Complete letdown

Rating: 3/10 (22 July 2006)

Its such a shame that a movie with such a big licence fails to deliver the goods. The 1st (curse of the black pearl) was a good film. No 2 is not so good. Don't get me wrong the special effects are excellent but the overall feel of the movie was messy with "let's plonk this here" and "that would be a good idea to put that bit in the film here" attitude and it didn't cement together. It was a long movie and some pointless sections could easily have reduced the running time. This is obviously flogging the movie licence to print merchandise money for the big studios which it will. I am not feeling the "Hollywood" touch in this movie and for a big blockbuster you would expect it. Johnny Depp is quality and any part he plays he shines, that is the only thing that kept the film alive. If you have the choice watch Superman returns instead as that definitely has the "Hollywood" touch.