Not surprised,

Rating: 7/10 (7 July 2006)

I just saw the movie from the midnight showing.
The movie started out with beautiful scenery, really making you feel like you are out at sea. Jack's entrance was predictable yet still good, the story was going well (a bit random, too) and then in the middle of the movie, it sank.
I am a huge fan, I waited over 17 hours to get screening tickets for the first movie. But I tried not to get myself too excited about this one since sequels usually eat it.
Around an hour or hour and a half into the movie, nothing made sense. The monkey still had "the curse" yet the others didn't. Jack was acting like...well not really Jack. He lost ALL his morals and loyalty which in the end he usually comes around but didn't. The first minute I heard Will Turner talk, I thought "You pay him millions of dollars to say lines like a soap opera star?" (I am a fan of him and I love him but this wasn't his best movie) And Elizabeth (Keira Knightley) was acting like a lunatic slut. Everyone was out of character, mostly, except the bird on that guy's shoulder.
Then after about 3 million twists, you practically want to die. There were wonderful scenes in there but they were stretched out to the extent of making me want to fall asleep. It was about 20% lower in quality as for the all around movie itself compared to the original. I did like the idea of the Crack'n (not to much of those stupid squid people) but the movie really didn't follow the rules of the plot. I wish I saw more of a PIRATE movie then a Squid-meets-Final Fantasy X. BUT THE ENDING IS AWESOME. I really hope to dear god the next one is better or I feel like I wasted over 24 hours of waiting in line from the past 2 movies.
See it if you're bored and have 2 and a half hours to kill. And don't mind watching disgusting humor.