Someone cut my heart out.

Rating: 3/10 (28 May 2007)

I was so excited to see this film. I loved the first Pirates, adored the second, and was anticipating a grand finale. Instead I left the theater feeling as though someone had cut MY heart out. The special effects were amazing, but the jokes seemed forced, set up, and sometimes not funny, though I did like the return of the two soldiers from the first movie. Granted I did laugh out loud, but as the film went on, I knew something was missing. Gibbs, one of my favorite characters, has only a cameo. Even Pintel and Raghetti were serious. This film felt as though it was written around the special effects (and as the last three Star Wars movies prove, that is not a good idea) and quickly banged together. I was disappointed. There are holes and unanswered questions in the plot that are brought up and never touched on again. For example: How is Jacks' dad immortal and his son not? But what killed me was the end! What did Will do to deserve that fate? Why not Jack or Barbossa (that would have been fitting) or even Norrington? Here was this great love story that had a stupid and tragic ending. Also, the scene with Will and Elizabeth getting married while killing people was a bit much. And don't get me started on the whole ending with Jack and the Black Pearl. I doubt I want to see this one again. I do not think my heart can take it.