Finally saw it yesterday ... I thought it opened really well, and was really thinking it might be the best film so far ... but it quickly seemed to descend into anarchy. WAY too many characters and plotlines, way too complicated and convoluted. From beginning to end I was trying to work out what was going on, which isn't really what I want in a comedy adventure film. Moments of it are just downright bizarre ... I got the distinct impression that the script must have been written as they went along (which apparently it kinda was), and that most of the scriptwriters must have been on drugs (can't verify that one
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And even Jack Sparrow seemed to lack some of his charisma, although that may be something to do with the fact he wasn't in it enough. Keef was cool, but in it for all of two seconds. Norrington and Beckett added to the confusion by looking really similar.
The final battle sequence was fantastically done though. All in all, probably my least favourite of the three films, but with some really good moments