Sub-par

Rating: 2/10 (25 July 2006)

This movie is the epidempy of Hollywood! The first hour is complete rubbish! It's plot less and without reason. The second half is a befitting sequel and reasonably understandable. However, the first hour disgraces the entire film as a product as a whole simply because of the boring (over)use of Johnny Depp. People have seemingly "found" Johnny Depp as a new "great" actor. "OH, did you know Depp modeled himself after Keith Richards?" Oh, really? What about Hunter S. Thompson? That had nothing to do with it, right? Even still, who the hell cares..."Pirates" can't be the same if the sequel's first hour is an hour of ridiculous pointlessness. Look, simply put, watch this film on DVD just before the release of the third film....it will be better in the long run. This film cannot stand on it's own....making it a 5! It sucks as a film alone!