what happened

Rating: Null/10 (11 July 2006)

i was excited to see this sequel since the first teaser trailers were released. when it came out and i heard some negative comments about it i assumed that these people were not into the fist one. admittedly i was skeptical of the first one too (being a childhood fan of the ride at Disneyland, i didn't know what to make of a feature length brockheimmer sp? movie based on it). but was indeed charmed by Depps performance and the over all production of the movie. So i had high hopes for this sequel. Although sequels are often spell disaster, it seemed this one would be like spiderman II or x-men II.
When i watched Pirates II I was frustrated by two aspects. One, the decidedly dark overtones that throw our main characters into a love triangle. Two, the fact this movie relays so heavily on a third installment. The first movie i think succeeded because because it ran with a rather fantastic premise and was self referential enough that you actual become comfortable with the movie and just enjoy the adventure; which wraps itself up by the end.
i did enjoy this movie, but felt that it hurt itself by losing the lighter elements and concise plot line of the first movie.