Depp is dandy, but film leaves loose ends.Byline: MOVIE REVIEW By Zac Smallwood, 2006 Thurston High graduate 20Below News Team / The Register-Guard Pirates of the Caribbean This article is about the franchise. For other, more specific uses, see Pirates of the Caribbean (disambiguation). For real pirates, see Piracy in the Caribbean. Pirates of the Caribbean : Dead Man's Chest The lowdown low·down n. Slang The whole truth: gave us the lowdown on what happened at the party. lowdown low (inf) n he gave me the lowdown on it → : This sequel to ``Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl'' jumps into the action when Captain Jack Sparrow Jack Sparrow is a fictional character in the Pirates of the Caribbean universe. He was introduced in (2003) and appeared in the back-to-back sequels, (2006) and (2007), where he was portrayed by Johnny Depp. (Johnny Depp John Christopher Depp II[1] (born June 9 1963) is an American actor. Biography Early life Depp was born in Owensboro, Kentucky, to John Christopher Depp Sr., a city engineer, and Betty Sue (Wells), a waitress. ) discovers a key. As it turns out, Sparrow owes an unpaid debt to a certain other captain, known as Davy Jones Davy Jones, personification or spirit of the sea. The name is best known in the expression "Davy Jones's locker," meaning the bottom of the sea, to which drowned sailors go. (Bill Nighy
Bill Nighy (IPA: /naɪ/; born December 12, 1949) is a Golden Globe and BAFTA-award winning English actor. ). Sparrow must quickly find a way to repay it, or it will be his soul to pay. The key, Davy Jones, Sparrow and, of course, Will Turner (Orlando Bloom) and Elizabeth Swann (Keira Knightley) all bump into each other at one point in the movie, making for an interesting adventure. The bottom line: "Dead Man's Chest" has not lost the thrills and amusement found in the first movie. But disappointingly, this sequel acts as a to-be-continued prequel pre·quel n. A literary, dramatic, or cinematic work whose narrative takes place before that of a preexisting work or a sequel. [pre- + (se)quel.] to some future third installment. The good stuff: Depp has not lost his touch. He still plays the swaggering, drunken Captain Jack to perfection. The other acting was very good too, but overshadowed by Depp's original and humorous performance. The film is thrilling and exciting, and the music maintains a thread of anticipation throughout. The other stuff: As the movie trudges forward, several subplots surface. And while the viewer would like to see these story lines collide at the end, they never really do. The movie is like one of those thrilling chapters in a novel, dropping you off suddenly. But whereas a reader can simply turn the page to continue to the next chapter, filmgoers will have to wait 10 months for ``Pirates of the Caribbean 3'' to get answers - a bit disappointing. The details: Directed by Gore Verbinski. Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of adventure violence, including frightening images. Playing at Cinema World and Cinemark. The final grade: B - Zac Smallwood, 2006 Thurston High graduate |
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