Keith Watanabe * NET 2.0

i enjoyed the 1st one mostly due to Johnny Depp. this one was just thoroughly confusing. actually, it reminded me of a more comedic Terminator 3, where instead of a 1 hour car crash, you have a 1 hour hamster wheel chase. there was little plot nor character development in this piece of rubbish. certainly, the assumption would have been made that most people saw the first one. so this one only introduced us to Will's father and captain Puss. but like Star Wars, the character of captain Puss was about as fleshed out (excuse the intended pun) as General Grievous. sure he had a bad pirate accident, was spongy, a nasty demeanor and was a dick. what made him different from other villains? note to Hollywood: I mentioned this before with my review of League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, that just because you give some dude or gal a British/foreign accent, does not equate what they do to acting. at this point, i think the only decent material coming out of Hollywood these days are PURE comedies. the only reason why i can validate it is because at least the dialog is somewhat thought out in attempting to derive some emotion from the audience.