards? What did he actually do in those 2 minutes that was essential to the story?
And now for the myriad little niggles:

Why make such a fuss of the pirate lords when they did absolutely nothing?

What was the purpose of Calypso/the witch (Like we didn't see that coming a mile away)? She turned into crabs. Wow. Basically she, also, did nothing.

How and why exactly did Barbossa return from the dead?

Where was Jack's amazing and funny entrance?

Why would anyone want Keira to take her shirt off? Honestly, nothing lies therein.

Why would anyone elect someone who needs a charisma transplant as urgently as Elizabeth Swann to be pirate king? And surely, as a woman, she'd be Queen, anyway?

Cutler was so tough and mean. Not. Why on earth would Davy Jones be intimidated by him?

I honestly lost track of who was backstabbing or allying with whom. Why make it so convoluted to the point that any plot line disappeared?

What was the point of the hangings at the beginning??

Jack becomes less and less likable - he's selfish, shallow and cowardly. Why does he get away with everything? It would develop his character if there were actually some consequences that *he* has to deal with.

I was very dissatisfied with this film, I expected much more from it. Pirates team - Please don't make any more unless it's going to be fresh and original, and with a leading lady who actually has a personality. I couldn't bear for something that was at first so entertaining to be dragged further into the depths.