Unimpressive

Rating: 2/10 (30 September 2006)

Quite frankly, this was a letdown. It had its funny points, but overall I wasn't impressed.
First of all, the monkey confused me. The rest of Barbossa's crew stopped being undead...what happened to the monkey? I give the filmmakers credit for 'Bootstrap' Bill Turner; he was a well-done character, and I really did like him. Will continues to have issues with his temper, but overall he's still fairly likable. The soothsayer, bayou woman, whatever you call her, was an interesting character. Elizabeth, however, gets less and less likable as the movies go on. She's so busy defying the "damsel in distress" label that she becomes completely unrealistic. Also, pardon my language, she's a right bitch. While I admired her determination at the beginning of the movie, by the end of the movie I wanted to throttle her.
With a title like "Dead Man's Chest", you'd think there'd be more rum involved; then again, Jack himself asks, "Why is the rum always gone?" then gets up, staggers drunkenly, and adds to himself, "Oh, right, that's why." Personally, I think the rum gag is a bit overused.
They didn't do anything with the dog either. In Shakespeare, there is never a character on stage without a reason. My father and I both expected there to be a reason for the dog, but it seems to me that he's just a running gag. The question is going to be, what can they do with him in the next movie? And will he ever have a purpose? All in all, I was not impressed. The movie was okay and had one or two redeemable qualities, but overall, the only thing that is going to get me to go see the last movie is, as Jack and Elizabeth both said at various times, "Curiosity."