Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)

SML96's Movie Diary - June 2013 (12 movies items)

" Watched: June 8"

A Month at the Movies - Jun. 2013 (10 movies items)

" Check out my review: http://www.listal.com/viewentry/4526779 Also, it was unnecessarily dark and dwelled quite a bit too much into religion for my taste. What's the harm in keeping it children friendly? Why is it that whenever someone, anyone, everyone gets a free reign, the first thing they do is go dark? or stray terribly off-course? Don't get me wrong, I enjoy dark films, but since Curse was a quite light-hearted, family-friendly entertainment, a dark and violent sequel wasn't called for"

“With great success comes a great sequel; thus spake Uncle Ben's lesser known younger brother, Uncle Tim. And we've had several examples, ranging from this genre to that. Does Pirates fall under the category? Unfortunately, no! The first film was great, no doubt about it, but this sequel wasn't so much. In the first film they didn't even try to be funny, they just did it naturally and effortlessly, but over here they tried too hard, and limped too badly. Everyone seemed lazy, too tired, too fed up, as if they were all chained to large shackles. Although this sequel does resemble Empire Strikes Back somewhat - Jack Sparrow and Han Solo are captured and the rest of the characters must rescue him; which happens in the third part - it actually shares the same soul as The Matrix trilogy. The fir” read more

Watched In 2013 (34 movies items)

"26.05 "

May Movie Log (2013) (60 movies items)

"Re-Watched May 1st. Rating: 7.0 "

Movie Reviews (part 2) (50 movies items)

" The Ups: The sword fight on the wheel is old-fashioned fun of the type that made the first one great. The scenes between Johnny Depp and Keira Knightley are fun. Bill Nighy makes an interesting character. The Downs: Darker and more ambitious doesn't always mean it's better as the characters are ruined by it and are not that fun. Miss the lightness of the first one. Too much effects, sea monsters and supernatural creatures for its own good. Too noisy with too much crammed in. Naomie Harris is "