The first POTC movie is one of my favourite movies ever, then Dead Man's Chest is pretty good but the rot started to set in. At World's End is rotten to the core as the writing and plot is far removed from the brilliance of the first one, and is by far the most forgettable of the trilogy.
Throughout the entire film it feels like the writers just had no clue what to do with the plot, so filled it with as many nonsense bloated fillers as possible, lacking any shred of the first movie's momentum, tight plot, believability, audience investment, or stakes. It just meanders aimlessly, building up to a final showdown of lots of battle ships, but blue-balls us and just gives us a disappointing 2 v 1 that is over in 30 seconds.
As for naval warfare, I was really hoping that At World's End would have delivered some of the incisive brilliance of Master and Commander, but it just falls short in every way.
Granted there a few decent scenes scattered throughout, but 80% of the movie is cringe and eye-roll. However compared to the next POTC that follow, At World's End is a masterpiece.
Throughout the entire film it feels like the writers just had no clue what to do with the plot, so filled it with as many nonsense bloated fillers as possible, lacking any shred of the first movie's momentum, tight plot, believability, audience investment, or stakes. It just meanders aimlessly, building up to a final showdown of lots of battle ships, but blue-balls us and just gives us a disappointing 2 v 1 that is over in 30 seconds.
As for naval warfare, I was really hoping that At World's End would have delivered some of the incisive brilliance of Master and Commander, but it just falls short in every way.
Granted there a few decent scenes scattered throughout, but 80% of the movie is cringe and eye-roll. However compared to the next POTC that follow, At World's End is a masterpiece.