Deja Vu All Over Again...

Rating: 7/10 (16 July 2006)

All the while I was watching "Dead Man's Chest," I had the funny feeling I had seen this movie before.
We're introduced to new villains, new motives, and a new storyline that don't quite work as well as the tightly written, snappy original, but we still enjoy it because it features the characters we've come to know and love. Furthermore, because the third portion of the trilogy was filmed simultaneously, there's an odd feeling of sadness and discord in that the film is merely only a bridge to the third, a whetting of the appetite if you will until the final resolution.
In other words, it's "Back To The Future, Part II" all over again.
Not that that's an entirely bad thing. Johnny Depp is pure eye candy on the screen; no matter how ridiculous the plot, how implausible the situation, he holds our attention, and rightly so, because he IS Captain Jack Sparrow, and he's so wonderful at it. Keira and Orlando are in fine form too, with both quite possibly looking even more lovely than they did in the first film. And, oh, are they all having fun up there.
So when you see it in the theater, and everyone should see this on the big screen, just keep in mind that BTTFPT was the weakest of the bunch. But rejoice in that our favorite characters are back and happily cavorting on the big screen once again.