07-24-2006, 08:46 PM
Elaborating on this, I see the humour of the first movie was derived mainly from verbal duelling between characters, the slapstick/silly stuff being relegated to either the pair of Royal Marines or our good ol' Ragetti and Pintel.
Ragetti and Pintel return in the sequel, but did not take up their assumed role as the shallow comic relief. Sadly, that role was taken up by the rest of the castâ the smart, almost satirical bent of the first movie was quite nonexistent here.
I was afraid for the franchise once I knew the success of Curse of the Black Pearl would bring Disney's management/marketing harpies to bear upon the development of the sequels. However, the damage wasn't as bad as I fearedâ if that can be taken as a hesitant grunt of accord, then take it as you will.
Ragetti and Pintel return in the sequel, but did not take up their assumed role as the shallow comic relief. Sadly, that role was taken up by the rest of the castâ the smart, almost satirical bent of the first movie was quite nonexistent here.
I was afraid for the franchise once I knew the success of Curse of the Black Pearl would bring Disney's management/marketing harpies to bear upon the development of the sequels. However, the damage wasn't as bad as I fearedâ if that can be taken as a hesitant grunt of accord, then take it as you will.
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