Great movie, Not a Great sequel

Rating: 6/10 (10 July 2006)

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest was filled with action out the wazoo. The CGI was fantastic, the ships and over all feel of the era was clear, the story however, took a wrong turn. In comparison to the first installment to the now Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy, the movie feel episodic and epic. It had story and character development and everything flowed smoothly. The Curse of the Black Pearl was amazing when it came out and still is to this day.
The main problem that I found with Dead Man's Chest was that the story seemed to drag on, only trying to keep the audience interested with special effects, versus story plot. The characters, minus Jack Sparrow, have all evolved into something completely different from before. They don't act the same, and really don't feel the same. Not to give out any spoilers but Elizabeth's character was the one that upset me the most. You will have to see the movie to understand what I am talking about.
Don't get me wrong, it was a fantatsic movie, but I wanted to see a franchise built out of this, not a trilogy, the world has enough of those already. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest is worth seeing, just don't expect a great sequel.