I really tried to like this one. Really. What with all the hype and everything.
But when you leave the cinema still wondering what the last 2 1/2 hours was about, you know something is wrong. Just can't put your finger on it. Well I was certainly not Ho-ho-ho-ing with a bottle of rum after the movie =)) For starters, it was waaaaay too long.
Yes Johhny Depp was hilarious. Bordering on the slapstick most of the time, but funny. Got abit tired of his madcap, swashbuckling, kohl-eyed antics at one point but you certainly got to give it to the man. He is one helluva showman. And when the dear Kapitan got eaten by that giant squid-cum-octopus-cum-slime-spitting-watever-monster, I found myself actually cheering a little. Was getting irritating lah the bugger =))
Yes Kiera Knightly was gorgeous but...hmm..I still prefer her in a football jersey
a la Bend It Like Beckham =P Certainly not near-bald in Domino. Largely forgettable performance nonetheless. Eye-candy but certainly not anything food-ish for the soul.
Yes Orlando Bloom reprises his role as the angtsy Will Turner. But when he climbs those masts and prances around the ship, I half expect him to whip out his bow and arrow. I just can't get the Legolas in him out of my head =)) Mati lah, typecast liao. Still felt he was a little wooden and abit too intense though. And I won't be surprised if his beau Lizzy Swann falls for bad-boy Jack Sparrow in the next installation instead=))
All this coupled with a storyline that did not really take off from where The Curse Of The Black Pearl previously left. At least not to dear old
moi who cannot remember anything from the last movie. Davy Jones? Flying Dutchman? Who? =))
But if Dead Man's Chest is to win one Academy Award, it would probably be for Best Makeup. Cos the Barnacle-faced fellas looked really grotesque and scary. And if you observe closely, the living ecosystems on their faces actually grow over time so that they have more shells and creepy-crawlies and what-nots to boast of as they work their fishy butts off as phantom sailors.
Well a flash-bang kinda flick that somehow manages to lose its way somewhat. Too long, too draggy and a mite too messy.
I think I will just stick with the ride at Disneyland. Heard they put in a robotic Captain Jack Sparrow just to keep the experience relevant =))
6.5/10