Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

Dead Man's Chest may be the movie Disney was intending to make when they made the first Pirates. You know, the movie that everyone thought would be a flop because it was based on a cheesy theme park ride, of all things!

The thing that annoyed me most about the movie was that it seemed to pander to 6-year-olds with cheesy thrills (Wow look, a big sea monster! Cool!!!!) and detailed exposition on any plot points that might not be completely obvious.

There are some interesting characters, old and new, many of whom we will likely meet in installment three next summer, but the movie was too busy trying to thrill us to spend time on anything with much depth (ha ha--no pun intended). The upshot of this was two-fold. On one hand I didn't buy that all the characters were praising Captain Jack at the end of the movie. I hadn't seen him do anything for anyone but himself during the entire story. On the other hand, I'm really curious to see what happens to a certain former Commodore, who may or may not be making a come-back....