I Was Not Disappointed.

Rating: 9/10 (13 June 2007)

I'm going to have to go back to my Pirates 2 review and change the star rating, because I think this one was much better! I honestly didn't know I was sitting in a theatre for 3 hours, because the movie was *that* intense! The beginning was magnificent. The camera direction was fantastic to make it that much more dramatic. I may have cringed through the entire first scene.
Elizabeth Swann seemed to get more boy-ish, and surprisingly worked great for her character. I heard a few spoilers if they were to make a 4th Pirates of the Caribbean, which made me question the character of Will Turner. Frankly, after the second movie, and the first really, his character isn't needed at all. But after viewing the most recent of the films, his character has taken on a greater part.
Though 3 hours is very long for any movie (yes, I am including Lord of the Rings... shut it), it all seemed kind of needed. Though, I'm not sure why they had to make Davy Jones & Calipso ex-lovers. I don't see why that was needed unless for pure Hollywood fluff.
This is a less romantic movie than the first two, which I surprisingly liked a lot. There was so much action it seemed to never stop, and the direction of the action worked so well together. Another part which made me gasp in recognition is when Jack is hallucinating and he sees many of himself. It took me until the time it happened in the jail cell for me to realize where I have seen it before, and with the same actor. Did anyone else think "Secret Window" when they saw this? I asked some of my friends, but they had no idea what I was talking about, maybe some of you do. Think about it. ;)
One thing I was a bit upset about, but got over very quickly, is the many visual effects. Our film industry has come so far, they can make, basically, an entire movie with visual effects. This upset me because the first one used very little effects compared to the third. The reason I got over this very quickly is because they did need it to make everything work out that they wanted to.
I know a lot of people love these fantastic Pirates movies, but to have a 4th one, and even having a 2nd and 3rd was pushing it, it may ruin it. Everyone is just anticipating the demise of this 'series' [?]. The fact of the matter is the script and the action do work. As Johnny Depp has said, he won't sign on for a 4th movie unless he likes the script and thinks it will work. So if they do decide to make another one of these action-filled, fun comedic movies, don't get frustrated. Take a chance on it, like you did this one. 9/10 stars.