"And the Royal Navy chasing us all around the Atlantic."
"And the hurricane."
How do you make a sequel to a very popular film? Let alone a pirate epic?? Well, you take three years, lots of CGI, and add some big names and new twists on the original...
In order to save their own lives Will (Bloom) and Elizabeth (Knightley) go on a quest to find their old "friend" Captain Jack Sparrow (Depp). After helping him in the first film they are the targets of Lord Beckett (Hollander), the cruel spokesman for the East India Trading Company. He wants Jack's compass, so he sends Will after it, and then gives Elizabeth papers that guarantees them a pardon when they return with Jack.
Meanwhile Jack has run into his own problems. He and the crew are captives to a group of natives who believe Jack is a god (and they must free him from his earthly body, by setting him on fire and eating him). Will finds them in time to help them escape, but trouble is still lurking in the presence of the fishy (and I do mean fish-like, not sneaky) Davy Jones (Nighy). Ole squid-face wants to collect Jack's soul, but Jack isn't willing to part with it. So Jack and the crew, which includes Norrington (Davenport) and Elizabeth seek a hidden chest which contains the heart of Jones. While Will is aboard the Dutchman (Jones' ship) to get the key to the ship, and reunites with his father Bootstrap Bill (Skarsgard).
Back from the first film are Ragetti (Mackenzie Crook): the guy with the wooden eye, his companion Pintel (Lee Arenberg), Jack's first mate Gibbs (McNally), the mute Cotton (David Bailie) and his parrot, and little person Marty (Martin Klebba); to add to the chaos. And they all seek help from the mysterious Tia Dalma (Harris).
I saw this film in a theater and did not like it...but I recently watched it again and found it to be much better. The plot is complicated...there are more individual characters to keep track of and the story is harder to grasp. The effects are stunning, including Jones' crew who all possess parts of the sea (i.e. one has the head of a hammerhead shark, Bootstrap has a starfish on his face, etc), and his pet the Kraken. So I suggest watching the film twice: once to take it all in and a second time to understand what is going on.
Dude, it's quotable: Jack once again has some fascinating phraseology, and now the rest of the cast has a chance to be funny as well. The crew of the Black Pearl really shine.
Rent it multiple times: Theres too much to understand the first time...plus, then you have a reason to watch the first one again!
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) 150 minutes
Rating: PG-13 for intense sequences of adventure violence, including frightening images
Director: Gore Verbinski
In order to save their own lives Will (Bloom) and Elizabeth (Knightley) go on a quest to find their old "friend" Captain Jack Sparrow (Depp). After helping him in the first film they are the targets of Lord Beckett (Hollander), the cruel spokesman for the East India Trading Company. He wants Jack's compass, so he sends Will after it, and then gives Elizabeth papers that guarantees them a pardon when they return with Jack.
Meanwhile Jack has run into his own problems. He and the crew are captives to a group of natives who believe Jack is a god (and they must free him from his earthly body, by setting him on fire and eating him). Will finds them in time to help them escape, but trouble is still lurking in the presence of the fishy (and I do mean fish-like, not sneaky) Davy Jones (Nighy). Ole squid-face wants to collect Jack's soul, but Jack isn't willing to part with it. So Jack and the crew, which includes Norrington (Davenport) and Elizabeth seek a hidden chest which contains the heart of Jones. While Will is aboard the Dutchman (Jones' ship) to get the key to the ship, and reunites with his father Bootstrap Bill (Skarsgard).
Back from the first film are Ragetti (Mackenzie Crook): the guy with the wooden eye, his companion Pintel (Lee Arenberg), Jack's first mate Gibbs (McNally), the mute Cotton (David Bailie) and his parrot, and little person Marty (Martin Klebba); to add to the chaos. And they all seek help from the mysterious Tia Dalma (Harris).
I saw this film in a theater and did not like it...but I recently watched it again and found it to be much better. The plot is complicated...there are more individual characters to keep track of and the story is harder to grasp. The effects are stunning, including Jones' crew who all possess parts of the sea (i.e. one has the head of a hammerhead shark, Bootstrap has a starfish on his face, etc), and his pet the Kraken. So I suggest watching the film twice: once to take it all in and a second time to understand what is going on.
Dude, it's quotable: Jack once again has some fascinating phraseology, and now the rest of the cast has a chance to be funny as well. The crew of the Black Pearl really shine.
Rent it multiple times: Theres too much to understand the first time...plus, then you have a reason to watch the first one again!
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) 150 minutes
Rating: PG-13 for intense sequences of adventure violence, including frightening images
Director: Gore Verbinski
Orlando Bloom as Will Turner
Keira Knightley as Elizabeth Swann
Jack Davenport as Norrington
Bill Nighy as Davy Jones
Jonathan Pryce as Governor Swann
Kevin McNally as Gibbs
Stellan Skarsgard as Bootstrap Bill
Tom Hollander as Cutler Beckett
Naomie Harris as Tia Dalma
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