Okay but way too long

Rating: 6/10 (18 September 2006)

I wish the moguls at Hollywood could learn that less is often more. Too many blockbuster films of recent years have been ruined by self-indulgent directors going on and on and on until stories become overweight and boring. Think Peter Jackson and King Kong, or, for that matter, any Peter Jackson film.
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest is another one of these. The elements of a rollicking yarn are there but too many scenes overstay their welcome. The film could have been cut by at least half an hour and it wouldn't have lost a thing. In fact it would have gained.
I suppose we can expect the same in Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End. Personally I hope they try to bring it in in under two hours.