The climactic battle scene at the end has Jim's full attention the entire time as the Black Pearl and the Flying Dutchman circle each other in the goddess-created maelstrom, and he laughs out loud when Will and Elizabeth convince Barbossa to marry them in the middle of the melee. Followed, of course, by the tragedy as Will is killed by Davy Jones, and the somewhat poignant moment when Jones is killed and falls into the "arms" of his lover goddess, down into the whirlpool.

And of course there is the triumphant return of Will as the captain of the Dutchman, joining forces to wipe out Beckett's flagship effortlessly. And although Will is now bound to the Dutchman, it's satisfying enough that he's not permanently separated from Elizabeth, getting a chance to consummate their marriage on dry land before he must sail away.

It's an unexpected but satisfying ending, all things considered.