Sequel schmequel...in a class all it's own.

Rating: 10/10 (10 July 2006)

Long lines and hours of waiting is what many had to endure to see Dead Man's Chest. Let me tell you, the long lines and hours of waiting is well worth the wait.
Those who are skeptical, do not be. DMC is perhaps one of the best sequels to a movie out there...and sequel, schemquel. From Jack Sparrow's popping out of a coffin on the open ocean to him being swallowed up by the Kracken, I thoroughly enjoyed Depp's performance. He took his character from the first movie and made him even more in depth...truly, you can see the many facets of ol' Jack.
Bloom's performance in the movie was a yawn...if you need a bathroom break, go to the bathroom during any of his scenes, except for the whole Jack-Norrington-Will fight. That was a riot. Knightley, in her turn as Elizabeth, showed she was a lot like Jack, and that she wasn't afraid to fight, point gun's in people's faces, and, oh...chain Jack to his beloved Pearl, to be left at the mercy of the Kracken.
The movie villain in DMC is Davy Jones, voiced by Bill Nighy. He did love a woman once, and is now a ruthless pirate, looking for hopeless souls to rope into his service. There are not many fight scenes with him and Jack Sparrow, so don't expect that. Probably they are saving such for the third installment, At World's End. At the end, when they make ready to sail to world's end to save Jack, in comes Barbossa, alive and well. This development will leave you completely anxious for At World's End, to find out how he is alive, and to put to rest all the questions and theories surrounding his reappearance.
All in all, a very enjoyable middle movie. Not comparable to The Empire Strikes Back...DMC is in a class all it's own as one of the best pirate movies of all time.