Dead Man's Chest:Pure Popcorn

If the 70s had Luke Skywalker and the 80s had Indiana Jones, the last decade was extremely shallow when it came to iconic movie figures. Well, that wait is finally over – Captain Jack Sparrow has arrived, and the second coming puts him on that pedestal.

Lets face it. Pirates of the Caribbean is nothing without Johnny Depp. I’m sure even the writers at Disney wouldn’t have imagined how their character would come alive on screen until Depp breathed life into it – and how.

The second in the Pirates trilogy, Dead Man’s Chest, eclipses the original in almost every department. Whenever I watch the first movie in DVD, I have this weird “eyeball fatigue” where by the end of the movie you are exhausted of the special effects and gore. Not this time though. I would never have believed that Chest was over 2 ½ hours long. This action adventure oscillates between cleverly written comedy to full fledged swashbuckling action, a throwback to the Indy days of the 80s. And Hans Zimmer’s score – that guy is coming nearer to John Williams’s quality with every film. Inarguably, the closing scene was a classic cliffhanger, and I for one simply cant wait for The World’s End next summer.

Although the story was a bit convoluted, I was too busy having fun at the packed theatre to look into all those tiny details. And by the looks of it, no one has noticed it as well – As of August, Chest is all set to reach the $1 billion dollar mark worldwide, a feat equaled only by Return of the King and Titanic. So till May next year, all hands on deck for the conclusion of one of the movie world’s greatest trilogies.

Rating: 3 ½ out of 5