In Theaters: Pirates: Dead Man's Chest

Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley all return for the second installment of Pirates of the Caribbean, Dead Man’s Chest. This time around Depp and the gang are on the hunt for the heart of Davy Jones played very well by British Veteran Bill Nighy.
The film is making mega bucks and rightfully so, it’s a loose fun summer movie that delivers. All is not well in the Caribbean though, the film feels very long because there are some scenes in the film that look like they were thrown in so we could see Depp prance around some more. Speaking of Depp, his performance was just as good as the first film even though he wears on you about half way through the movie. I enjoyed him but he comes across like that annoying Uncle that is fun for the first half of the party but you can’t wait for him to leave…and come back.
The film leans heavily on the first, in other words if you didn’t see the first film you may be a little bit lost. The writers must have realized this because there are some scenes that seem to go out of the way to explain what happened the first time around.
Even though the plot is a little contrived and the film is 30 minutes too long ( for no reason) I still enjoyed the Dead Man’s Chest and can’t wait to see the next one.