A big disappointment

Rating: 4/10 (12 August 2006)

I am beginning to believe that I am the only person who was disappointed by this sequel. The film distinctly lacks pace and often grinds to a dead stop. Scenes which should be rolling along with the velocity of a runaway train, stagger and falter like a drunk. For example the overlong scene between Jack Sparrow and the cannibals. The main characters boarded and left the Flying Dutchman so rapidly I lost track of what ship they were supposed to be on after a while.
I'm afraid the film has fallen into the Star Wars trap of replacing plot with special effects.
Watch the first Pirates and then this one and you will see what I mean.