Not as good as the first

Rating: 5/10 (10 July 2006)

While everyone WANTS this movie to be good, it just does not appeal to the audience as much as the first one did. I thought perhaps there were different writers, but they are the same.
The movie relies more on special effects, which are well done, than actor exposure. Johnny Depp is not the central character this time and shares equal screen time with Orlando Bloom and Kiera Knightly. The film is slow, dreary, and drags at times. The comedic lines looked hammed up at times, desperately trying to pull a laugh from the audience when there really is none. At other times, the editor clips away from the moment much too soon for your brain to register that a line or action might have been funny.
The character, Captain Jack Sparrow, was the center of entertainment in the first film with others interacting in HIS story. In the second movie, he seems to be dragged in to fulfill some contract and not interested in being on screen much at all.
One can only hope the third movie thinks about what the audience is hoping to see, and provide it!