25 May 2011

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides


After having seen the first three films about Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) and his friends and enemies, I don't think this one added anything particularly innovative to his odyssey around the world (of cinema and movie theatres).

The Fountain of Youth is this time the objective for his quest but also for Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush), Blackbeard (Ian McShane) and his daughter Angelica Malon (Penélope Cruz).
The sword fights and other adventurous escapades are legio of course but that's more on the special effect-department-side and nothing we haven't seen before.
In this film we found some 'new (for the stories about Jack Sparrow) creatures' like zoombies and sirens but otherwise we were rather disappointed with this fourth part. Nothing substantial was added to the story.

A 'stinger' annonced that it will be continued....

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