Ohjaus:
Gore VerbinskiKuvaus:
Dariusz WolskiSävellys:
Hans ZimmerNäyttelijät:
Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Stellan Skarsgård, Bill Nighy, Jack Davenport, Kevin McNally, Jonathan Pryce, Lee Arenberg (lisää)Suoratoistopalvelut (5)
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Kapteeni Jack on palannut! Samoin hänen ystävänsä Will Turner ja Elizabeth Swann! Kolmikko joutuu taas huikeiden merirosvoseikkailujen pyörteisiin elokuvassa, joka jatkaa siitä, mihin suuren suosion saavuttanut Pirates of the Caribbean: Mustan helmen kirous jäi. Kapteeni Jack nostaa purjeet kohti uusia seikkailuja, jotka vievät hänet tällä kertaa merten myyttien ja vanhojen legendojen maailmaan. Mustan helmen kirous on rauennut, mutta käy ilmi, että Jack on tehnyt kohtalokkaan sopimuksen legendaarisen syvyyksien herran ja Lentävän hollantilaisen kapteenin Davy Jonesin (BILL NIGHY) kanssa. Nyt häntä uhkaa ikuinen pesti tämän aavelaivalla. Kapteeni Jackin ainoa keino pelastautua pulasta on etsiä tarunhohtoinen "kuolleen miehen kirstu". Samaan aikaan Willin ja Elizabethin häät vaihtuvat hirttotuomioon, kun vallanhimoinen Lordi Cutler Beckett (TOM HOLLANDER) pidättää heidät merirosvokapteenin auttamisesta. Beckett haluaa hävittää kaikki merirosvot koko Karibialta, joten hän kiristää Will Turneria lähtemään Jack Sparrown perään. Kun soppaan vielä lisätään merihirviöitä, ihmissyöjiä, aaveita ja ennustajaeukkoja sekä sitä hämmentämään Willin kateissa ollut isä Saappaanraksi-Bill (STELLAN SKARSGĹRD), ovat kasassa ainekset vuosisadan merirosvoseikkailuun. (Buena Vista Int. Fin.)
(lisää)Arvostelut (14)
Pirates of the Caribbean unexpectedly became the most successful pirate film in the last 25 years, after the genre was perfectly discredited by romantic B-movie crap by second-rate directors. Pirates of the Caribbean was filmed with ease, humor, and originality, without much interference from the producers, so the crew had freedom, and, for example, Johnny Depp could afford to have his peculiar acting, portraying the pirate captain as a hippie who just smoked a joint. However, in the sequels, it is visible how much the studio had expected from the film, and this desire to fulfill obligations had an unfavorable impact on this film. Despite the high budget, the same cast, and ubiquitous effort, it is more cumbersome and over-embellished, and in the end, it doesn't hold together. Especially when, unlike its predecessor, it doesn't have a story with a point and not only leaves room for further sequels but rather feels like an episode from a series that ends with an invitation for the next installment through a cut in a suspenseful scene. Some scenes, such as the duel in the ruins of an old mill and the subsequent swordfight between the blades of a broken mill wheel, however, are highlights that adorn any top-notch blockbuster. Overall impression: 60%.
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Ensimmäinen elokuva jaksoi viihdyttää minua rajattomasti, ja olisin voinut katsoa sen vaikka kuinka monta kertaa kyllästymättä. Toinen osa, kuten yleensä yritykset tahkota menestysleffasta lisää rahaa, ei ole yhtä onnistunut. Ensimmäisen puolituntisen aikana sain vielä useammat hyvät naurut, etenkin kohtauksessa "Jack Sparrow treenaa yleisurheilun MM-hallikisoihin". Kohtaus ei edistänyt juonta millään tavoin, mutta oli mahtava. Alun jälkeen aina elokuvan loppuun asti seuraa tylsä jakso, jonka aikana tekijät jopa koettavat raapia vitsiä kasaan kopioimalla toisen hauskan kohtauksen. Kohtauksen, joka on vieläpä samasta elokuvasta. Kyllä, ensimmäisellä kerralla nauroin, mutta toisella kerralla ajattelin, miten noloa on varastaa itseltään. Jack Sparrow ja Elizabeth onnistuivat täysin pilaamaan imagonsa, mikä minua katsojana harmittaa. Hans Zimmer vei Klausilta hitin ja muokkasi sitä tehtaassaan, vaikuttaa siltä että mahdollisimman vähän, ja esittää sen nyt omanaan. Kaipa hänellä on siihen oikeus, kun ensimmäisen osankin musiikki on syntynyt hänen johdollaan Santa Monicassa. Kaiken kaikkiaan elokuva tuotti pettymyksen ollessaan niin pitkäveteinen tavalliselle katsojalle, mutta kukapa hölmö olisikaan odottanut mitään niin hyvää kuin Mustan helmen kirous? Pähkäilen, antaisinko keskinkertaisen arvion vai vielä hiukan huonomman. Mutta ihan sitä tekijät eivät ansaitse, eiväthän he esimerkiksi visuaalisella puolella tehneet ala-arvoista työtä, siispä 3*.
