10 More Perfect Scenes In God-Awful Movies

Speaking of starting strong and ultimately stumbling from there on out, the third outing for Captain Jack Sparrow and co. - and ultimately the most disappointing of the initial trilogy - set sail with one of the most gripping opening sequences you'll likely ever find in a Disney summer blockbuster.

Setting the rest of the eventually hit-and-miss 169-minute swashbuckler in motion, this first scene sees Lord Cutler Beckett going out of his way to execute each and every person in Port Royal who is associated with anything to do with piracy.

And it's that chilling scenario which gives birth to the equally unsettling sound and sight of these doomed souls singing a song by the name of "Hoist the Colours" as they ask the Pirate Lords to come together and take down the East India Trading Company.

At World's End may be missing much of the unexpected charm of the earlier Pirates adventures and suffers from an often far too convoluted plot, but this utterly eerie opening stretch, one equipped with the harrowing visual of a young child kicking off the sea shanty in question pre-hanging, is the Caribbean series at its provoking and poignant best.