PIRATES
OF THE
CARIBBEAN
- Dead
Man's
Chest
With
Johnny
Depp,
Orlando
Bloom,
Bill
Nighy,
Keira
Knightley,
Stellan
Skarsgard,
Jonathan
Pryce
Directed
by Gore
Verbinski
What
no doubt
was
made
as a
vehicle
for
Bloom
&
Knightley
ended
up becoming
The
Jack
Sparrow
Show
(in
the
vessel
of Johnny
Depp
in the
character
of Rolling
Stone
Keith
Richards!).
Based
on the
Disney
Land
fun
ride,
the
king-size
sequels
to the
Curse
Of the
Black
Pearl
(Dead
Man’s
Chest
and
World’s
End)
were
shot
back
to back
not
only
for
cost
reasons,
but
also
to ensure
retaining
the
cast
without
falling
fowl
of time
and
schedule
clashes
on other
projects.
This
time
round
Knightley’s
character
Elizabeth
(thankfully)
gets
a lower
key
role,
as she’s
incarcerated
for
aiding
Jack
Sparrow’s
flight
from
justice.
Her
fiancé
Will
(played
by Bloom)
is scammed
by the
man
who
holds
the
cell
door
key
to snatch
Jack’s
compass
which
leads
one
to what
your
heart
desires.
Jack
however
has
a spot
of bother
as his
soul
is up
for
collection
on payment
of debt
from
the
ruler
of the
ocean
depths,
Davy
Jones
(wonderfully
played
by Bill
Nighy
and
fantastically
expressive
digital
octopus
make-up).
One
way
to thwart
this
fatal
payment
is to
locate
Davy
Jones’
locker
–
a box
containing
his
heart.
With
the
mythical
Krakan
at Jones’s
command,
capable
of swallowing
ships
whole,
Jack
and
Will
has
to think
on their
feet
with
doom
on their
heels.
Splendid
characterization,
fantastic
action
scenes
and
comedic
moments
(often
concurrently)
make
for
a highly
entertaining
continuation
of this
wild
pirate
ride.
Several
of the
secondary
characters
from
the
first
film
also
reprise
their
roles,
often
for
comedic
side
tracks.
A hefty
treasure
chest
on an
extra
disc
can
be explored
with
everything
from
a writers’
commentary
track,
bloopers
and
a look
at Jack’s
various
character
attributes
via
his
costume,
to sword
fighting
choreography,
extensive
behind
the
scenes
documentary
footage
and
Making
Of pieces.
4
/ B
- PB
1 2
3 4
5 6
A -
B
- C
click
below
for
the
first
Pirates
movie
and
last
two
soundtracks
|