I might have detered some of my reader base, but a blog is a place where you put forth your feelings, and I make sure that it damn well fulfils it's role.

Excuse me for bitching.

So nayway, some have asked why I felt that POTC: Dead Man's Chest was a disappointment. Don't get me wrong, I like the comedy and all, but to me a movie that ends with a cliffhanger is an instant penalty. Second thing, this movie relies heavily on you remembering the first so you won't be confused.

Who recognized Barbossa in the end? A friend thought that was Bootstrap.

Another thing was that some jokes also depend on you to remember the first movie. Here's a few of them. I feel it fair to warn you of potential spoilers.

• The undead monkey. Anyone who watched the first movie's credits to the end will realize that the monkey took the Aztec gold out of the chest again, hence it became undead again.
  
• The candlestick in the jail. Governor Swann broke it while he was there, coincidentally interrupting a rather tender moment between Will and Elizabeth. In the first movie, when we firs see grown up Will, he was in the main hall of the Governor's residence, and he broke a candlestick. Yeah. I guess I was the only one who chuckled at that one.
• The prisoners. In the first movie, the prisoners were waving and whistling to the dog with the keys to come closer. In DMC, it was Elizabeth they wanted.
• The waterwheel. Gee y'all forgot the wagon fight scene already? The scriptwriters must have loved balancing acts while fighting.
• The apple. In the last scene, Barbossa was seen FINALLY eating his apple. He was quoted from Black Pearl that the first thing he wanted to do after becoming mortal again was to eat a whole bushel of apples. An apple rolled out of his sleeve when he was killed. Well, at least he got his wish.
• "Bloody Pirates!" Heh, classic.
  

I'll try to remember a few more. But frankly I'm glad that most of the characters came back. I for one was glad that Barbossa never really died, tell me any of you felt a slight bit of pity for him when that apple rolled out, eh? Norrington looks bloody different. I suppose it's the wig that he's NOT wearing. Oh, and anyone remembers Murtogg and Mulroy? Our comical two Brit soldiers? They were there when they escorted Governor Swann to that new guy's office.

Ok I've said too much. Go watch it already.