The third installment of director Sam Raimi's hugely popular series is packed with fun and more than a little mayhem. 
The story revolves around two main aspects of Peter Parker's life; his immense popularity with the people of New York, and the discovery of who really murdered Uncle Ben. 
When Parker's popularity as a superhero negatively impacts his relationship with MJ, he begins to explore darker, more selfish impulses helped along by an alien parasitic goo. 
The central story is strong and highly character based, and the special effects are jaw dropping without taking detours from the action (one particular shot is the ultimate use of animation in movies).  
The only major detracting points are an almost hokey memory loss plot and a feeling that the ending could have flowed more smoothly.

The film does not push any particular veiwpoint on social or environmental issues, but through the actions of the hero, a message or two can be determined. 
When Spider-man stops chasing villains with the intent of keeping people safe and begins to act out a vendetta, it is made clear within the film that he is wrong to do so. 
At no point during the movie does Spider-man resort to torture (actually someting of a rarity among action heroes of late). 
However, no real attempt is made to bring attention to any kind of social or environmental issue of importance.

3/10 (little insight)

The third high seas adventure for Elizabeth Swann (Keira Knightly), Will Turner (Orlando Bloom), and the hilarious Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) revolves around the East India Trading Company’s attempt to suppress Piracy in all its forms.  The storytelling is as complex as the two films previous, and as such relies on a rudimentary understanding of “Curse of the Black Pearl” and “Dead Man’s Chest” or a very high level of general pirate knowledge. 
The pacing of the film is incredibly quick compared to most of the movies I enjoy, heck I’m just a little old fashioned that way, but no-one could fault the work of Ted Elliot & Terry Rossio for keeping things moving at breakneck speed and relying on us to be just that tiny bit ahead of them.
The story itself is made up of hugely bombastic elements as any movie based upon a Disneyworld ride should be.

Social Conscience

Surprisingly, this film is filled with good social conscience.

Example one: Feminism

There is much speculation in one particular scene about a certain “Pirate King” who is soon revealed to be a woman. 
Not only that, but the female pirate king is shown to be just as resourceful and bold (perhaps more bold) as any of the male pirates in view.

Example two: Anti-McCarthyism

We live in a world where our basic freedoms in the event of being arrested for terrorism are certainly on questionable ground. 
It is amazing to see a largely-mainstream, multi-million dollar franchise open its third film with people being marched to the gallows as a man in military regalia informs them that they have been stripped of “the right to free association and the right to habeas corpus” simply because they have been accused of piracy. 
The main thread of the movie’s story is the East India Trading Company (E.I.T.Co.) versus a great alliance of pirates (oxymoronic though an Alliance of pirates may be). 
Throughout the film it is made clear that being a bloodthirsty anarchistic pirate is preferable to being part of a bloodthirsty militaristic institution.

Example three: Trust Busters

The East India Trading Company holds a monopoly on the high seas, and abuses its power by removing smaller competitors (Pirates) from the market.

8.5/10