I have to go against the crowd on this one, and say that I thought POTC II was a complete dud. They missed everything that was great about the first one- even Depp's performance felt canned somehow. The whole CG Davy Jones thing was silly, especially the CG hammerhead guy. The whole thing with the heart was ridiculous. There wasn't much of a plot, and it seemed like it was playing down to 11 year olds this time around. There was no subtlety whatsoever of the first film. No sense of pacing at all; it dragged and dragged. I couldn't understand a word the fortune-teller was saying. And it was just mindless CGI and action without any reason or suspense.

The first one was pretty good, but POTC II made it look like Raiders of the Lost Ark. I for one was very disappointed.