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Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End  (2007)

"At World's End" is just as complicated, frustrating, and ultimately boring as the sequel in this series.  Like "Dead Man's Chest," this third film feels as though a series of unrelated vignettes are tacked-on to one another in a dull sequence.  The plot is almost incomprehensible in the first half, and the film feels as though it is trying to pack as much mythology into the film as possible. The result is a bloated, overloaded and utterly confusing script.  I didn't feel like I cared about any of the characters and I never felt any suspense at all.  And....just as I began to breathe a sigh of relief that the movie was coming to a close, they set up for another sequel (#4).  That one, I told my wife, I will not see under any circumstances.

Bottom line: 1 eye-patch out of 5

Under discussion:

Charlotte's Web  (2006)

My wife and I decided to watch the new version of Charlotte's web.  It was so bad we decided not to finish it. 

The casting is terrible.  No one who knows anything about Dakota Fanning can imagine her pushing a little pig around in a baby stroller and whining to her mom about not being able to say goodnight to Wilbur in the barn.  Julia Robert's voice as Charlotte is so distinctive, every time she spoke it pulled me out of the movie.  As for the other animals - I just found their voices annoying.

You can tell they tried to make this a magical movie, but it just doesn't work.  The plot feels like it's plodding along and nothing feels special.  I didn't feel like I cared about any of the animals.

 I give it one pig out of five.