I really liked Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest. Like the first movie, it's a fun swashbuckler that doesn't take itself too seriously. There are a bunch of cool stunt sequences (my favorite being a three way duel between Jack Sparrow, Will Turner, and Norrington) and the CGI is the best I've seen since WETA brought Gollum to life. I was certain Davy Jones was created by prosthetic makeup until I learned otherwise. [:O] There are a bunch of callbacks to the first movie and most of the characters return, so it's worth watching Curse of the Black Pearl before going to see Dead Man's Chest. The new characters introduced are great additions to the cast as well, my favorites being Tia Dalma the voodoo witch and Davy Jones himself, who is like Cthulu's smaller, piratically inclined Scottish cousin. [:D] Like the first Pirates movie it does run a little long, but I won't hold that against it, since the time flies by fairly fast (like with most good movies). This is the sort of film that, like Van Helsing, Raiders of the Lost Ark, and the first Pirates flick, I'll pop into my DVD player on a rainy day when I need cheering up. [:)]
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest gets a 9 on the Kayless-O-Meter.
