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Pirates Of The
Caribbean-Dead Man's Chest
Review :
Depp is at his whackiest in 'Pirates Of
The Caribbean...'
By Subhash K. Jha, Indo-Asian News Service
Film: "Pirates Of The Caribbean-Dead Man's Chest"; Cast:
Johnny Depp, Keira Knightley, Orlando Bloom; Director: Gore
Verbinski; Rating:****
You can't beat this one for its nonsensical exuberance. Ever
since Harry Potter pranced into our juvenile fantasies, films
chronicling the adventures of the brash and bold have filled our
senses.
"Pirates Of The Caribbean" worked because of its principal
actor's whacky panache. If anything, Johnny Depp is even more
whackier in the sequel.
Depp sweeps across the film's hefty horizon in swash-buckling
movements creating a bizarre bazaar of flying objects that
happen to be human beings rolling down steep
mountains and yawning valleys.
This is a film that requires the
audience to drown in fantasy. You cannot question its
authenticity. And each time the sensible Will Turner (Orlando
Bloom) turns around with
a bewildered expression to wonder what on earth is going on, the
plot shuts him out with one more hijinks.
It all adds up to a carnival of excessive extravaganza. Director
Gore Verbinksi doesn't try to control the volume of vibrancy. He
knows the narration is a cut above the wrist.
Anything even marginally below will suck the blood out of the
flamboyant tale.
This feisty flick takes pot shots at the adventure and yet
remains true to it.
Deep is deliberately effeminate in his opulent overtures. Maybe
he just wanted to let his hair down without exposing the
baldness of the bawdy saga. He's fitted into a corset that's
tailored for machismo. The other principal actors Orlando Bloom
and Keira Knightley are subtle and sexy respectively.
Much of the spirited journey into the dark side of fable-land is
punctuated by cartoonish violence. It could be a put-off if you
didn't know that the pirate isn't serious.
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