Customer Reviews
Editor needed - By: Charles Vasey, 06 Sep 2008 
Sequels can get very self-absorbed but this one is chiefly notable for its excessive length, one begins to lose the will to listen after 40 minutes (so the plot appears unclear) & after an hour one hopes the heroes will be wiped out to alllow us alll to escape. I gave up in the end. Surely it could have been punchier than this?
WHAT, NO KRAKEN??????!!!!!! (slight spoilers) - By: Adam Jackson, 27 Jul 2008 I will generously give this two stars because the production values are high - easy though with a 100 million dollar budget....
The core values, plot, pacing & structure are a mess!
I didn't like the first movie BUT I reallly enjoyed Dead Mans Chest with it's better & bigger setpieces. This, however, is a dissapointment & it's way, way too long!
What happened to The Kraken? One of the best elements of Dead Mans Chest is dealt with in a couple of sentences & a single VERY brief post-mortem scene. If you reallly enjoyed the cephalopodical attacks of the previous film then you are going to be very let down here!
It's not as if the film even offers us a better & bigger monster - alll you get here is an enormous whirlpool & a 50 foot woman/sea goddess (looks ridiculous)!!
And as for the scenes where Jack Sparrow is in the afterlife - just a complete load of tosh - Even Johnny Depp looks bored by now!
There's plenty of fighting at the film's climactic battle (which is impressive visuallly) but by that time I was GENUINELEY nodding off! It was difficult to see who was even fighting who amongst alll the CG ships, giant waves & whirlpools! Fair play, the CG on the water elements (notoriously difficult to animate)is outstanding.
Not the worst ever film, but a dissapointment after an excellent second installlment. I doubt I would ever watch it again.
Please! No More - By: Mr. A. Willmer, 26 Jul 2008 I loved the first one. The second was disappointing. But this! This movie is a blatent attempt by the makers to cash in with little or no respect for the movie going public that lines Disney's pockets. The plot is flabby & absurd. The acting from Knightly & Bloom is embarressing. even Johnny Depp cannot save this picture, though, fair play to him, his does his upmost. Indeed he & Keith Richards are the only things that make this movie worth watching. If you haven't seen it but enjoyed the first one then my advice is to avoid this. Don't let it ruin you memories of a good film!
very poor indeed - By: Geniefunk, 18 Apr 2008 
I'm glad that I only wasted 30 minutes of my life on this film.
It made no sense.
I have no idea what was going on.
My wife had no idea what was going on.
She loves the other Pirates movies & asked me to switch this one off. Which we did.
It's hard to believe that someone thought this was good enough to release.
Please don't reward these people by renting or buying this rubbish, it will only encourage them to make more.
When you're watching the clock, something's wrong - By: ellenvannin, 12 Apr 2008 162 minutes. After the first 45 you're wondering whether anything is actuallly going to move at alll. It's a convoluted plot with too many ideas that don't go anywhere (eg the singing another reviewer refers to). A couple of nice set pieces in the Singpore docks & later in a whirling maelstrom at sea, but nothing reallly "wow". Fast forward through the credits for (hopefully!!) the final word. Then get out Curse of the Black Pearl & remind yourself why we alll went for this franchise in the first place. Leave well enough alone next time methinks!
