Bad... Very Bad...

Rating: 3/10 (14 July 2006)

Have just seen Dead Man's Chest (Pirates of the Caribbean II).
It's bad. Very bad!
I hated that it's gone from a great pirate tale, as it was in the first movie, to something of a horror comedy. Reminds me a tad of Evil Dead III without the style or sense of fun. Why so many monsters and such? I want pirates not mutants! The gross out factor didn't even enhance the plot. Detracted from it really.
The characters have lost the colour and depth they had and are now just flat. There are no real secondly characters in this one either. Just a re-hash of people from the first flick.
Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp), Will Turner (Orlando Bloom) and Norrington (Jack Davenport) have become faded and slightly evil. I like them as the lovable rogue, the young gent finding himself and the upright naval man. What's happened is just sad.
Only Elizabeth Sawnn (Keira Knightley) has some redeeming features.
Gone are the cleaver asides and one liners. Sad aping of elements from the original was detracting too. Why throw away style and plot and pacing and go for silly and weird CGI?
What a pity and what a let down.