Great movie, but . . .

Rating: 8/10 (15 July 2006)

Loved Pirates 1. Pirates 2 was super. Can't wait for Pirates 3 with Keith Richards as Jack's dad.
Pirates 2 was good. Special effects were great. Plot seemed consistent and referenced many things for Pirates 1 if you listened closely to what was said in the first movie.
I was disappointed in that it so blatantly set up Pirates 3. It didn't need to be that obvious. There is enough pirate folklore that Pirates 2 did not need to relate to Pirates 1 nor Pirates 3 for that matter, and believe it could hold its own.
Davy Jones was good, but just a bit over the top for me. It seemed to be forced in a way. I wanted to see more piracy like there was in Pirates 1 and less "Hollywood" special effects.
Am going to go see it, again, just to make sure I agree with what I just wrote. Pirates 1 was fantastic and am hoping Pirates 2 is on the second go around.