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I have to say, I really wanted to like the second Pirates movie. I really did. I knew it might not have good acting or story, but I expected for it to be a fun movie like the first one, at the very least. And it was the same director after all, Gore Verbinski. But it wasn’t to be like that. The movie is darker, scarier, and doesn’t get funny until the end.

Although it’s been some time since I last saw it, I really enjoyed the original Pirates of the Caribbean. It was action packed, funny, and had some great effects. And personally, I liked Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow. Orlando Bloom was also pretty good, as was Keira Knightley. They all return in this one, but it just doesn’t work. The story is incoherent, and constantly changing, there aren’t any real big stakes, and the first half is just dark, gloomy, and boring.

The second half is more of what I expected. Not much of a story, but Captain Jack Sparrow getting into trouble. Hilarious sword fights, outrageous stunts, things like that. But still - the special effects are great, but there’s to much. In the original the bad guys were some pretty cool special effects, and when it happened it was like “ooooh ahhh!” but now every other character is half-squid or half-hammerhead shark. Yeah, it’s great, but it just doesn’t work like the original.

I have to give them credit, the main bad guy, Davy Jones is great. He’s kinda half-squid and is pretty much completely digital, and even though he’s half-squid he looks amazingly real. Probably the best main character special effects that I’ve ever seen.

Johnny Depp is great as Sparrow, as in the first, the great drunken pirate, Orlando Bloom is pretty good, and Keira Knightley is also good. It’s nothing amazing, but the acting is overall pretty good. But the movie needs more of a story. It’s just confusing. It’s like all of these action scenes for nothing really - no reason.

The music, on the other hand is great, just as in the first one. It’s fun, funny, and fun. (Not to mention fun) and a great score.

So although it has the action scenes, special effects, characters, and comedy of the first one, it’s a Hollywood sequel. That’s really what it comes down to.

[rating:2.5]

I’ve decided to use a harsher rating system now. Basically, what would of used to be a 6 is now a 4. Enjoy!