I find that my favorite Pirates movie constantly changes but this installment I always found especially entertaining.

The movie has an odd sort of musical opening but it works for me and even gives me goosebumps.

With nearly 3 hours it's a long adventure and I do feel that length every time. However it keeps my attention for the most part and it has easily the best action scenes in the entire series. The epic fights, particularly [spoiler] the Maelstrom and the slow-motion destruction of the Endeavour[/spoiler], are visually stunning.

All the characters in this movie are fun and very well portrayed,[spoiler] Geoffrey Rush probably being my favorite portraying Barbossa. Although I do miss the scarier side of Barbossa and the more mysterious / creepy Davy Jones[/spoiler].

I do find that the ending drags on a bit, that is to say,[spoiler] there are a bunch of endings for all the different characters. However I do love the Elizabeth-Will ending on the beach.[/spoiler] It's a beautiful scene with my favorite score from this movie, 'One Day', composed by the legendary Hans Zimmer.

The ending teases the plot for the fourth movie which sadly is my least favorite of the series.

I know it's not the best of the series but it's an incredibly entertaining movie that delivers a satisying conclusion to the original trilogy.