Thursday 2 June 2011

Pirates, Pirates, Pirates, Pirates

Or Pirates 4. :)

Pirates of the Caribbean 4: On Stranger Tides was a great, fun movie. I think a problem with the previous two movies was that they had too much plot baggage, with Dead Man's Chest setting it up and At World's End trying to resolve it. In contrast, On Stranger Tides had that light, "first movie of the series" feel. It helps that you don't really need to have watched the previous films to enjoy this one, since it has largely new characters and re-establishes the personalities of the existing characters quite early on.

Another thing is that Jack is back to being largely in control, and one step ahead of everybody. And isn't watching Jack pull off yet another daring, showy escape one of the main attractions of the series?

So, good movie. Watch it. Just not in 3D (it's pointless).

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