A solid film but disappointing after the original pirates

Rating: 6/10 (2 July 2014)

The first pirates film is just so good that it was always going to be a worry if this film could live up to the original and unfortunately it doesn't, but it is still a fun film to watch. This film starts with Elizabeth Swann and Will Turner facing death for their association with Jack Sparrow in the first film. The only way to save them is for will and Elizabeth to reunite with Sparrow to find the dead mans chest. Now in the lead Johnny Depp as Jack Sparrow is fantastic like he is in the majority of this franchise and he continues this in this film. I also thought even not as good as Barbosa, Davey Jones was a pretty good villain and looked the way I would imagine Davey Jones to look and act. But for other supporting characters like Elizabeth, Will and Bootstrap Bill I thought they were just annoying and winey in this film compared to the good overall performances in the first film. The story is also mixed bag similar to the original as for the opening exchanges it seems to be really jarring and all over the place especially with the scenes with the pelogostos. But as the story progresses it gets more interesting as I did like the different people and their different reasons for wanting the chest. The script just like the characters is good when it comes to Jack Sparrow but everybody else seems a bit wooden with their delivery and lack of emotion a lot of the time. Obviously with the crew of The Flying Dutchman and The Kraken the visuals are phenomenal in this film and is a great feature in all the pirates films. Now even though it wasn't as good as I wanted it was still okay and there will be more hopefully better pirates films.