Not a very good ending to a trilogy that lost its charm

Rating: 4/10 (30 May 2007)

The third installment of the "Pirates" series was quite a disappointment. Just like in "Dead Man's Chest" it fails to capture the enthusiasm and warmth the first movie provided so easily.
The writers clearly tried to put a bunch of plots and subplots, but failed to let things blend together smoothly enough, making the story difficult to follow at some times. The jokes are often the kind of jokes you would expect on the back of your calendar (referring especially to the poor humor of pirate-buddies Pintel and Ragetti). Fortunatley, there are a few nice comedic relieves as well -- I enjoyed the multiple Jack Sparrows -- but they were very hard to find. There were some plot holes in the story and an extra load of questions were thrown at us.
"Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" tried too hard to be epic for me and had seemingly lost its touch with "Curse of The Black Pearl". Johnny Depp's performance was once again charming and the only bright light for me in this rather boring adventure. Too much visual spectacle had to make up for lack of a solid story.
6/10 - **/****