Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man’s Chest: review

[Pirates] – sambition on Flickr, 20th July ‘06.

It was a 3-ish pm show we watched, but boy were a hell lot of ppl watching or what? Students for the most part, being late for the show and all fumbling around in the dark for their seats (not to mention irritating the hell out of me).

Dead Man’s Chest lives up to the hype and reviews, being an action-packed and humorous sequel to the first flick. I liked the part when the caged crew were swinging their way out to freedom at the mountain, with the totally incongruous music playing in the background; the music somehow turned that into a parody of an artistic performance, grins. Another interesting one was the long and drawn-out swordfight on the rolling waterwheel.

The plot kinda falls flat though, with no real main plot and a few side stories that lead to nowhere.

Johnny Depp puts up an excellent performance yet again with Captain Jack Sparrow. Smooth-talking, lackadaisical, selfish and mercenary, not to mention surviving perils with wits, agility and a generous pinch of luck; he’s definitely the mainstay of the show.

And how about Keira Knightley? Eyecandy as usual : ) Adds appeal to the show, grins. Orlando Bloom comes across as being more rugged this time round, but I still prefer Depp.

Yes, there’s a third part to this series, gees. It should be in filming right now IIRC. Rumored that they’ll come over to Singapore for filming and Chow Yun Fatt is in the third part, titled At World’s End. Geez.

And I missed the ending trailer, oops. Doggie-with-the-keys becomes the next god of the cannibals, so I heard, and wags his tail happily in expectation of becoming their next feast.

Conclusion: a definite must-watch, but yeah it’s more for the action and humor elements rather than anything else.

*A Nutshell Review’s take on the show, much more detailed than what I could write.

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Addendum:

- The origins of MOS burger, wow. I didn’t know that.

- Time Crisis 4 is out? The arcade game never ends, lol. And Wild Dog’s stil ard! o.O New hairdos for the two main leads, pretty funky ones at that.

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Tags: movie

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