History YMMV / PiratesOfTheCaribbeanDeadMansChest

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Given that they were former crewmates, more could have been done with the interactions between Jack and Bootstrap Bill. They get one scene together early on where Bill had snuck onto the Black Pearl to warn Jack about Davy Jones coming after him, which it's clear that they're still on good terms despite Bill now being a crewman of the Flying Dutchman. After this scene however, there's no further exploration of their friendship as Jack and Bill end up never interacting again.

** The Jack/Elizabeth teasing, while shippers of the two love it and some fans feel it expanded on Elizabeth arc of become more of a pirate throught the movie, many fans found it forced given Elizabeth had already declared Will as his OneTrueLove and feel it only exist to create forced tension and PanderingToTheBase.

* {{Padding}}: The part of the film where Will and the crew have to help Jack escape an island controlled by a tribe of cannibals can come off as this. It's a particularly long sequence that goes on for nearly 20 minutes, and while it's exciting and provides a few laughs it serves no purpose to the overall film except to reunite Will with Jack and have Pintel and Ragetti join the crew.

* {{Padding}}: The second act, where Will and the crew have to help Jack escape an island controlled by a tribe of cannibals, can come off as this. It's a particularly long sequence that goes on for nearly 20 minutes, and while it's exciting and provides a few laughs it serves no purpose to the overall film except to reunite Will with Jack and have Pintel and Ragetti join the crew.

* ContestedSequel: Several consider this film to be a major step down from the first film due to the switch from LowFantasy to HighFantasy, having Jack being way too much of a SpotlightStealingSquad, the HappyEndingOverride, some finding the plot too thin and see it [[TwoPartTrilogy as nothing more that a build up for the next movie]]. Others however consider it an EvenBetterSequel due to the expanse in action and drama, the introduction of Davey Jones, Cutler Beckett, and the Kraken, while expanding the series' mythology and providing natural character arcs to the cast. [[TakeAThirdOptionThere's also a third group]] that finds the film weaker than the first but still a worthy follow-up. Regardless of one's stance, it's often agreed to be one of the stronger movies in the series.

* ContestedSequel: Several consider this film to be a major step down from the first film due to the switch from LowFantasy to HighFantasy, having Jack being way too much of a SpotlightStealingSquad, the HappyEndingOverride, some finding the plot too thin and see it [[TwoPartTrilogy as nothing more that a build up for the next movie]]. Others however consider it an EvenBetterSequel due to the expanse in action and drama, introduction of Davey Jones, Cutler Beckett, and the Kraken, while expanding the series' mythology and providing natural character arcs to the cast. There's also a third group that finds the film weaker than the first but still a worthy follow up. Regardless of one's stance, it's often agreed to one of the best movies in the series.

** The game of Liar's Dice between Will, Bootstrap Bill, and Davey Jones follows the actual rules of game, and shows you their dice rolls fairly early on and keeps them consistent throughout the entire scene, which makes all their betting decisions [[FridgeBrilliance make sense in context]]. Bootstrap Bill basically telegraphs his rolls from the start because he's deliberately trying to throw the game so Will doesn't lose. Davey Jones makes an insanely risky bluff by lying about how many fours are on the table, showing just how confident he is in his victory, but proves he's no slouch by trapping Will later in the game by betting on seven fives. At his point, everybody knows Davey Jones is telling the truth, so all Will can do is try to bluff. Then Bootstrap Bill intervenes and raises the bet to ''twelve'' fives[[note]]This is a ''suicidally'' risky bluff because the chance of rolling 12 fives out of 15 dice are around ''8,000,00 to 1''.[[/note]], leaving Davey Jones no choice but call him out and end the game. In addition, the film's version of Liar's Dice appears to also have the house rule that player can only call a lie on previous player, so just the sheer that Bootstrap Bill joined the game meant he was [[HeroicSacrifice figuratively and literally putting himself between Will and Davey Jones]], making it ''impossible for Will to lose''.

* GeniusBonus: During Will's search for Jack, a sailor mentions that he sometimes goes to the cannibal island to trade for "delicious long pork". Long pork is an old euphemism for human flesh.

** Jack nibbles on a severed toe out of boredom and curiosity when he's held captive by the Pelegostos. In 2015, Johnny Depp visited a children's hospital in character as Jack Sparrow, where a girl noticed that Depp had his finger bandaged; Depp, still in character, joked that he ate his fingertip. It was later proven that his finger had actually been cut off, though opinions vary on whether by Depp himself during a drunken bender, or by his then wife in an act of domestic abuse.

* BaseBreakingCharacter: The Pelegostos Tribe. Some like their culture and find it a really fun part of the movie, while others think they take too much time of the main plot and are at the end superfluous to the main plot and wish their part were shorter (20 minutes to be exact) and too goofy to be taken seriously, and some like the Pelegostos but feel like they belong to a completely different movie.

