Pirates!!! ARRRRRRRRRRR

Pirates of the Carribean:Dead Man's Chest...Pirates:Reloaded

I absolutely loved the first "Pirates of the Caribbean." It was perhaps the most complete, coherent, and original action adventure movie I've seen. Perhaps it was pure escape fiction, but it had everything I wanted in a summer fun movie. I have a soft spot for pirates, seeing as how I'm from Tampa, home of the the Gasparilla Piratefest (think G-rated Mardi Gras), and I've actually ridden the Pirates of the Carribean ride at Disneyworld, the inspiration for the movies.

However, "Dead Man's Chest," didn't really capture me quite as much as the first movie. The plot was meandering, incoherent, and ran a bit longer than I anticipated. Also, I'll just say it here, THIS IS PART TWO OF THREE. Thus, the movie was fairly climax-less. I'm looking forward to the third movie, with the hope that the ambiguities of the second are cleared up. If not, then we'll all remember how the movie bigwigs ruined the "Pirates..." franchise similar to how "The Matrix" was ruined by two lackluster sequels.