a masterpiece of blockbuster

Rating: 10/10 (16 February 2010)

I don't like audience driven, crowd pleaser movies at all, but Dead Man's Chest is not one of those even if it comes from mainstream cinema. That's why I think that it is a masterpiece. Its low rating is not understandable for me. Critics don't like blockbusters, because probably they cannot see art in those movies and there is one more reason, because they think that those movies are rather 'products', in other words commercial. Other audiences found this sequel very disappointing in comparison with the first film. The problem here is Dead Man's Chest is not such a movie, so is it a bad hype? I guess so. It is entertainment, everyone knows this. and yes, the movie is not an art house film may be, but it does not mean that there is no art in it. Gore Verbinski is a very good director, even if I did not like all the works he made. As said, according to many people, Dead Man's Chest is far inferior in comparison with Curse of the Black Pearl. This is very funny, because I think just the opposite. Black Pearl was overrated. I slightly enjoyed it, but in my opinion, Dead Man's Chest surpassed the first one, because it improved it. As mentioned, direction is very outstanding, coasts, sea, islands, a sunny entertaining experience. One of the best and most enjoyable parts is the part that we see Jack Sparrow as the chief of the tribe! It is a bit meaningless, but welcome. Visuals, the set design are great. As for Johnny Depp, he makes this sequence more colorful. He looks very interesting. I watched the escape attempt part tons of time, it deserves entertainment anthology in cinema. I love everything in this part with some paprika and exotic fruits. Musics are coherent with the content which does not happen often, it seems audience driven may be, but I just did not care about it. The music winds us up. The only problem is that the dog humor is dated and naive. The ghost sailors in the first movie were fun (but with a little cheesy visual effects. This time, we see various very interesting sea creatures with outstanding CGI. Personally, I enjoyed much more. Davy Jones. I liked that character and also yes he looks disgusting, but in a good way. Some of my friends could not look at him when I showed them a picture of him, but he is not that disgusting. I was very impressed by the music box scene, it was brilliant. If there had been no art in the movie and if Verbinski had been a bad director, we would not watched such a scene, believe me. I have not seen a better sea battle so far than the ones in this movie. I can't describe it more, it is such great. It does not finish. The sword fight in the white sand island is my all time favorite sword fight. I watched it hundreds of time. This part is my favorite in the movie I guess. Great fun. Musics, the flamboyant forest. I just love it. Like the sea battles, this fight is very long also. There is one more big sea battle with Kraken. The best Kraken is here. It is so exciting and bothering at the same time. Again, there is a moment, moire by sun, it seriously impressed me thanks to Verbinski, brilliant. Ohh, I forgot to talk about Johnny Depp himself. His performance is outstanding, but also Jack Sparrow in this movie is much more colorful, eccentric, funny and interesting than Jack Sparrow in the first movie.