Things have come full circle. Or, have they?

Rating: 10/10 (1 June 2007)

OK! Just as there was no actual depiction of Jack Sparrow being captured, between "Curse of the Black Pearl" and "Dead Man's Chest," so it is with "At World's End." Specifically; we--the audience--do not actually see Lord Beckett coerce the captain of the FLYING DUTCHMAN into working for the (thinly-disguised) British East India Company. It is merely referred to in explanatory exposition. Backed up, a little bit later, by the discovery of the Kraken's corpse.
That, however, is this film's only flaw. The rest of it is just as delightfully macabre as the first one. From the opening action-packed sequence in Singapore (where Barbosa, Elizabeth, and Will have to steal a map to the Gateway of the Afterlife). To the purgatory where Jack Sparrow commands a crew of hallucinatory clones of himself. From the revelation that the FLYING DUTCHMAN is actually supposed to be guiding the souls of those who recently died at sea. To Elizabeth's shocking discovery that her father is one of those recently deceased.
Yet, the biggest surprise of all (and I mean that, literally) is Naomie Harris. Her character, Tia Dalma, turns out to be more than just a French West Indian voodoo priestess. She's actually Calypso, the ancient sea goddess!
Man! What terrific CGI in her transformation scene. Including what might have been a subtle double-entendre (although, I have no way to prove it).
In short, this film is well worth the price of admission. So, I'm only going to post one more spoiler. The ending hints at the possibility of a POTC 4.
We can but hope, me hearties!