Went to see Pirates of the Caribbean expecting nothing much, and found that it’s actually really good! Want to know what made it good? It had dialogue that wasn’t written by Hollywood’s usual lobotomized neanderthals. And good skeleton effects. It’s long, probably longer than it should be, but Johnny Depp’s Fear and Loathing ether-walk is endlessly entertaining.

Yarr! I think I counted four Yarrs, and zero cans of root beer

The visuals are channeling The Goonies and Monkey Island, and I’m sure there’s a homage to Evil Dead 2 in there. And Gareth from The Office, who looks like a skeleton already, out-Bottoms Bottom with the definitive fork in the eye scene.

There’s not a single American accent, forcing British humour to replace US humour, which means the jokes don’t sound completely shit.

Totally recommended, bringing the number of good films this year to two.