An average movie

Ten years ago, when the first trailers showed up for a hopeful big summer blockbuster, many thought it would be a disaster. Indeed, they were taking on a genre which until then produced only flops and this flick was starring some relative unknowns backed up by quirky character actor Johnny Depp, and finally it was based on a very unlikely source material. But the summer of 2003 saw "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl" become a monster hit, launching one of the biggest modern-day franchises turning Depp from a box-office poison with a few die-hard fans to a global megastar. But how was this 2nd sequel? It was not bad and even rather entertaining but it all depends to which movies you will compare it eventually. I mean, if you compare it to some other recent blockbuster such as the ‘Transformers’ franchise or ‘Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull’, then it is rather decent with some impressive action scenes and some pretty cool special effects. But if you compare it to Johnny Depp's older and more obscure work such as ‘Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas’, ‘Dead Man’, ‘Ed Wood, ‘What's Eating Gilbert Grape’, ‘Arizona Dream’, … than it is pretty damned disappointing. Above all, the story was just a mess. Indeed, it went along for way too long and it was just way too convoluted. After watching this 3rd movie, you wonder if they should have made those sequels at all but since the 1rst movie was a huge success, it was rather inevitable. To conclude, even though it is nothing amazing whatsoever, it still remains a fun blockbuster and it is worth a look, especially if you enjoyed the previous installments.

6/10