BRIEF THOUGHTS: Pirates of the Caribbean - Dead Man's Chest
Director: Gore Verbinski
Starring: The main group from the first one.
Plot: This squid-man named Davey Jones comes to claim the soul of Jack Sparrow. Meanwhile, Will Turner and his new bride are after Jack so that they can trade this funky compass for their freedom after getting arrested for some reason.
Thoughts: An okay film. The first half is all over the place, and at times hard to follow. It's basically: so this guy needs to get this artifact so he can bargain with that guy, and this guy is trying to get that artifact so he can bargain with this guy, and in order to get those artifacts they have to get this other thing so they can bargain for it. A lot of the plot threads are extremely thin. For example, I still have no idea how the heck Jack Sparrow ends up on an island of cannibals in the first hour of the film and comes to be known as a god. There's a lot of stuff in the beginning of the film that could have been cut, especially considering it times in 2.5 hours in length. Thankfully, it manages to find its footing and the second half is very good. Jack Sparrow isn't quite as interesting a character as he was in the first one, but the special effects are much improved (check out Davey Jones' beard, yo!). It also ends on a couple of plot twists that really make me want to see the third one, so I guess on that note it can be considered a successful film. Did it deserve to earn over a billion dollars worldwide? Definitely not. But then again, neither did Titanic.
Starring: The main group from the first one.
Plot: This squid-man named Davey Jones comes to claim the soul of Jack Sparrow. Meanwhile, Will Turner and his new bride are after Jack so that they can trade this funky compass for their freedom after getting arrested for some reason.
Thoughts: An okay film. The first half is all over the place, and at times hard to follow. It's basically: so this guy needs to get this artifact so he can bargain with that guy, and this guy is trying to get that artifact so he can bargain with this guy, and in order to get those artifacts they have to get this other thing so they can bargain for it. A lot of the plot threads are extremely thin. For example, I still have no idea how the heck Jack Sparrow ends up on an island of cannibals in the first hour of the film and comes to be known as a god. There's a lot of stuff in the beginning of the film that could have been cut, especially considering it times in 2.5 hours in length. Thankfully, it manages to find its footing and the second half is very good. Jack Sparrow isn't quite as interesting a character as he was in the first one, but the special effects are much improved (check out Davey Jones' beard, yo!). It also ends on a couple of plot twists that really make me want to see the third one, so I guess on that note it can be considered a successful film. Did it deserve to earn over a billion dollars worldwide? Definitely not. But then again, neither did Titanic.
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