Movie Journal: Pirates of the Caribbean – At World’s End

Completely useless and way over-long, this third entry At World’s End, combined with the second film, feature none of the originality and charm that makes the first one such a surprisingly entertaining film. It manages to wrap things up in a completely unsatisfactory way (I’m surprised there wasn’t a bigger audience outcry over the fate of Will Turner, but perhaps by that time no one cared). It’s not that it’s a bad movie, it’s just that the first one was so good despite everything seemingly against it and the second and third movies just seem to be reaching for bigger set pieces instead of having the engaging story the first one did.