Now that they've got us, they'll give us fluff

Rating: 5/10 (9 July 2006)

The first Pirates movie ranked as one of my favorite films of all time. It was exciting, and the characters were charming and entertaining, and strangely believable. Sadly, now that Pirates has become a sensation, the plot of the second film shriveled to nothing more than fluff. The action isn't even particularly compelling, and the characters actions are not believable. In a good story, we are always willing to suspend our disbelief in the impossible and become engrossed in the lives of the characters. This never happens in Dead Man. In fact, at many points during the film, I was focused on thoughts such as "oh, look, now the actors had to do this". It was very much a parade of effects and glorified fight scenes and chases. Stereotypical. Predictable. Boring. Disappointing. I still give it a 5/10 because I loved Johnny Depp as Jack Sparrow. But I'm angry that they didn't measure up to a standard that I think should have been possible. I'm sure the merchandising will be very successful... and of course, that's what it's really all about, isn't it?