Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (6/10)

I'm not to sure what being on stranger tides exactly means, but I will say the movie is on a stranger note. It's the 4th Pirates movie and like every sequel, it's a fail in comparison to it's fantastic original. Since the first we have had some weird movies. The third one made no sense and only thing to take away from it is that "if you bring a woman on a ship, you'll get crabs". "On Stranger Tides" may be the best of the other three, but that's not huge accomplishment.

So the plot is over the top, like that's a shocker. Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) is back and he has a new mission, or like everyone he's thrown into. Jack is on his way to the fountain of youth and in a race of sorts. Blackbeard (Ian Mcshane held back) with his long lost daughter Angelica (Penelope Cruz, also held back), now privateer Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush) and a spanish fleet with a captain you shouldn't care about are the competition. Anyway they need a couple things in order to have the fountain's power to work. One is a mermaid tear, the second is the chalices of Ponce De Leon (the historical figure who looked for the fountain) and the third I'll leave a mystery. Anyway the plot isn't that great, things drag on (in the shortest film of the series), the fight scenes become tedious and the new minor characters don't make up for the ones lost.

It's a decent movie, but nothing special. Like I said earlier it's the best since the original. Jack Sparrow is fun as always, and I see why the made this movie. The movies are box office gold and they wanted to see Sparrow on his own. However it doesn't mean that it will be anything special. The movie does look awesome and everything is made to perfection. Too bad the plot/characters/acting/and a couple other things don't match the great production values.

6/10
Recommendation: If you like the series, you'll be fine. If not then your not missing anything.