I think critics are just being stupid. Confusing plot? Makes no sense? Can't follow it? Wow, I must be Einstein or something, cause I didn't have any trouble following it. Johnny Depp said something pretty relevant about the reviews of the sequels in an interview a few weeks ago that, because the sequels will do so well, critics are bound and determined to pound them. He said something like "It's in the rules: You must take a dump on the sequel."