05-25-2007, 09:10 PM
Quote:The best thing Pirates II had going for it was Keira Knightly in a wedding dress with a flintlock pistol. I hope Number 3 does a better job kedging out of the doldrums.
The only thing i found worthwhile for pirates II was the return of barbossa. I suppose the rest was acceptable as far as being the middle movie in a trilogy. It set all the characters on their eventual paths, added a lot of over-arching conflicts as opposed to the localized, personal conflicts that inevitably make up the plot of the initial instalment, and it had everyones favorite rogue/swashbuckler frozen in carbonite... or eaten by a monster, whatever. taken by itself, though, part II should have been renamed Pirates of the Caribean: When Krakens Attack. Seriously, I watched the same damn 20 minute scene at least 3 times in that movie. And even though the 30 minutes i spent on the island with the cannibals was amusing, it added zip to the story.
and they missed a golden trilogy opportunity with that too. why didn't jack go back to the cannibal island and wield his power over them as king to command them to fight in the upcoming epic battle. they could have rowed their fleet of pontoons over the armada and devoured all the evil english. :P