Wow this one was WAAAAAY over Hyped

Rating: 1/10 (10 July 2006)

I went to see this movie Saturday of its opening weekend expecting a great movie. Having seen Superman Returns the night before, this movie was a total bore. The movie went nowhere. I don't think there was one part where I really laughed or really enjoyed part of it. It was very canned viewing, very stereotypical pirate/island fantasy story. The whole sequence with the natives was absurd, and hugely playing upon other movies with island natives, no original thought( I know this was a movie but I couldn't help notice the large rock formations and high cliffs that are definitely reminiscent of Thailand or Indonesia, definitely NOT the Carribbean.) There was no real flow to the movie. The plot was sorta there, get the compass, get the key...not gonna spoil it, but it seemed like it was too simply executed. The creatures on The Flying Dutchman were totally stupid, Urchinboy, blowfish man...etc. The only character or actor for that matter with any merit was Bootstrap Bill Turner played by Stellan Skarsgard. While I'm on the topic of actors sorry to all those 13yr old Orlando Bloom fans, but HE SUCKS! He can't carry a lead role in a film, that's why "Kingdom of Heaven" did so poorly( what could have been a great film with Ridley Scott and Liam Neeson).Johnny Depp's character was not nearly as good from the first movie, he must have said "Bugger!" 30 times. All in all it was too thin of a movie with Michael Bay's best in fake action and CGI. Keira Knightley someone with a good deal of talent had too few scenes, including probably the best of the movie, the bar fight. This movie is nowhere close to the original. It seems its only use is as a minor conveyance to the next PIRATES Movie.All in all I was totally unimpressed, especially since 2 of the 6 of us who went FELL ASLEEP!