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[learnedax]

Pirates II was enjoyable, though certainly not as good as the first. It needed to be a lot tighter, I think.

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[eclecticmagpie.livejournal.com]

I read a review in the Globe that panned it. Then I read a review in the Herald that said it was great. Based on internal cues, I believed that the Globe reviewer was a skilled reviewer who understood his subject and that the Herald reviewer thought that as long as there was a loud soundtrack and a bright screen, what else did you expect from a good pirate movie?

When I saw the movie, I decided that they were both right. That is, the Globe reviewer was on the mark in every complaint, and the movie was fun anyway, as the Herald reviewer said.

I do think that a smaller special effects budget and a better script would have improved it tremendously.

[umbran.livejournal.com]

Tightness is good for self-contained stories. But clearly a lot of the things that aren't "tight" are threads meant to continue on into the third movie.