I heard this excellent review of the latest Pirates film on Fresh Air.

Personally, I thought that for all the mess the film is, it was so totally stupid that I can forgive the mess. I had a blast watching it. Master and Commander has nothing on a film which introduces forward facing, triple barrelled, breech loading, gatling cannon to the age of sail. I loved the awesome three-way sword fights: Douglas Fairbanks eat your heart out. I was just depressed that the audience did not seem to get how ridiculous the film was :) I could not stop laughing. Everyone should go see it.