To further elaborate on my drunken ramblings, in terms of Pirates, I didn't quite dig the whole Calypso deal where she grew into the fifty foot woman and roared some incoherent babble then turned into crabs. I just thought that could've been handled better.
I saw the Queen. I thought Helen Mirren was fantastic, I completely bought her performance, and quite liked James Cromwell too. It seemed to go on for a bit too long...that was probably due to my frequent pausing of the film, though.
I really liked it.