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Last Saturday, I decided to have popcorn for breakfast and set foot in an actual movie theatre for the first time in a year to view "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End". Avast! Thar be spoilers ahead, mateys!

Last we saw the charismatic, incomprehensible Captain Jack Sparrow in part 2 of the "Pirates" trilogy, he'd been eaten by a Kraken and was presumed dead. But if we learned anything in the previous films, it was to not presume anything. Multiply this sentiment times 100 for "At World's End".

Jack is in fact dead, but is still a captain of a ship in the underworld. Unfortunately, and to my great amusement, the entire crew is populated with various versions of him. And he seems to have run aground, or has he?

Meanwhile, Elizabeth Swan and her fiance, William Turner, have gone to Asia to attempt to forge an alliance and secure a ship with which to sail to the end of the world to retrieve Jack. There is a hilarious scene in which Miss Swan is ordered to surrender any weapons she may have. Turns out she is armed to the teeth, which reminded me of "Miss Congeniality" when Sandra Bullock had practically an entire armory hidden in her evening gown.

And those pesky British, under the guise of the East India Trading Company, have decided to completely wipe out piracy. Not gonna happen if the pirates keep returning from the dead. But they give it the ol' college try.

After the voyage to world's end, the movie becomes quite confusing. Pretty much every cast member has some sort of agenda to fulfill. Plus, there's a map containing hidden messages to contend with.

I did enjoy the international pirate leaders' meeting featuring a female captain and a brief glimpse of Keith Richards looking very naturally pirate-y. In a surprise move, Miss Swan is elected the leader, which is consistent with her not being a helpless damsel, a concept I appreciate. There was some business about nine (?) pieces of eight and how they needed to band together to beat the Brits.

While I found "At World's End" to be interesting and entertaining, I would have preferred more swordplay, more comedy and less time spent on needless subplots. I thought it was inferior to the first two movies. But one could do worse than spending a few hours gazing upon Johnny Depp and Orlando Bloom, heh heh.

Perhaps it would improve accompanied by a bottle of rum.