Man... I don't know if I'll still see it now. Probably, but I won't enjoy it.

I liked it, SHE, but didn't love it.

Or all the parts that they glossed over or ignored completely, in lieu of creating new and even more convoluted plot twists.

Like the Calypso thing - what the hell? Could we make a little more sense?

Here's the problem. The first one was the perfect blend of humor and action, a great swashbuckling adventure. The second one, I thought, was a great second act to a trilogy - sets up a few messy problems that will be difficult to overcome, but which can be all sussed out in the last film. The third one, rather than being an effective third act and tying up the loose ends, ignored the loose ends and just kept cutting more.

You remember the part where the one British guy that's totally crushing on Jack Sparrow says, "Do you think he plans it or just makes it up as he goes along?" That's the way the movie felt - made up as they went along. They thought of a weird effect they wanted to put in, and so they figured out some contrivance to put it in the script.

Plus, the stupid theater we went to see it in cut off the last little bit - everything after the credits was simply cut off and we started seeing the stupid "Who stared in this movie" trivia crap.

Man, that movie pissed me off.

But I feel better now that I vented.

Calypso was my biggest disappointment. Okay, cool! She's a minor goddess trapped in human form. They could do a lot with that... but no. She gets really big, turns into a big pile of crabs, and makes a whirlwind. That's it? I expected more from her.

Maybe if I had gone in with a better attitude, I would have liked it better. However, when the first scenes contain a small boy being hung... sorry. I just can't get happy.

Drive in?  YOu have those?  You lucky duck!

Yup. It was my very first drive in movie and, despite what my father said about drive ins, I quite enjoyed myself. Except for the part where I had no one to make out with. It just doesn't seem like I could have really gone to a drive in movie if I didn't make out with anyone.

So true, so true. That's why you have so many gripes about the movie - if you'd been busy with a rousing game of tonsil hockey, you wouldn't have even worried about plot holes or crab-ladies.

So true, so true. That's why you have so many gripes about the movie - if you'd been busy with a rousing game of tonsil hockey, you wouldn't have even worried about plot holes or crab-ladies.

No kidding! What could have been a perfectly good movie was ruined by my lack of arm candy. *sigh* But then, I suppose everyone has to actually watch a whole movie with no distractions at one point in their lives...

But see, that's when you need to watch a real winner - like my friends and I having our "Hest fest" this last weekend - Charlton Heston movie marathon! Those are movies worth giving your undivided attention to. (Especially Soylent Green - because it's almost undecipherable even if you do give rapt attention. )

And you do catch nuances each time you see it!

"It's People!"