[Rev2010]

Well, I'll cut right to the chase and say I was disappointed. I saw a lot of the bad reviews and a few glowing ones here and there and I have to agree with the bad ones. It started out in my opinion as pretty good and entertaining but about midway through the film it just lagged. The Cracken giant squid scenes were too long especially having two of them. The character of Jack Sparrow was ommiting the majority of clever, whilst druken, slight wit that showed talent and intellect behind the character despite the rough edges. This one was mostly run run run kind of stuff. The ending was retarded how they left it off. No resolution, nor good or bad really, at the end... just a dead cut off to say WAIT FOR #3!! At least in Star Wars the rebels had a been dealt a defeat. This was middle grey area. Like, ok we're still alive... that's it. I'm not going to spoil anything so I won't go further but there was that last thing about the character in the end that leaves you like WTF? So overall I think this one is best left to wait for the DVD release. It certainly wasn't horrible, I just think it pales in comparison to the first.

EDIT - Just noticed Popsyche already posted a pirates thread. MODS, If you feel it's redundant you can merge both threads.


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[Shannon]

Originally Posted by Rev2010

The ending was retarded how they left it off. No resolution, nor good or bad really, at the end... just a dead cut off to say WAIT FOR #3!! At least in Star Wars the rebels had a been dealt a defeat. The way middle grey area. Like, ok we're still alive... that's it.
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Yep, saw it today & I felt the same way. No resolution, just a setup to an inevitable sequel.

[noodles]

What? That's lame...

The Trilogies that work well always seem to be long stories that had to be cut into three pieces to fit into space/time constraints. The Lord of the Rings is probably the best example of this: Tolkein's story was broken up by his editor. Peter Jackson did a much better job of finding good breaking points, where you know something had been accomplished, and everyone is moving onto the next piece of the undertaking in the next movie. Star Wars is another good example, because Lucas hooked you with the feel good, underdog win, then brought you down hard with a crushing defeat, making you itch for the next movie.

This obviously sounds more like a Back to the Future kind of Trilogy...

[Dive-Baum]

Part 3 was filmed at the same time....Kinda like the Back to the Future movies..part 2 sucked...now that I think about it...part 3 wasn't too hot either. I haven't seen it yet but my B day is Sunday and I was planning to go see it. Johny Depp is my favorite actor so it will completely suckk ass if it is as bad as you say. Actually it is a toss up between Pirates or Superman. Gotta say, I'm leaning towards Superman at this point.

[Regor]

You guys suck. I thought that movie was awesome as hell! I loved it. I loved the cliffhanger for #3. I was like "WTF?!?! YEAH!!!"

I will say that I was 2 Long Islands, and a quadruple crown & coke into seeing the movie... but that would not change the fact that I loved it. I thought it was tons of kickass action. And the CG?? Jesus. CG has gotten to the point where I'll believe anything they can put on the screen now. Davey Jones & the Kraken looked perfectly real. Good job Disney! And good job bringing back all the same actors for all the characters from the 1st movie. That woulda sucked if they didn't.

[Loomer]

Is Keith Richards in this one then?!

[Shawn]

I really liked the first one, I have not seen pt.2 yet, i'm going to check it out.

[Mykie]

I thought it was good, not as good as the first, it does suck that it just ends and now you have to wait like another two years or so just to see what happens, and by then you have lost interest.

[Pauly]

No you don't, they filmed 2 and 3 together, it'll be out sooner than you think.

[nyck]

I can't wait to see it. I might like it.