ROTTEN TOMATOES: Critical Consensus: "Dead Man's Chest" Is Overstuffed; "Scanner" Shines Darkly

Critical Consensus: "Dead Man's Chest" Is Overstuffed; "Scanner" Shines Darkly

by Tim Ryan | July 06, 2006

Summary

This week at the movies, we've got pirates back for more box office bounty ("Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest") and a journey to the center of the mind ("A Scanner Darkly"). What do the critics have to say? Back to Article

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South_park300 writes:
on Jul 07 2006 12:51 PM

yeah, how exactly is he a sellout? get a freakin life

i really enjoyed the movie. still like the first one slightly better, but this was a great setup for the 3rd movie. the very end rocked. i can't wait until next year!

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nogard64 writes:
on Jul 07 2006 01:00 PM

agreed I hate people who throw that word around (sellout) if that word means making money and wanting to make a lot of it then aren't we all sell outs?

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unbreakable_samurai writes:
on Jul 07 2006 01:21 PM

Pirates looks awsome, I'm going tonight. When I bought tickets this morning half the showtimes were already soldout, so I think this is definitely going to be the highest grossing film of the summer. A Scanner Darkly looks pretty tight to, but it didn't open in my town.

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darcko writes:
on Jul 08 2006 03:50 AM

Just got back from seeing Pirates 2. I still don't get the hype.

Compared to the first one (which was pretty good I think), the sequel is more of the same. The effects were such a distraction; it was hard to concentrate on the dialogue when a cursed-barnacled pirate in the background with a lobster-like... you'll just have to see it. I also thought they weren't that great; for instance, Kraken disappointed me because I was thinking of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea the entire time.

Although there's nothing new about Depp's Captain Sparrow, he's still probably THE reason to see this movie. As far as its running time, I had no problem with it. Sure there were pacing problems but I felt they were needed for the subplots.

After the island-natives captivity and the bayou scenes, which I thought were superb, there wasn't much else to the movie. It was more of the same from the first. Hopefully things will be different for the third because I'd hate to compare this series to the Matrix.

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Now it's dark writes:
on Jul 08 2006 08:38 AM

[b]I'll pass.[/b]
The reviews have swayed me. I think I'll see Strangers With Candy again instead.

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bigdog747x writes:
on Jul 09 2006 03:09 PM

I saw this movie at Midnite on Thursday. They sold out 3 screens for it, still not as much as Star Wars Ep3 which had 10 screens sold out. I thought the movie was a bit too long. It could of been edited to about 2:10-2:15 hours insted of 2:31 hours. I thought ILM did a great job w/the Special Effects. Especially Davey Jones, he looked real. I thought they used that big sea monster a lil bit to much. I wanted to see more of Keira, more Keira in the movie would of been better. It was a good movie, a lil too long but still enjoyable. This is the 2nd best movie I enjoyed this summer so far behind Nacho Libre.

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