"Pirates" fans ravage DVD shelves

I don't understand this. I thought the sequel was lame. Not as good as the orig.

I have to agree with Dazzler. The movie was ok, a fun summer popcorn movie, but I didn't think it was anywhere near as good as the first film.

Considering that much of what Hollywood puts out there is complete, I'll take a hundred Dead Man Chests over everything else, even if DMC isn't quite as great as CotBP.

I agree, smeg & wes. The sequel was good, but not as good as the 1st. I think they tried too hard to give everyone more of what they said they wanted, but they should have just tried to make as good a movie as they could. I'm hoping they redeem themselves with the 3rd.

I thought this was one of the biggest let downs of the year.
I began to wonder if something was wrong with me because I wasn't enjoying it as much as everyone else. And at the same time, I loved Superman Returns, which everyone hated.

Realizing I was so out of touch with the pulse of the people almost made me want to quit making films.

Thankfully, it seems fft was able to read what I meant to say, because my comment should have said "complete crap". :) I don't think the movie was a let down at all. I was worried that it would be, and so I didn't go in with high expectations, but I don't think it disappointed at all, as it is %$#@ near impossible for a sequal to surpass the first (I'm not even sure Spidey 2 did that, as great as it was).

And I don't agree with any of you, I loved this film and it's my Empire Strikes Back of pirate movies! I loved this more than the first one but perhaps it was for little things:


Keira Knightly - I loved her shouting match as her three men fought, her attempts to catch their attention, and her chance to fight. I also liked her pout at the end that successfully displayed a traumatized guilt.


The undead monkey! Great stuff!


The shiskabob jump had me in stitches.


Davey Jones was fantastic! I was fascinated with his appearance and character.


The return of Barbossa. I cheered!


Dark! There was an edge about this film that won me over. It didn't work for everyone, obviously, but this was my kind of film.


Complaints:
The french guy on the rowboat's dialogue was too rushed, sloppy, and poorly acted. My being fluent in french and having lived in France for a few years, I felt his performance could have used some work.


The crow pecking someone's eye out near the beginning was a bit much for a family audience... just my opinion.


Other than that, I was happy.

Most sequels are never as good as the originals, which is the Hollywood norm. The fact that DMC is part one of a two-part story (to be concluded in AWE) makes it all the more ... unappealing. But any movie that is better than two of the D&D films is ok ... for me to watch and own the DVD.

The fact that this crapfest sold 5 million DVD's makes me even MORE glad I scoffed at it on the shelf and bought Superman Returns.

what i take away from this, 5 million DVD sales means 5 million people are brainwashed into buying their DVD's on the first day... in a month it'll be a used movie at Blockbuster for $14.99 and in 6 months it'll be $9.99. People are just used to the BUY ME NOW NOW NOW phenominon that is our culture. (example is the PS3 that just came out)