Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)

[Trey Greyjoy]

I agree with most of Dwndrgn's criticisms but I enjoyed the movie.

Somehow I glaumed onto the fact pretty quickly that it had been kiddie-fied, and so most of the niggling bits didnt bother me so bad. I do wish Depp hadnt gone so much over the top though as you said. Who runs like that???
I just read an article in EW saying that Depp fought hard with Disney execs to do the character the way he did in the first movie, whereas they let him do whatever he wanted in the 2nd. Perhaps that explains why he seems so different.
I was a tad irritated that it was really half a movie, but I may have felt better had I known about that from the beginning. ( I guess most movie buffs already knew it ended halfway through the story! )
All in all though I give it a thumbs up for some rousing, whimsical, swash-buckling adventure!
The scenes were amazing and the effects were state of the art.

 

[Alysheba]

Ouch Dwndrgn...

The movie did lack something... Enjoyed it still the same, but I felt like WS did... And that sums it up for me...



I didn't notice the teeth of the witch though. Although I did want to hand her a toothbrush several times. Did anyone else have a hard time understanding her?

I didn't have a problem understanding her. I guess it's because working in a call center I hear all kinds of accents. She did need a toothbrush though as did several characters.

I liked it. Seeing as it is a second movie in a trillogy I wasn't expecting a cut and dried beginning and ending and I'm looking forward to the third.

 

[kyektulu]

Saw this film on Monday, I loved it.

A enjoyable escapade all the way through!

I was a bit miffed at the ending, lets just say it was over too soon with a big cliffhanger!

 

[Nesacat]

Saw the film on Sunday and am now hopeleslly, head over tentacles in love with the Kraken. I loved the first movie with all the moving between moonlight and shadow and Depp's Jack Sparrow but this one; well this one had tentacles galore and I've always had a thing for the octopoid denizens of the deep. Let's just blame this on the Great Cthulhu's influence. Pirates 2 had Davy Jones with tentacles and that wonderful kraken.

I thought the Flying Dutchman was well done but certainly agree with Dwndrgn about the crew. If they had been more human it would have had a much greater impact. The witch stole both the scenes she was in but her diction was pretty garbled at times. I love Barbarossa but I do wish they'd explained his return properly along with the release of the two sailors.

But all in all it was as Kye says an enjoyable escapade and I'll probably see it again if only for all those tentacles.