Culture from the darker side

Ah, summer 2003, the first pirates movie hits the screen and it was fun.

Three years later, Jack’s back and….. He’s still funny.

Having said that though, I would like to point out that it has some serious timing issues. The story is simple: Jack has a compass, someone else wants it and won’t stop anywhere to get it. Or so it seems.

The full cast of the first movie is back and at almost two hours it is an epic. It is a funny movie, it is just too bad that most of the funny moments are being carried by Johnny Depp with the other actors just “standing around” for the most part either being the part of the joke or being the observers.

The fact that the movie ends in a cliffhanger does not really help either. Comedy lives off timing and as amazing the movie’s special effects are, the timing is off on occasion.

It’s fun, it’s for popcorn and summer, just not quite as great as the first one, despite all the amazing SFX.

Rating: 3/5