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Rating: 10/10 (11 June 2007)

A truly remarkable movie. When it comes to scale, grand is the word.
All the additional character-explorations, interminable plot-lines, deals, counter deals and spiraling betrayals notwithstanding, it is still a fantastic showcase of the fantasy genre. Mind, it is still Johnny Depp's show. Spectacular visuals compliment the good acting all around, but when Jack Sparrow is on the screen, you know who is powering the movie. And it just leaves enough unsaid and undone for us to expect Pirates 4.
A MUST watch. And if the second half gets a little too "plotty", just wait for the final sea-battle.
Beckett to Sparrow - "You are mad !!" "Well thank goodness for that, 'cause if I wasn't, this would probably never work." And Sparrow swings away on a "cannon catapult".