More 'in-depth' with the story, but lacked the 'pirates' feeling

Rating: 7/10 (8 July 2006)

The first Pirates of the Carribbean was excellent. it had everything a swashbuckling film needed. i was looking for the same thing, if not better than the previous film. it was not what i expected (excellent). At my first screening it made no sense, but the second time around is always the better round.
So, the story goes that Capt. Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) owes a debt to the cursed Davy Jones, and thus becomes a marked man. he and his band of sailors must find a way out of the debt before he is eternally damned along with Jones' crew. meanwhile, Will (orlando Bloom) and Elizabeth (keira Knightley) are on their way to be married, but are cut short when both of them are arrested for releasing Sparrow. In order to be free of charge, Will must obtain Jack's compass for a weasel named Lord Beckett for an unknown reason.
Yet again, Will and Elizabeth are sent on another misadventure with Jack. it sounds great. The story is much more in-depth, and answers a lot of questions from the first film, but it also left some questions that needed to be answered, unanswered. However, there is rather a difference with the film, due to how the story is chopped up, for the film drifts from one scene to another without clear explanations (I had to pay close attention even more so intently for the second round of seeing it).
Another difference in the film from the previous one was, was that it very dark. The first film had its sugar-coating humor that made it a popcorn-lovong film, but the 'sugarcoating' humor was absent in this film. it maybe a PG-13, but some images (I'm not a squeamish person) made me cringe a bit. The film had humor in it, but i have to say, it still lacked it. The film lost the whole 'pirates' feeling of humor that was what made the previous one fly. But, Johnny Depp still holds his charm (even though it wasn't enough), to hold things in order, as well as some other punchlines here and there.
I also have to admit that the film was rather slow, and dragged. But on more positive notes, the action sequences were amazing with eye popping visual effects that conquers over its prequel. And it was also nice to see some old faces from the prequel that were needed to keep the characters likable. there are new villains, and they were simply great. Bill Nighy played an excellent role as Davy Jones, and I look forward to seeing him in the next film. there was also some twists here and there too.
it was good, but not grand as the first. it is worth seeing, but not for the youngsters (there are some frightful images in it). it was good entertainment but it's not a great film like the first one. 4/5