Due to finances and disability, I don’t get to go to the movie theatre nearly as often as I’d like. Recently, however, I was fortunate enough to view “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest”! This is the sequel to “Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl”. Yo ho ho and more Bloom and Depp, please!

Only Johnny Depp could pull off the role of Captain Jack Sparrow. Someone else might make him too foppish, too unappealing or too serious. He successfully balances cowardice, adventuresome, and drunkenness and makes the character irresistible.
Orlando Bloom is back as well; cunning, heroic and gallant as ever. This time, he embarks on a quest to free both his fiancee and his father and he encounters quite an array of foes on sea and land along the way.
I particularly like the character of Elizabeth Swan. She’s so much more than a helpless damsel. One of my favorite scenes is where she’s on a beach objecting to a sword fight over the treasure chest, and absolutely no one listens to her. Someone else makes off with the chest, so she must take matters into her own hands.
There are some rather new vile characters this time. One is Davy Jones, who might better be called Squid Face for obvious reasons. The other is a Kraken. Squid Face likes to enslave people and turn them into sea creatures and Kraken likes to eat ships. One could see how the two would work well together.
Without providing too many potential spoilers, I would like to mention a few entertaining scenes. One is when Johnny Depp is about to become the main course for some cannibals. He manages to get loose but is still tied to a spit and looks kinda like a human shish kabob. Another great scene is when his crew has been imprisoned in huge round cages and in their quest to get away, they start rolling around like a giant gyroscope. The most creative one has got to be the three-way sword fight on a water wheel, which might induce motion sickness in those of you susceptible.
I have to admit the movie might be a tad long, but I was entertained enough not to mind much. I found many parts of it to be hilarious, and that always helps.
If you can get to the theatre, I highly recommend this movie.
Reviewed by Karen Brauer, 2006 butyoudontlooksick.com