Jul 23 2006
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
Dir: Gore Verbinski
Writ: Ted Elliot, Terry Rossio, Stuart Beatti & Jay Wolpert
- Johnny Depp - Jack Sparrow
- Orlando Bloom - Will Turner
- Keira Knightley - Elizabeth Swann
- Jack Davenport - Norrington
- Bill Nighy - Davy Jones
Took me long enough, but I finally managed to catch POTC2, and despite loving the first one I have to say that this just isn’t that great. Yes it has wonderful bits of Jack Sparrow-ness, but overall it is too long and too silly to really entertain.
Of course it does suffer because the story doesn’t end with this film, you’ve got to wait til film three before we have a resolution, but that isn’t the main problem. No, the problem is that there isn’t enough story to fill the 150 minutes of screen time. It is as though they wanted to put in all these “cool pirate bits” and then had to invent reasons to have them. They don’t serve the plot and so aren’t needed, and only make the film drag.
Still, there is plenty to entertain. Obviously Jack Sparrow is as entertaining as ever. And then there is Bill Nighy’s Davy Jones and his ickness. Keira Knightly I could do without however.
All in all, good in places but too long. Although the conversation over the pronunciation of Kraken was simply superb.
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Tags: 4 Stars, action, Bill Nighy, Gore Verbinksi, historical fiction, Jack Davenport, Jay Wolpert, Johnny Depp, Keira Knightley, Orlando Bloom, overlong, pirates, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, plotless, POTC, silly, Stuart Beatti, Ted Elliot, Terry Rossio