Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest: B+

Make no mistakes, this movie is far more about enjoyment than story development. The plot has more plot holes in it than..well.....most other hole-filled stuff, but that's not the point because the movie does succeed admirably where it tries: to make you have fun. With the return of the slightly-loony Capt. Jack Sparw (Johnny Depp) in another bind that requires recently arrested lovers Elizabeth (Kiera Knightley) and Will (Orlando Bloom) to help him out the movie is obviously not original, the stars are more than willing to throw all of their talents into this movie however. Kiera Knightley especially gets to show off her comanding and comedic presence (courtesy of her recent Oscar nod I wonder?) throughout the whole movie, and more so in a scene featuring only her and two other things: a man and a gun. Johnny Depp turns in another fabulous performance as the (suprisingly?) villianous anti-hero Capt. Jack Sparrow. Orlando Bloom is the only wet blanket in the whole bunch, trying for too much of the movie to be serious - leave that to better actors! - than rather crack a joke. The second bananas as well are good: Naomi Harris as the crack-pot slurring voodoo witch is a devil of fun, and Bill Nighy, covered in CGI, is heartwrenchingly sentimental and cold as the watery devil Davey Jones. The only problem I have is why the lurching story that usually slows down the actors rather than herding them along, oh and I take great pains against the sudden three-stooges air of the comedy, and the anti-resolution of the final scene (though I was quite giddy over the return of Cap--oops spoiler!). One final thing: the darker shades of the final few scenes set up a truly villianous conclusion to this triliogy.