At World's End Had Me At My Wits End!

Rating: 5/10 (7 December 2007)

Well I loved Pirates of the Caribbean The Curse of the Black Pearl and I tolerated the sub par sequel Dead Man's Chest. Tolerated because Johnny Depp's Captain Jack Sparrow I'd watch in a episode of Sesame Street if necessary. The character itself is a delight that brightens the entire series but even he couldn't save this clunk of a threequel.
The problem with the Pirates series as it continued is they just kept piling on more ridiculous confusing Pirate lore and making it painfully difficult to follow who was screwing over who for what. I can't remember one characters motivation from this film overall because none of it really seemed to matter anyway the movie makers were just using them for excuses to use special effects.
Also all the hype around the Elizabeth character was just over the top and stupid this movie and they really ruined the essence of the character as a whole by making her ridiculously desirable and exceptionally awesome. I just watched Pirates one last night and you can't barely even believe the same woman who ends on the cliff kissing Will is the same woman in this movie.
Jack is mostly used for comedic relief but Johnny Depp still works it like no other in this clunker. If anything was salvaged in this poor installment he did the salvaging even though there is one cringe worthy moment for Sparrow too.
What a shame. This trilogy could have been the Star Wars for this generation in a way on a smaller scale. Instead all this movie reaffirmed was what I thought at the end of Pirates of the Caribbean 2 Dead Man's Chest...they should have just left it at one movie.