>We saw Pirates of the Caribbean 3: At World's End the other day with my in-laws.  I was honestly not impressed.  Some of the special effects were great – my favorite was Davy Jones's tentacles turning into his beard – but some were really awful – I hated the multiple Jacks in the first scene you saw him.  The lighting was terribly mismatched anytime there were multiple Jacks on the screen, so it looked like bad special effects rather than blending together as if they were really all in the same scene.

The plot was awfully long and rambling – I didn't check the time during the movie but I was thinking "man, is this ever going to end?"  I thought for sure it must be about two hours because that's how long most movies are, but it turned out to be three hours – no wonder it felt so interminable!

I didn't even really like Johnny Depp's performance in this movie.  I think he lost the magic that he had in the first movie.  On the other hand, Orlando Bloom was pretty wooden in the first movie, but in this one he was great.  I do hope this is the last sequel though – it got so much hype and then turned out kind of blah, so they really should give it up after this.