Nice, but disappointing

Rating: 6/10 (23 July 2006)

My understanding is that three movies were planned for the Pirates run, but this latest installment makes me think they only had enough script for two. So instead of just doing two movies, someone, other then the original writers, stretched out the first part of the script at the last minute. I don't know if this is true, but that is certainly what the movie felt like.
The first half-hour or forty-five minutes is rife with jokes from the last movie, or jokes playing on the jokes from the last movie, and they are sadly uninspired. This movie also features more, and more drawn out, fight scenes, that seem to do little more then eat up time. After a bunch of ill-thought out CGI sense, this part is over. Thank god.
Then the movie picks up! Lots of good stuff that you can see for yourself if you want.
The last halfhour the movie starts to die again with more loooonnnnngggg fight scenes and bad dialogue. But there are some good bits in this as well, especially a three way sword fight that is good for the first five minutes, but unfortunately goes for fifteen. What Jack does at the end is fitting, for the most part (even here I smell the stink of the producers touch), but the featured ending is not surprise.
In short, with some editing you would have the first half hour of a good sequel to the first movie, maybe someone will try that in the directors cut.