Reviews are a bit mixed on Pirates. Still going to go see it though. Most of the negative reviews are about too much talking - in other words, most likely character and plot things, which is what I watch films for anyway.

Maybe it'll erase the memory of wasting close to 3 hours on Spiderman 3, which is the worst thing I've seen since the film of "The Avengers". It had the kind of script that George Lucas would reject for sounding too stilted and cheesy. It had a villain (Sandman) who has no purpose other than FX, not even plot-wise. Worse still, it actually had some good acting (MJ, Peter and Harry have very believable chemistry, and Sandman is OK too), which just shone a huge light on the awfulness of plot and script. It's not often that I see a film which makes me wish I'd stayed at home and got my ironing done instead. Spiderman 3 achieved that, and that's really saying something.

Graham.