'Fifteen Men on a Dead Man's Chest and a Bottle of Rum!'

This is the second time I'm typing this whole thing out. Really, it's too much. The electricity has gone for over 3 hours today. It goes each and every time when I have time to do something on the computer. And of course, the UPS can only show it's total lack of being uninterrupted...

Well, okay, if you want to be really technical about it, not quite fifteen men and not quite just a single bottle of rum.

So, finally, after long waiting, I saw the movie. And, to my surprise, I didn't get blown up, what with all the terrorists being around and all. And we were sitting in the very second row from the front - not very nice. I had thought that since the movie's been here for like a month, everyone should have seen it by now - obviously not.

Anyway, so, on the whole, the movie was, I suppose, quite good. The acting, as always, (especially Johnny Depp's) was superb. And, of course, the wisecracks were there, though I don't think they were quite as many as in the first movie.

Besides that, the story was OK - it seemed to be, at some points of time, a mixture of a load of other stories like Treasure Island and all. And the creatures in Davy Jones' army were a tad more grotesque than need be - actually they were quite repulsive and sick-looking. Oh, and, those who didn't like the dirty teeth in the first movie get a load more sets of dirty teeth to not like. And you're better off not thinking much about the euphemisms in the tribal island part.

All in all, not a movie you'd watch while eating your dinner, for more reasons than one . But it was OK, except it ended on a rather abrupt note, and the ending was entirely spoilt by a) Sushant Tandon and b) a newspaper article which mentioned that Geoffrey Rush was part of the cast...whoops! (shouldn't I have mentioned "spoiler warning"?).

Catching that elusive pirate

No, it's just too bad. You know, just a few days after I first saw Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, I got to know that a sequel was being made. And of course, I decided that time only that I must see it.

Then later I came to know that it was being released on July 5, except it came here only 2 weeks late . Well, anyway, ever since then I've been wanting to see it, and somehow or the other, I don't seem to get the chance. Either dad's to busy, or I have to go for a competition, or my sister's got some work, or there's no time...well, you get the gist.

Now, today I'm supposed to be going for it (in precisely half an hour), though with all the bad luck with me and this movie, I won't be surprised if I get blown up half-way through .

The first movie, by the way, was superb. Johnny Depp's acting, the wisecracks, the story and Johnny Depp's acting really made it fun. I liked the wisecracks especially, coz they kept me grinning most of the time.

[Will is caught and Jack soon follows suit]
Will: Jack! Where's Elizabeth?
Jack: Elizabeth's safe and sound, just as I promised. She's all set to marry Norrington, just like she promised; and you're going to have to die for her, just like you promised, so we're all men of our words really...except Elizabeth who is, in fact, a woman.

[Then, Jack and Barbossa are talking]
B: Jack, I never thought you had it in you to do this.
J: You know me, I'm completely dishonest. You can always trust the dishonest people to be dishonest - honestly - it's the honest ones you have to be careful of. You never know when they might do something incredibly stupid.
[Following, which, Jack and Will start fighting B ]

Oh well, I guess it doesnt even sound half as funny as it did then.

This, by the way, is just a temporary sort of desk, till I make a better one .