A return to form for the pirates franchise

Rating: 8/10 (3 July 2014)

After the second film being a slight flop there was a lot of pressure on this film to succeed and I believe that for the majority it did. This film picks up where the last one leaves off with Will, Elizabeth, Barbossa and the rest of the crew going to Davey Jones Locker to save Jack Sparrow and unite all pirates against Cutler Beckett and Davey Jones oppression. Just like every Pirates film it is the Johnny Depp show as Jack Sparrow and he is great as always and his performance as Sparrow still hasn't got old yet for me and I always see these films expecting him to be great. The supporting crew is also great Elizabeth, Will, Cutler Beckett, Davey Jones and the supporting are all solid and good but my favourite has to be Barbossa he is just one of my favourite characters there is in films and his chemistry with Sparrow is excellent and he is a key part of this film. The story is good, however, there is some confusing unnecessary plot points which do take me out of it and I wish they had kept it a bit simpler. The script is also decent but not as good as the first pirates film as some of the dialogue is hard to understand and wooden. The style though is taken to the next level and especially towards the final battle especially the CGI is amazing and breath-taking which adds to the epicness of the film. This third film does a lot right and returns to the better days of pirates of the Caribbean.