How To Make A Sequel

Rating: 8/10 (7 July 2006)

Firstly i would just like to say that this is one of the most original sequels ever made and in some ways easily beats the first film. What makes the first film great is carried on and placed into this film without taking on exactly the same form as in the first film. Again we have one hell of a performance put in by Johnny Depp as the surely liver-troubled Captain Jack Sparrow, this performance is undoubtedly keeps the film going although i am definitely not degrading the performances by the other two main characters and the supporting cast but we know who steals the lime light. The comedy used in the film is also included in the action sequences and had me and my two friends laughing at it and as a 16 year old watching what is supposedly a child's film it just proves that they have done a great job. The storyline and the ultimate twist in the tale all added up to give one climatic ending and set up the installment for the third film with brilliance. If you have read this all the way through you will see that i have nothing but praise for this film except one tiny little thing that got to me: Orlando Bloom is not cut out to be a comedian and i felt that some of his more comic lines were wooden and although got a few laughs where definitely not as well delivered as even Kiera Knightly's but apart from that i have nothing but respect for the makers of this film as they have in no way brought down the original and they may even have just raised the bar.