Pirates 2 Sails into Shallow Waters

Rating: 7/10 (7 July 2006)

I personally was extremely disappointed in this movie. I am a huge Johnny Depp fan as well as a huge PotC fan, but its sequel fell extremely short of meeting my expectations. Here are the pros, and unfortunately, more cons:
Pro: Johnny Depp returns as Jack Sparrow Con: He's not as original and his character seems a little dragged out. At times he can be difficult to understand as well
Pro: Amazing Special Effects- Davy Jones' crew & the Kraken Con: Feels a lot like the first one, cursed ship, crew and captain
Pro: Keira Knightley Con: She's dressed up as a boy for nearly the entire movie
Sadly, more cons overshadow the pros in this sequel
Other cons:
-it's a true sequel, nothing new, and grew weaker then the first
-Orlando Bloom can not act, he reminds me of a Keanu Reeves with a swaggering English accent (minus the fact he's saving a girl, not the world)
-it fully relies on the fact that there will be a 3rd movie, unlike the first PotC (which was it's own movie overall), Pirates 2 abruptly ends without a real conclusion, just a lead on to number 3
-the plot is poorly played out and drags on for nearly three hours
-Johnny Depp has a lot less screen time than Pirates 1
Overall, I was extremely disappointed in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest and really hoped it would be at least as good as the first one. But leave it to Hollywood to keep the whole tradition of 'sequels never surpassing the originals' to its utmost meaning.
Visuals: 9/10
Music: 8/10
Story: 6/10
Acting: 7/10
Flow: 5/10
Overall: 7/10