Disappointed

Rating: 6/10 (7 July 2006)

Well, I am probably going to be made to walk the plank for saying this, but I saw this movie on the first day of its US release and after waiting anxiously over a year for it to come out, I was disappointed. Without spoiling it for those who haven't seen it, I can only compare it to the original 'Pirates of the Caribbean' which I felt developed and used the characters much better than the sequel. I was utterly disappointed at how the plot unfolds, and the changes in the personalities of some of the leading characters. And I was really let down at the ending, for reasons some of you will understand when you see this movie.
Maybe I was just expecting too much. Maybe it was "fresher" the first time out. Maybe there was an obvious point to this movie, which will be better known in 'Pirates 3' (At World's End) due out next year. I don't know, but overall I just sat there at the end of the movie going "What the heck??" I might just go back and see it again in a few days, maybe it will be better the second time around; but I am not getting my hopes up. 'Pirates 2' falls short of the original, not in the CGI (Davy Jones' crew equals the "dead" crew of Captain Barbossa in the first movie) but unlike the Indiana Jones trilogy, the sequel did not meet or exceed the original. I am very disappointed to admit that, but it is how I feel.