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My boyfriend & I saw it last night. Sold out, seated in the front row! My eyes looked like Kaa's halfway through the trailers. As for the movie?

I loved it. How do you like them doubloons?

Still, there were a few elements that I didn't exactly love (and many of you have mentioned some of these elements! Props to you!)

1.) *Elizabeth Swann's transformation. She was defending Jack ("CAPTAIN Jack Sparrow!) in the very beginning, and by the end, she had turned sinister. However, maybe it was the turn Jack had predicted..her curiosity. Still, I didn't see her sinking to that level.

2.) *The Kraken (I so want to spell it Crackin'. Like snappin' & poppin'). While enjoyable to watch, it soon became very Harryhausen. While I totally dig on & love the works of Ray Harryhausen (Jason & The Argonauts ROCKS) this just didn't seem to work afterwhile.

3.)*The open ending. It was too, too open. I sat there waiting for more, and felt cheated. However, if the trick is to leave me wanting resolution to the point of fighting the throngs of equally excited ticket-buying buccaneers for the next installement then ,why yes, the trick worked quite well.

Wait..was I supposed to spoiler tag these? Have we abandoned tags? Have we all seen the flick? Am I just a no spoiler-tag respecting, thoughtless dick? Um, don't answer....