Impressive

Rating: 8/10 (10 August 2006)

OK, this one has over 1000 reviews so far so I'm not going to write a complete review. Instead let me highlight one positive and one negative aspect of this movie.
The good: The special effects in this movie are honestly the most impressing thing I've ever seen. The movie is worth seeing just alone for this reason.
The way they present the ghost pirates, the huge octopus and the impressive surroundings is breathtaking. This is a heroic effort! The bad: This movie suffers from the "this is second part but we already know that we will do another one"-syndrome. The first Pirates movie felt a lot more fulfilled with no annoying "see you later" ending. The last 30 minutes in this one, are basically a setup for the third movie.
If you're not sure what I mean, compare this with the Matrix trilogy. The same thing happened in Reloaded.
Overall, this is great movie that is a worthy follow-up to the original Pirates of Carribbean. I'll give it 8 out of 10 Molotov cocktails.