They didn't need a sequel

Rating: 1/10 (7 July 2006)

When I saw the teaser trailer last summer, I thought, "But the first one didn't leave room for a sequel. They didn't need one." But being a big fan of the movie, I was still excited to see all the characters in another movie with hopefully the same intertwining plot lines and great actors. I was wrong. Sure, the actors are great, and they're all the original ones. But they might as well have not been. This sequel doesn't even compare to the first. Imagine seeing a commercial for "Pirates of the Caribbean: The TV Series!" and mix up all the episodes and Dead Man's chest is what you've got. A very shrimpy plot line that doesn't stand out among all the other garbage that happens. For those of you who had seen it-- I'm not even talking about the thing about which you probably think I'm angry. That was one of the high points, among two other high action sequences. But it really feels like a bunch of fans sat around together and said "Wouldn't be funny if .... wouldn't it be dramatic if ...", got the money to make a movie and they did.
Leave it to the fanfiction writers to write sequels to carry on the stories by adding stupid dramatic plot twists that didn't even exist in the first one. Just leave the good movies alone!