Publicity stunt

Rating: 5/10 (8 August 2006)

I went to see Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest yesterday, and though the movie wasn't horrible, I was disappointed. It is obvious that this was just a publicity stunt to draw people to the third instalment of Pirates. I feel that it was unnecessary - they could just have made one movie combining the story lines from Pirates 2 and 3. Honestly, the movie just seemed too long and I feel that the movie didn't justify the hype. I felt cheated at the end of the movie when I realised that DMC was just a prelude to Pirates: 3 and that the story had no real substance, plot or character development. It's the same as it was with Kill Bill - one feels that one has been cheated by being made to wait for the final instalment. All in all, the movie was okay - some entertaining moments and some awesome CGI - but I feel it unnecessary to make movie goers pay for two separate films that could (and should) have been one movie.