Not All That Hype

Rating: 7/10 (7 July 2006)

What the world wanted was more Jack Sparrow, what we got was lots of Jack but no plot. From beginning to end I kept trying to find connections between from one scene to the next, how it was that all of these people got shoved into one movie, how everyone could find everyone in a matter of hours it seemed, and why Disney choose to wow the audience with CGI bad guys.
The First movie was amazing. Visually captivating and stunning, great plot and character development, wonderful lines, and of course Jack Sparrow. Movie two, brings everyone from the first movie (and I do mean everyone, supposed dead people as well. In fact people that were long dead in the first movie) I think it was gratuitous CGI, not enough plot and one hour too long. At the end of one there was a need to know what happened, but enough closure to make us feel like the last two hours of our lives weren't wasted, two does no such thing.
If you want great effects, funny parts, and a not so flamboyant Jack Sparrow, then this is the movie for you. But in all trilogies (less Star Wars) the second movie sucks so the third will blow you away, but nest time I won't be paying full price and it won't be at 12 pm.