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Didn't hate it, but not raving either. To me it just seemed like a big setup for PotCIII. It was like they had too much story for one movie, but not ennough for 2, so they stretched it. I too was perturbed about, upon initial introduction, the Kraken took the first ship "to the bottom" real quickly but then it was on the surface for The Black Pearl to find. Then subsequently it took forever to take down a ship.
The added slapstick, although fun, seemed to take away from the movie. It really couldn't decide which way to go. Serious mythical lore, or comedy. Yes, some comedy is ok, but it just seemed as if there was too much to take the rest seriously. Some of the gags went so far that It distracted me and I started getting cynical. The sword fight on the wheel... come on.. funny for a second-impossible after a bit. (For a serious scene-great for comedy). Also, when Will was hiding away in the bow, and it submerged, you can't tell me he was able to get out of there under the pressure of the water and the surprise of not knowing it was going down. At the end, when the feet were shown on the stairs, my heart started racing and I was hoping it was Keith Richards. I was all ready to cheer loudly but that was quickly quelled by the re-introduction of Geoffrey Rush. It left me thinking "didn't he bleed to death in the first one?" blah blah blah.
There were some fun parts, don't get me wrong. The three way sword fighting scene, Elizabeth hamming it up but not getting any attention, etc... I also liked the way Davey Jones Crew (especially Bootstrap Bill) would "grow" as the movie went on.
Overall, I was entertained, but not really surprised or overwhelmed. It reminded me of Star Wars: Episode II. Not really needed for most of it and really filler until the third installment. I will see the third one also, hoping it will wrap up some of the things that were left in this episode.
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