Slightly Disappointed

Rating: 4/10 (9 July 2006)

POTC Black Pearl made you fall in love with every character, hero or villain. Shocks and surprises around every corner along with walking skeletons, foul play, love, lies and comedy kept us glued to our seats. With full understanding that the making of a sequel of equal or greater entertainment is a tremendous undertaking, I feel quite a bit let down. POTC Dead Man's Chest felt more like the special effects team was ordered to receive an Oscar "or else" and that much of the actual acting portion of the movie was lost to that order. While my family and I were watching the stories being played out by our beloved characters (both good and evil) we were thoroughly entertained. Too bad there was not enough of that in this sequel. We can only hope that the next time we see Captain Jack, Elizabeth, Will and the rest of our heroes, they will be allowed to do the acting and the special effects team can have some time off.