I've completed part of my summer sequels- the last of the trilogies.
If I had to rate how the movies met up to my expectations it'd be
1) Spiderman 3
2) POTC 3: At World's End
3) Shrek 3

Spiderman 3
Left the cinema feeling: okaaayyy
Somehow I just don't really feel much after the movie, which is not necessarily a bad thing, as you'll see with Shrek 3 later. And basically I was happy aside from the movie, since I was out with friends and had a satisfying meal at Manhattan Fish Market.
As with summer blockbusters, you can count on the amazing special effects, whatever it is, I did feel sad for Harry (MAJOR SPOILER) when he died, although in the comics he died less nobly, from being poisoned by too much pukegreen gas. I didn't really like the major villain (arguably Sandman) this time though, he didn't elicit enough empathy/sympathy from me. And the Topher Grace character- Edward Brock(?), I didnt mind seeing all the shit happen to him but I did mind seeing Peter Parker trying to be a dancing ass-shaking bad boy. So awful it's funny and cringeworthy that I even thought it was funny. But I did relish him being mean to others and having more attitude than his normal clueless wimpiness. So clueless about MJ's distress! Oh I did find one scene moving though, it's been a long time so I can't really remember but it involved Aunt May.

Gist: There just seems to be a lot of nothing going on, since for a movie of 140mins I left not really feeling anything at all.

At World's End
Left the cinema feeling: Confused!
This time, it's really cashing in on the Jack hype. No doubt, Johnny still has the ability to entertain but I just think the scene with Jack Sparrow stuck in Davy Jone's locker was totally unnecessary. I mean a couple of minutes of Jack with multiple personality disorder would have sufficed but a repeat of this on Davy Jone's ship much later was bothering on aiyoh get on with it already!
And why do people keep harping on Will and Elizabeth's romance being boring. Whatever, bitches! I'm just glad they got back together. So funny where they needed Barbossa to marry them.
Will: I've made my choice. What's yours?
Elizabeth: BARBOSSA!
And of course, Will looked yummy at the end when he became *SPOILER* an eternal pirate, keeper of the Flying Dutchman.
Tia Dalma and Sao Feng could've amounted to so much more. The former became giant and collapsed into crabs or ketam batus. (I had a wisecracking Malay sitting behind me with much of his own comments throughout the movie) and the latter died too early, and not because of fighting either.
Funniest scene: Davy Jones in a bucket of water on the sand just before the face-off between EIC and pirates. I just laughed out loud in the cinema for this.
Actually, Barbossa and Davy Jones were much more enjoyable to watch than Jack this time. Barbossa for his manic cackles and Davy Jones for his accent. So fun to make fun of. *Like a bird-ah, that cannot fly-ah*
All in all it was just too convoluted and I sometimes couldnt figure out just exactly which ship they were on since they jumped ship so many times and also who betrayed who since plot twists were aplenty. And the Tia-Davy romance was rather hazy too.

Gist: A Disney flick aint supposed to be confusing! but action scenes will keep viewers entertained and gloss over the holes.

Shrek 3
To quote a certain Governor Swann: Perhaps on the rare occasion pursuing the right course demands an act of piracy, piracy itself can be the right course?
Being hyped up by the Pirates hype, I watched the downloaded Shrek 3 at LH's house =p
And with good reason too, Shrek 3 is totally not worth spending cinema ticket money on!
Almost all the jokes fell flat or had me going Err.... I found Sleeping Beauty quite funny though, the way she falls asleep at anything and jerks awake, What what?
Despite being a dull watch, it had a rather short running time, especially compared to the previous blockbusters, so it wasn't too unbearable. I didn't feel anything for the movie at all. Oh I do, that it shouldn't be wasted time or money on! I do feel sad for the series though, to close with such a stinker. Normally, it's curse of the middle child, but i think for POTC 3 and Shrek 3, they're the worst of the trilogy. *I might change my mind about the former since it warrants a second watch for me though*

Gist: Unfunny, don't bother going to the cinema to catch this

Now all I'm left to conquer is Fantastic Four (2): Rise of the Silver Surfer and Harry Potter (5) and the Order of the Phoenix