Marc B. Wrote:I saw this last night and while it was slightly better than "Pirates 2" it still was WAY to long at 2 hours and 40 min. As usual the action goes on too long and story points are thrown out the window. We never learn why the voodoo lady resurrects Barbossa, Keith Richard's makes his cameo as Jack's father (though it is a completely wasted and pointless cameo), they introduce a new "character", Eclipso, for no reason and when they release her she doesn't do anything except create a whirlpool. This is an action movie all the way with story as filler.
**Spoilers**
I pretty much agree with Marc's assessment of the film. It basically
left me as nonplussed as I felt after I had seen Spiderman III. I
just don't care about the characters anymore...they're...tired.
As for the VooDoo Lady, it seems to be more than strongly
implied that her resurrection of Barbossa was part of a
longshot albeit desperate plan on her part to kick off a series
of events that would eventually and inevitably lead to the
"freeing" and "release" of Calypso...and there are probably
expository scenes explaining such that were edited from
a longer cut of this still too lengthy movie.