Good graphics, often exciting, often boring

Rating: 6/10 (11 July 2006)

Okay, I'll go up to six because of the terrific graphics. But it ended up as a big octopus pummeling boats, and that's not good film-making. Sure, Depp was great, the natives-eat-the-chief sequence was funny, and Bill Nighy as Davy was fabulous. But too often, nothing really was happening, and it certainly was hard to get into Bloom's relationship with Barnacle Bill (although that was a good character). Long periods went on without anything really interesting happening, and that's what kept it from being a really good movie (despite the grand numbers of people who went to see it). The bad English lord, or whatever he was, conflicted with the master of the briny deep, and that kept it confusing. The attention to detail everywhere was outstanding, I will admit to that. Up to 7. Not, because there was still too much boredom for long stretches.