Inevitably, the effect of his wild makeup and costume, mincing manner and carefully calculated unpredictability proves less arresting the second time around. But primary viewer affection stemmed from Depp’s utterly eccentric rendition of a drunken sailor as an inadvertent hero pic mainstreamed the actor’s appeal to an unprecedented extent while allowing him to keep his cool. The first “Pirates,” innocuousness and all, became a $654 million-grossing worldwide phenomenon by virtue of a shrewd blend of old-fashioned storytelling tropes and modern push-button thrill-ride construction. Producer Jerry Bruckheimer made sure the key players - Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley, as well as director Gore Verbinski and much of the crew - reboarded for the continued voyage, and no expense has been spared in order to make the effects even more spectacular this time around.īut why wear out the film’s welcome with a wearisome two-and-a-half-hour running time when a tight-ship 100 minutes would have insured more constant excitement, not to mention giving exhibitors more showtimes per day? Even judged strictly as a commercial product, this new effort seems misguided.
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