Better than the First.

Rating: 9/10 (6 July 2006)

Let me start out by saying that I am not a very big "Pirates" fan. I saw the first movie in theaters for free, thought it was pretty good, but far from a great movie. I honestly couldn't believe all the hype.
Since I work for a cinema, I received a free early screening for "Dead Man's Chest". It is amazing. The acting is good, the computer effects are brilliant and eye-popping, the writing is entertaining and fun, Hans Zimmers score is better than ever, you have your action sequences that are superb, and perhaps most importantly, the stories all tie together. That's right. You have to watch the first to truly get all of the second. And you will need the combined knowledge of the first two to see third.
That is how you can separate the good trilogies from the bad. Good trilogies (LOTR, Back To The Future) seem like one big ongoing story. And now "Pirates" will join them.
I was really surprised by this gem. Good job Verbinski and Bruckheimer. Now i await for the final chapter for "Pirates" in '07