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Needless bombast and excessive length versus great sea monsters and a slimy (literally and to the letter!) villain played by Bill Nighy and his makeup/digital magicians. Johnny Depp is equally good, but he has nothing left to surprise us with. Throw out part of that storyline and cut the runtime down to 120 minutes, and this would be worthy of four stars.
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A ride in which you alternately switch from a Trabant to a racing car. However, this unbalanced mix of lengthy workarounds, overstuffed plot and diabolical action is still worth seeing, if only because of the amazing Billy "Davy Jones" Nighy, who proves that even with just the eyes and suggestive voice modulation you can perform miracles.
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Typical megalomania from Bruckheimer's workshop that stands and falls with the directorial skill of Mr. Verbinski, who managed to give the entire colossus the right stamp of a classic pirate adventure. It’s also cut with a solid dose of perspective because, without his steady guidance, Depp's antics, the thrilling special effects work, or the potential of the top-notch cast (the demonic Bill Nighy, the charismatic Stellan Skarsgård) might have fizzled out. The whole never loses its dynamism and the plot - although very simple - moves forward at a furious speed, meaning that even the 150-minute runtime is ultimately a pleasantly watchable experience. It’s no-brain popcorn entertainment that fulfills its goal (to entertain everyone) one hundred percent if you are not a die-hard intellectual who lacks a sense of fun.
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It's not Davy Jones and the Flying Dutchman who cursed Captain Jack, it's the fat Disney purse from which Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest draws from the most. The result is a classic middle film, which does not have a properly designated beginning and end, which means that it feels rather cheerfully chaotic. The characters essentially do what they always do, they bounce here and there, there is constant tomfoolery, they entertain the spectators, they bring a new villain to the party, and when one feels in their bones that something memorable should finally start, Hans Zimmer blows the unforgettable pirate fanfare and sails to the port called "Part Number Three". The cheerful pile of Dead Man's Chest stories thus remains half open, half closed. It is certainly positive that, within the abilities of the screenwriter and the director, the characters develop, they profile themselves, that old animosities and friendships are not repeated, and that new friction and tension arise. Undoubtedly, the film has great effects, and Zimmer's music is also excellent. Those who are more sensitive will be provoked by the aforementioned lack of borders and playing for effect. But this spectacle is mainly about the effects, so why cry? Maybe because the film lacks gradation and brisk acceleration at certain moments. The fact that certain dialogues drag on like the Kraken's slime. That Johnny Depp uses his built-in grimace repertoire and his Jack is no longer the amazing centerpiece. That not all choreographies are as busy as the one on the mill wheel. The second film also caught the wind in its sails and took a gulp of good rum. Maybe the film got a little more serious and perhaps lost a bit of the mischief from the first film. And the film undoubtedly suffers from the syndrome of the middle part of the trilogy. [7/10]
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In the wake of the more than solid part one, Jack Sparrow, excuse me, Captain Jack Sparrow doesn’t spoil his reputation, but nor does he improve it much. And in places this looks almost too much like a mundane feet-up blockbuster. Luckily the picture is stopped from sinking under the waters of the Caribbean (again) by Depp. Although the movie is tripped up significantly by the creators who try to include Jack in all possible situations. We get two really successful scenes (cannibal island and the sword-fight over the key to the treasure chest) filled with watchable stuffing, impressive production design and entertainment for the whole family, so the Buena Vista financial department will certainly be pleased. P.S. after watching again several years later: I liked it a lot better second time round. So much that most of my original objections no longer seemed to matter.
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The most treacherous part of the trilogy, and not just in terms of the behavior of the characters. Perhaps it would be appropriate to say that the second part deserved to be cut and combined with the third into one movie, but that probably wouldn't have worked anyway. Even I have caught myself wanting to watch Pirates all the time, and while that doesn't mean that Dead Man's Chest is flawless. It is really overloaded, some plotlines are pointless (the cannibals), some desperately unremarkable, but who cares when it's such fun. The endlessly mentioned fight on the mill wheel and everything around it, together with the final performance by the Kraken, is a true adrenaline delight.
