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For a film called Pirates of Carribean: Dead Man’s Chest, there really was no real pirating or booty plundering to speak of! At least in the first film Port Royal gets sacked by the ghost pirates; and they even kidnapped the Governor’s Daughter! That’s some good classy pirating.

After Star Wars Episode I, there must have been a memo sent out to all Hollywood execs titled: “Never ever have a trade company be your main antagonist”. I just cringe when I think of the Trade Federation blockade. Alas, this memo apparently did not circulate throughout Disney, since the main villian here has turned out to be the East India Trade Company. Suprisingly, the film isn’t half bad despite this. After watching the film I kind of wanted to drink a bottle of rum and sign up on the next ship out of Tortuga.

But I don’t have much hope for the next film. I am not sure I like this move of making the two movies at once thing. Worked pretty badly for the 2nd and 3rd matrix films, and although. The film ends in a bit of cliff hanger, but it really doesn’t seem like it is going to be that complicated to resolve. And it looks like Captain Jack Sparrow may be off screen quite a bit of the next film, and that may be asking a bit much of the rest of the cast. An Orlando Bloom adventure film does not sound like much fun to watch.

-Ed