Review – Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End

Well, at least now it’s over. The cast is the same (with the brief addition of Chow Yun Fat). The effects are the same. The budget is huge. The running time is long. But despite strict adherence to the formula, this one falls short. The major problem has to do with the script. The plot is an endless parade of double-crosses, legal manipulations and other complications, and the intrigues swiftly overwhelm character, action, or anything else that might have made this movie interesting to anyone besides lawyers. A little less who’s-back-stabbing-whom and more of the clever quirkiness that made the original so good, and this would have been a more apt conclusion to the trilogy. Mildly amusing