not a disappointment, but not sheer delight either

Rating: 7/10 (2 June 2007)

For one thing, for the first hour or so I just sat there wondering what was going on. It's been almost a year since the previous movie, after all. It would have been nice of them to make some sort of an introduction to remind the viewer who the new characters were and what they all were doing there. But maybe it's a good thing? Makes you watch the movie with attention, trying to figure it all out :) But towards the end of that first our I, for one, stopped trying and just watched.
The humor is still there. On-going gag with the monkey, the two dumb pirate friends, the fake eye, the two dumb soldier friends. Jack Sparrow is of course priceless, though at times just a wee bit overacting. My favorite moment was when he and Barbossa argue who's the captain. Will Turner is totally in the background. I feels like he said just a couple of words over the whole movie, mostly just hovering in the background looking pretty. Much attention is given to Elizabeth Swann whose beauty is, in my humble opinion, grossly overrated.
The movie is very dynamic, it's never boring and pleasantly unusual, with all the twists and turns. Interesting twist with Elizabeth and Will's relationship.