Pirates 2-INCOMPLETE STORY!

Rating: 4/10 (31 July 2006)

****CONTAINS SPOILERS*** My friend Juri and I just came back from seeing Pirates of the Caribbean 2 and while it received rave reviews from critics and fellow moviegoers, I found it lacking in continuity. Granted, the movie ended on a cliffhanger and the initial story promises a conclusion, I felt that this movie did not do much for the series but re-introduce old characters and the writers failed to reveal any prominent secrets of the dead man's chest that would have sustained my interest in the film.
I felt that the full story about Davy Jones and his love needed more explanation? Why and What made him forsake land and love? Who is Jack really and what was his debt to Davy Jones? Remember when Davy Jones was mocking him and saying, "So that's what you call yourself." Jones let Jack live and be captain of the Black Pearl for 13 years. But why? What was with the compass pointing to Jack when Elizabeth held it? I didn't like the flirting between her and Jack. While in the first film, Elizabeth and Jack's flirtatious antics were acceptable, they are irrelevant in the second film. In the first film, her feelings for Will had not been revealed to him and I knew that their comments were in jest because she wanted to rescue him but in this film, it was just unnecessary especially the kissing scene. While in the first film, she forsake a marriage lacking in love, this film should have re-enforced her love for Will to the fullest and her journey in finding him should have been the secondary pivotal point to the film- the first being Jack's ties to the Black Pearl and Davy Jones-.
I am not saying that Pirates 2 was a terrible film. The action and special effects were spectacular but I felt that the creators decided to substitute an effective storyline for this nice "fluff". My friend Juri believes that Pirate 3 will complete the trilogy and wrap up all the uncertainties of this film. All I can say is that I REALLY HOPE SO!!!