A Disappointment

Rating: 2/10 (6 September 2006)

After the first "Pirates," I was very excited to see the second. What a letdown. First, it is entirely too long. 2 1/2 hours is too long for most movies, and in this case, the movie feels as if it is 4 hours long. It has been a long time since I wanted so badly for a movie to end.
Second, it is a very dark movie. Disturbingly dark. The lighthearted banter and adventurous feel of the first movie is nowhere to be found. Spiritually, it has very dark themes, and it left me with a creepy sort of dark, depressive feeling - not what I desired or expected, after the humor of the first movie. The dialog is much too gloomy, and unlike the first movie, there are no great lines to be found. All the good ones are in the previews. There was nothing to add.
Finally, parts of the movie are entirely too disgusting. I was disgusted and put off by several scenes. Any fun there might be in the movie is overshadowed by grotesque and gratuitous parts that were extremely distasteful.
Overall, the movie was a terrible disappointment. I liken in to "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom," another disappointing second movie in a trilogy. I can only hope the third movie, like in the Indiana Jones trilogy, comes to the rescue of this series.