Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)

"Captain Jack is back."

Directed by Gore Verbinski
Produced by Jerry Bruckheimer
Written by Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio
Based on Walt Disney's "Pirates of the Caribbean", characters: Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, Stuart Beattie, Jay Wolpert

Starring: Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Stellan Skarsgård, Bill Nighy, Jack Davenport, Kevin R. McNally, Jonathan Pryce
Music by Hans Zimmer
Cinematography: Dariusz Wolski
Edited by Stephen E. Rivkin, Craig Wood
Production companies: Walt Disney Pictures, Jerry Bruckheimer Films
Distributed by Buena Vista Pictures
Release date: 6 July 2006 (Australia)
Running time: 150 minutes
Country: United States
Budget: $225 million
Box office: $1.066 billion

"Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" is an action adventure fantasy film directed by Gore Verbinski. That's the second installment of the "Pirates of the Caribbean" film series which shows the interrupted marriage of Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann by Lord Cutler Beckett, who wants Turner to acquire the compass of Captain Jack Sparrow in a bid to find the Dead Man's Chest while Sparrow discovers his debt to Davy Jones is due.

Cast

• Johnny Depp as Jack Sparrow
• Orlando Bloom as Will Turner
• Keira Knightley as Elizabeth Swann
• Bill Nighy as Davy Jones
• Jack Davenport as James Norrington
• Stellan Skarsgård as Bootstrap Bill Turner
• Kevin R. McNally as Gibbs
• Jonathan Pryce as Governor Weatherby Swann
• Lee Arenberg as Pintel
• Mackenzie Crook as Ragetti
• Tom Hollander as Lord Cutler Beckett
• Naomie Harris as Tia Dalma
• David Bailie as Cotton
• Martin Klebba as Marty
• David Schofield as Mercer
• Geoffrey Rush as Barbossa

"Pirates of the Caribbean" film series is becoming more and more interesting with every new part. Briefly the second part consists of more action, more twists. As for acting, actors show their characters in process. And, of course, it's possible to watch Johnny Depp as Jack Sparrow eternally.

Advantages

• Music
• Johnny Depp as Jack Sparrow
• Orlando Bloom as Will Turner
• Keira Knightley as Elizabeth Swann
• Bill Nighy as Davy Jones
• Jack Davenport as James Norrington
• Stellan Skarsgård as Bootstrap Bill Turner
• Special effects

Disadvantages

• As for pirates, they're less rude than they really were - but that's Disney is it's no wonder

"Strangenesses"

• Many coincidences but that's the film

Clue Moments

• The Kraken
• The Flying Dutchman
• Davy Jones' Locke
• The prison
• Davy Jones' Locke
• Meeting with Bootstrap Bill
• The dress
• The dog

As explained in the movie, the character of Davy Jones was given the Flying Dutchman by Calypso, his lover, to ferry souls lost at sea to the afterlife. When she neglected to meet him after his first ten years of duty, he was both heartbroken and enraged. He abandoned his duties and chose to wander the seas, doing as he pleased. This violation of his duty placed a curse on Jones and his crew, slowly transforming them into monsters.

In the films, the Kraken is a sea creature of monstrous proportions, controlled by Davy Jones, often to destroy ships that threaten him.

Soundtracks

1. Hans Zimmer - Jack Sparrow
2. Hans Zimmer - The Kraken
3. Hans Zimmer - Davy Jones
4. Hans Zimmer - I've Got My Eye On You
5. Hans Zimmer - Dinner Is Served
6. Hans Zimmer - Tia Dalma
7. Hans Zimmer - Two Hornpipes (Tortuga)
8. Hans Zimmer - A Family Affair
9. Hans Zimmer - Wheel Of Fortune
10. Hans Zimmer - You Look Good Jack
11. Hans Zimmer - Hello Beastie
12. Hans Zimmer - He's A Pirate (Tiesto Remix)

Quotations

* * *

Elizabeth Swann: There will come a time when you have a chance to do the right thing.
Jack Sparrow: I love those moments. I like to wave at them as they pass by.

* * *

Will Turner: You want me to find this?
Jack Sparrow: No. You want you to find this, because the finding of this finds you incapacitorially finding and or locating in your discovering the detecting of a way to save your dolly belle, ol' what's-her-face. Savvy?
Will Turner: This is going to save Elizabeth?
Jack Sparrow: How much do you know about Davy Jones?
Will Turner: Not much.
Jack Sparrow: Yeah, it's going to save Elizabeth.

* * *

Gibbs: Heave! Heave like you're being paid for it!

* * *

Crewmember: Me have one arm and a bum leg.
Gibbs: It's the crow's nest for you.

* * *

Elizabeth Swann: It's real!
Norrington: You actually were telling the truth.
Jack Sparrow: I do that quite a lot. Yet people are always surprised.
Will Turner: With good reason.

* * *

Davey Jones: Let them taste the triple guns.
Ogilvey: Aye, Captain.

* * *

Maccus: The boy's not here. He must've been claimed by the sea.
Davey Jones: I *am* the sea.

* * *

Jack Sparrow: Gentlemen, what do keys do?
Leech: Keys... unlock... *things*?

* * *

Lord Cutler Beckett: Every man has a price he will willingly accept, even for what he hoped never to sell.

* * *

Elizabeth Swann: You'll have the chance to do something... something courageous. And when you do, you'll discover something. That you're a good man.

* * *

'Bootstrap' Bill Turner: The die is cast. I bid three twos.

* * *

You may see the trailer here.

Plot: 8/10

Entertainment: 9/10

Acting: 8/10

Originality: 9/10

Music and Sound: 9/10

9/10

previous Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)

next Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)