Scribblings from the Mitchy Side

Went and saw "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" again on Tuesday. Now I feel ready to write a review!

( Massive spoilers )

( CAST AND LOCATION SPOILERS FOR THIRD MOVIE!! READ NO FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANNA KNOW! )

Overall, I think the movie was a lot darker than the first one. I have to say, I've seen some very young kids being taken to see this and yes, I know it's a Disney movie and yes, it's a 12 and yes, it's cartoonish in a lot of ways, but there was some damn grim stuff in this, like that prison scene early on with the ravens pecking out the eyeballs. I'm not sure I'd want to take a 5 year old to see it, meself. *shrugs* But that's me. Things that bothered me - the water wheel fight. Very clever, I'm sure, but no, didn't work for me. Too cartoonish, I felt and just a smidge OTT, even compared to the OTT that is the whole franchise. The whole film felt "busier" than the first, but that could just be middle movie syndrome, I guess, but it needed trimming. I never felt it was too long but it wouldn't have hurt to be shorter, either. It still got me back into the cinema to watch it again, so it did more things right than wrong and you can't ask for much more than that from a summer blockbuster.

So, who hasn't seen it yet? And why not? Go! Go! At once!! :)

And I need a pirate icon :P