** The CerebusSyndrome and the close continuity with the previous movie, including the HappyEndingOverride of the movie are divisive. Some fans thought that getting rid of the happy conclusions of the original movie to put the characters in the middle of a complex MythArc made the previous movie AllForNothing and think they should have gone for a different set of characters instead of bringing back the whole cast of the previous movie back, other fans thought the story justified and find it a natural expansion on the characters's arcs and themes of the previous movie. Some thought the characters should have come back and the darker tone were a good choice but still aren't fond of the HappyEndingOverride.
** The Pelogostos subplot. Fun even if unnecessary or a complete waste of time?

** [[spoiler: Elizabeth sacrificing Jack to the Kraken.]] Some fans see it as a betrayal on [[spoiler:Elizabeth's]] character and find it to be pointless drama just for the sake of setting up the {{Cliffhanger}} of the following movie. Other fans think [[spoiler:Elizabeth]] had very justified reasons to do it and see it as a crucial and natural progression for the character to become [[spoiler:The Pirate King]] at the end of the trilogy. Meanwhile other fans think Jack fans are being hypocritical given he has spended the whole movie betraying other characters so [[spoiler: he had it coming even if he returned at the end]].

* {{Padding}}: The beginning of the film where Will and the crew have to help Jack escape an island controlled by a tribe of cannibals can come off as this. It's a particularly long sequence that goes on for over 10 minutes, and it serves no purpose to the overall film except to reunite Will with Jack.

* StrangledByTheRedString: A source of drama in the second half of the film is a budding attraction between Elizabeth and Jack, which hits its peak when she kisses him to distract him and Will sees. The whole affair is laughable because Elizabeth has ''never'' shown any interest in Jack, and while it's not unreasonable Jack might have some sexual attraction to Elizabeth, he's never shown any serious interest in her, either. Yet suddenly Elizabeth is seducing Jack and he's staring in rapture as she talks about the idea of him wanting a "taste" of what its like to be "the hero". At one point Jack pulls a NotSoDifferentRemark on her, and it falls remarkably flat.

* {{Padding}}: The beginning of the film where Will and the crew have to help Jack escape an island controlled by a tribe of cannibals can come off as this. It's a particularly long sequence going on for over 10 minutes, and it serves no purpose to the overall film except to reunite Will with Jack.

* ContinuityLockout: Minor example with Jack the Monkey. Anyone who did not stay through the End Credits of ''Curse of the Black Pearl'' and saw TheStinger will understandably be confused about why Jack is still cursed despite Will breaking it.

* TrappedByMountainLions: One has to wonder why th

** The Pelogostos subplot. Fun even if unnecessary or a complete waste of time.

* ContestedSequel: Several consider this film to be a major step down from the first film due to the switch from LowFantasy to HighFantasy, Jack taking Will's place as the main character, the HappyEndingOverride, and the fact that few plot threads introduced in this film get resolved. Others however consider it an EvenBetterSequel due to the expanse in action and drama, introduction of Davey Jones, Cutler Beckett, and the Kraken, while expanding the series' mythology and providing natural character arcs to the cast. There's also a third group that finds the film weaker than the first but still a worthy follow up. Regardless of one's stance, it's often agreed to better than the third film.

* HilariousInHindsight: Davy Jones' catchphrase is "Do you fear death?" [[WesternAnimation/Castlevania2017 Twenty years later]], [[BillNighy his actor]] [[spoiler: would meet Death himself and be rightfully terrified of him]].

* HilariousInHindsight: Davy Jones' catchphrase is "Do you fear death?" [[WesternAnimation/Castlevania2017 Twenty years later]], [[BillNighhy his actor]] [[spoiler: would meet Death himself and be rightfully terrified of him]].

** The big fight aboard the mill wheel. Silly and ridiculous, even by the franchise's standards. But still funny in its own way.
** Tia Dalma's accent and mannerisms are a bit silly too, but Creator/NaomieHarris makes it work.

** When Jack returned to help the others after fleeing the ''Black Pearl'' to escape the Kraken, why did he do it? Was it because he really had found his shred of nobility and decency and couldn't abandon them to their fate? Because he wanted to save a specific person (Will, Elizabeth, Gibbs)? To save the ''Black Pearl'' herself? Or did he simply decide to stop running and FaceDeathWithDignity? Adding to this is that he checks his compass before heading back, but the viewer never sees where it points, so any influence it could have played on Jack's decision is up to speculation: perhaps it pointed to land to show he really did want to survive, but he decided to ignore it. Adding to the ambiguity is Tia Dalma's insinuation that the compass can give false directions if the holder knows what they want, but are adverse to the idea of actually claiming it.

** When Jack returned to help the others after fleeing the ''Black Pearl'' to escape the Kraken, why did he do it? Was it because he really had found his shred of nobility and decency and couldn't abandon them to their fate? Because he wanted to save a specific person (Will, Elizabeth, Gibbs)? To save the ''Black Pearl'' herself? Or did he simply decide to stop running and FaceDeathWithDignity? Adding to this is that he checks his compass before heading back, but the viewer never sees where it points, so any influence it could have played on Jack's decision is up to speculation: perhaps it pointed to land to show he really did want to survive, but he decided to ignore it.

** Did the jar of dirt ''really'' give Jack any form of protection against Davy Jones, and if so, what kind and how? Or was it no help at all and Tia Dalma was just screwing with him?