7/10just because I could stand to see it again, if I didn't have to pay for it.

Rating: 7/10 (11 July 2006)

In seeing this movie, I was robbed not only of fourteen dollars but of about two hours of my life. However, it was bearable because of the make up (some people looked so damn grimy I wanted to retch), costumes, and musicessentially everything save the actual script which was shamefully devoid of any creativity or substance. Perhaps after designing the creatures, costumes, sets and making the special effects, there simply wasn't enough to go around.
After leaving the theater I came to realization it was a really bad movie, but a really bad movie done well. My anger at not feeling as if came to any real conclusion subsided.
Praise must also go to all the actors, who weren't at fault as they turned in great performances. Depp manages to be hilariously and at times overly effeminate but still remain utterly desirable. Nighy is the man when it comes to playing 'and-he-wasn't-even-angry" villains (Serious props to creature design and the make up departments) but my biggest praise must go to Naomie Harris. She was superb as the Island voodoo maven and I'm not easy to please, especially when I'm being bored to death by superfluous dialogue.
Go see it, if you'd like to appreciate everything but the actual spoken content. You really learn nothing strikingly new about any of the characters and it does not build to the dramatic cliff hanger they intend because despite his quirky and humorous nature, you find you might ask yourself about Depp's character.
What do any of the characters have to gain by getting Jack Sparrow back? He used them all, never caring for anyone but himself and yet, they resolve to march off to the end of the earth and save him yet again.
In all seriousness, they could have let this second installment take up a third of the next planned movie and called it a day.