Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest, a follow-up to the Curse of the Black Pearl, has been in theatres for a while, and if you saw the first one, you’ll agree this sequel is more of the same (but seven minutes longer).

Like Black Pearl, Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) provides a comedic foil to Will Turner’s (Orlando Bloom) pouty and unsmiling performance. I’m told the ladies enjoying looking at Mr. Bloom, pouts notwithstanding. Personally, I think he would benefit from a little Prozac, Zoloft, or Paxil.

The movie is too long and not horribly spellbinding. Actually, it degraded to plain boring in some parts. On the upside, I did like the music, which I found to be powerful and majestic. Evidently, I’m not the only one who likes Disney pirate music. Scott Asbell, the director of the UVSC Ballroom Dance Company choreographed a dance medley based on music from the Black Pearl. That number won the team the Open British Formation Standard Division Championship in Blackpool, England.

I hate to be a spoiler, but the movie ends somewhat abruptly, paving the way for the third of the trilogy, the Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End, now filming.

Pirate jokes:
Q. Why didn’t the pirate go to see the movie?
A. Because it was rated aaarrrrrrrgggh!

Q. What’s a pirate’s favorite letter of the alphabet?
A. Aaarrrrrrrgggh

Oh! Don’t forget National Talk Like A Pirate Day, Tuesday, September 19th 2006.