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Under normal circumstances I’d give it 4 stars, but there is a kind of magic line running through the whole movie that made me add one bonus star (and no, it's not because of Depp). Dead Man's Chest is much darker than The Black Pearl, and the story is much more elaborate, which is a big plus. Chest is also funny to hilarious, unfortunately not always in a good way. Some jokes are unnecessarily exaggerated and certainly don't help the story, while others are perfect and fitting (I laughed until my stomach hurt, literally :). It's as if Verbinski is trying to stuff two different kinds of humor into one movie (perhaps he really tried, but without success). The characters of Elizabeth and Will have undergone an amazing change. They're no longer just Captain Jack's appendages, but individual and distinct beings. Keira in particular is wonderful at the end (she reminded me of Domino). The special effects are even better than last time, and Davy Jones' crew easily outdoes the skeletons from the first movie. And Depp's Captain Jack Sparrow was flawless, of course, but it’s a shame he lost the element of surprise... The magical storyline vanished into thin air. 4
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I understand the huge earnings, because it is precisely the kind of clearly outlined and technically perfectly arranged eye-candy entertainment tailor-made to a mainstream audience that wouldn’t go to the cinema without a large Coke and several tons of crunchy popcorn. However, with a cold feeling in my soul, I can say that the first installment is better, practically in every possible aspect. The sequel has one crucial problem: clutter; everything here is excessive. An unnecessarily overwrought story (especially the last approximately 45 minutes), too many jokes – and some situations are not explicitly comical – too many alternating locations, and too many visual effects, which are, of course, fantastic by themselves, but that is more or less an unwritten obligation in projects of this caliber. The characters are depicted the same way as in the first installment. Johnny Depp is excellent again, and this time Orlando Bloom is also good. The Kraken is a cool monster, and the make-up effects of the main villain are so captivating that it is hard to believe. There are several truly unforgettable scenes (the natives, Jack Sparrow pole jumping, the fight on the giant wheel, etc.), but unfortunately, the whole thing feels somewhat inconsistent, cynical, and above all, quite boring. Once is enough.
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I found the sequel to the highly successful Pirates of the Caribbean to be on the same level as the first one - Jack Sparrow is still as crazy and funny, Liz Swan is still the same “fragile damnsel” ... and now the irresistible Davey Jones, whose appearance inspires fear and respect, has been added. There were plenty of funny scenes that didn't really make me laugh, but still entertained. The visuals of the Kraken and his were good, as was the unmistakable soundtrack. In short, once again, a nice dose of humour with a somewhat excessive running time.
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Between four and five stars. Far funnier and more playful than number one. I can't remember a time in a long time when I roared with laughter along with the whole cinema so hard that I had to wipe tears from my eyes, like when the main characters escape from the cannibals. The film has a slower pace in the beginning and has some passages that had me falling asleep (zero hours of sleep a night will have its share of that), but when the filmmakers put their minds to it, it's worth it. Some scenes are so rewarding that it goes to absurd lengths. Case in point, as the three main characters all fence against each other over the chest mentioned in the title, THEN Keira Knightley throws rocks at them, THEN behind her back two pirates are just now stealthily carrying the chest to the ship, THEN all the characters are still fighting over the key to the chest, and THEN some fishermen come out of the sea with the same goal. I'm not counting the continuation of the scene, where ON TOP OF THAT they add a mill wheel. For my part, I like that kind of bombastic playfulness, combined with Johnny Depp tickling my diaphragm again (maybe even more than in the first one), I'd really feel sorry about that four.
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Dead Man's Chest is longer than the first installment, but it has a much better screenplay, so I didn't mind the runtime at all. Plus, the humor is much better and doesn't feel forced like in the Black Pearl. I was pleased with the casting of Bill Nighy. Not even a symbiotic cephalopod could mask his facial expressions. Johnny Depp was excellent again, Keira Knightley was in better shape than last time, and although Orlando Bloom tried to sabotage the film with his "performance" again, I was satisfied overall.
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It doesn't seem as balanced to me as the first one; some scenes stand out too much and others blend in too much. A lot is trying to happen, but it doesn't really conclude properly, and you have to wait for the third film. Plus, characters come back to life, which isn't something I particularly love. But it's true that with some of them, you're glad they're back.
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