Pretty good

Rating: 7/10 (24 June 2011)

I expected a fairly good action/adventure with some good special effects, a fairly good story without any more depths than any other pirate story in the world, some laughs, and as always a new villain - and I got exactly what I wanted.
Besides from bringing back that feeling of being a classic matiné/pirate story (even got mermaids and the old concept of the obedient zombie), it is also so far the best sequel. No confusing detours in the story, no uncalled-for action scenes (come on! that tornado in the end of the third installment, where did that come from??) ... even though I have to admit some of the action scenes with a drunk Jack stumbling around could have been shorten down a bit.
But yeah ... on the hole, a pretty good pirate movie. I love the new villain, to me he was the best and most "trustworthy" so far. Just a guy who happens to be unusually cruel (and with the ability to control weather, but that's beside the point). I could actually bare some of the plot holes, because the rest was good enough for me ... I remember when we stepped out of the theater, and one of my friends said: "I didn't believe in the story, there were too many holes", and I replied: "Come on, you just saw a guy get eaten by a mermaid. If you want something realistic, read Vilhelm Moberg, and leave my pirate movie alone." And I'm gonna stick to that. I remember when I was ten and read "Treasure Island" for the first time. It wasn't exactly the same feeling, but something close enough.