Colossal disappointment

Rating: 1/10 (22 July 2006)

Not going to say a great deal, other than I was really looking forward to this movie as the first one was a lot of fun and although the 1st trailer had me worried, as it didn't entice me one bit, the 2nd trailer was far superior and had me jazzed. That just about sums up the movie- inconsistent.
At the start we have Will and Elizabeth both defensive of their good friend "Captain" Jack Sparrow- However, when they meet up, you sense there is no friendship, no camaraderie, just deceit, mistrust- but not in an interesting way, just a depressingly cynical way. Is a summer adventure movie supposed to feel like this? I think not. This trio simply doesn't stand up to the greats I'm afraid- remember Luke, Han and Leia- 'nuff said.
I simply didn't have a great deal of fun watching this movie- everything seemed to contrived and cynical- big set pieces ham-fistedly tacked onto one of the most poorly developed story's I've come across in recent blockbusters. I went to see this with my bro and two friends- I and one of my buddies fell asleep about 3/4 of the way in for a good 5 or 10 minutes only to wake up to find that nothing had changed, still the same boring, joyless movie. All 4 of us were deeply disappointed come the end.
Even the comedy fell short of the mark. Depp did his best, but didn't have same quality material to work with this time around. The whole movie felt like hard work- I just hope the third movie sets things right, but one thing's for sure- it has a hell of a task ahead.