I was definitely feeling icky and - like you - had just wanted to enjoy Johnny Depp and a movie about pirates! I noticed that the filmmakers also killed off all the people of color on the crew of the pearl, after implying that they were kind of sneaky. I noticed that as well. It's too bad because up until that point I'd been appreciating the attempt at having pirates from different cultural and ethnic backgrounds. But it is Disney ...

I loved the Swamp Witch, though. Ahh, the ambivalence . . . Yeah, I loved her too. And I hear you about the ambivalence. I'd been so excited about the third one because of Chow-Yun Fat and I'm now I'm feeling trepidacious .