A very fun movie.

Rating: 9/10 (7 July 2006)

I just saw the midnight showing, the theater was PACKED but thats beside the point. From the start of the movie it has that original Pirates charm, and mixes action/adventure drama and comedy almost seamlessly. Right when the excitement of a scene reaches its peak there's a joke made which catches the audience totally of guard and keeps the movie from being to serious while not making it a pure comedy. The acting for 9/10ths of the actors is great. Tough there are a few characters with very little parts that is just okay. But Depp, Bloom, and Knightly really steal the show as you would think. But there is a very very want to slap him performance of Norringtin.
The special effects are great, tough some points you can tell aren't real but its not that noticeable. Tough, a lot of the FX as in the tentacles of Davy Jones is awesome as are the make up effects. The plot has plenty of twists and turns at the end with a old character you'd never expect showing up in the last 30 seconds of the cliffhanger ending.
If it wasn't for the few average FX then it would be a perfect ten. But this is a movie that the entire family will enjoy, me and my annoying teenage friends kicking other peoples seat in the back of the theater and throwing popcorn enjoyed it so did the children in the front row watching. But if you have a really young child you may want to watch with them as it can be a bit dark at times, as the first one.
GO SEE IT!