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Johnny Depp as Cap'n Jack Sparrow, from Yahoo

Went to see "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" last night. With many apologies for huge plagiarism of "Total Film" magazine, here is my predicted interest curve (or rather my actual interest curve).Yup, I love Pirates, but we're suffering a bit from sequel-itis - sit through two and a half hours, then have no ending, other than telling us that the ending will be in the next film. Harks too much of the Matrix trilogy and the Star Wars prequels, except that it is better than number 2 of both of these.

Bill Nighy is terrific under the special effects, giving the baddie a heart. Orlando and Keira are present and correct, and Johnny is, well, Johnny. Well, strictly speaking Johnny is Keith, but we all know that from Black Pearl.