prejudiced pirates

Rating: 7/10 (27 August 2006)

This Friday the movie opened in Athens.Queues of people were waiting to see it.I liked it without having seen the first film. It has strong doses of surreal humour.Some elements of tragedy.Good for kids but not too kids since some pirates are rather frightening. The way the native tribe was portrayed was funny but in an age of supposed globalization it smacked racism since the tribe conformed to the stereotypes of such people that were common currency during the high days of European colonialism.We have moved forward from that age or not? An other detail, when two groups of "good" pirates, that is sparrows' crew are engaged in a competitive struggle for escape, the one is colloured the other not, guess who were saved.