. I do agree, however, that Pirates was ridiculously long. 
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Now Pirates: Great first film, I wish they would have done more to tie in the storyline of the first two movies, it's not just nowadays, it's always been this way with hollywood, they wait longer on the sequel because they don't know how good the first one is going to be, and because now everything must at least be a trilogy they try to save money by shooting one double-length sequel and splitting it up into two releases, so the story is too tight in the sequel(s) to be 2 films and they don't fit well enough with the first. But it does seem by now that they have perfected the art, it certainly left you wanting more, and it had a plot twist at the end that while it does not compare to The 6th Sense or anything it was rather unexpected, mind you it wasn't as good as the first one but was just as entertaining if not more so, and for most people (not like us) who watch movies for entertainment solely and not also as an art form, you at least have to give this movie it's due credit there. Also I was confused as f*** because I didn't see the scene at the end of the first movie so I didn't know the monkey was cursed again, I thought the writers screwed up, but then I realized I was the idiot. That's about it, go see it, it's a great film, or rather wait for the third then watch the second and third right together.
Btw, I'm sure most of you know about this but I think it does deserve a mention considering some things from the sequel, I'll explain below: http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=11&threadid=5713 Spence has made a wonderful Black Pearl Extended Edition, in my opinion the studio really sucks at what they cut out simply for time purposes, the deleted scenes really give you a feel of Norrington as a more in-depth character and goes more into the Elizabeth/Jack relationship, these things sort of hit you out of nowhere in the sequel but wouldn't have been so bad had you gotten to see these few extra looks and hear these extra lines from these scenes!
Edit: Btw, about the length of the film, if the stuff they cut out is anything like the first then I wish they would have left it longer, it might have been long but it did not fail to entertain the entire time! I sit down and watch all six Star Wars movies in one sitting as though it were one movie (with the prequels drastically cut down, but the overall runtime still being long as hell) and seeing this makes me wish Hollywood would start making movies that long, so that for those of you who do have to pay to see movies will actually get your $ worth!
