A Thrill Ride

Rating: 9/10 (11 July 2006)

I was one of the die hard fans that attended the midnight showing of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest , early on Friday morning and had absolutely no problems staying awake. It's a total shot of adrenaline.
They've provided stellar special effects, acting, and all around entertainment equally for men and women and have done a wonderful job building for the next one to be released in 2007 (thank goodness we knew that before seeing the movie, because I carefully paid attention to all the clues there might be hidden in this one which were building for the next one). Yes, they have done everything in this movie with something for everyone. They even sophisticatedly poked fun at the first Pirates Black Pearle in a few places.
A couple of days later, I watched a History Channel presentation of "True Caribbean Pirates" which profiled some of the better known historical Caribbean/African/Etc. pirates of the era and have an even higher regard for the research and writing that Ted and Terry have done for Dead Man's Chest.
Both Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann's characters have matured quite a bit in this movie and they command their own piece of it. Their characters face all kinds of "real" obstacles and are still dancing around each other in a wonderfully optimistic way.
What can I say about Jack Sparrow, uhhh I mean CAPTAIN Jack Sparrow; he is a brilliant mixture of daring, brave, chicken, sexy, careful, ohhh I could go on and on. But he's definitely a pirate.
You will enjoy this movie, there's no way you can't. Now, I'm counting down to Memorial Day weekend 2007 when #3 is released.