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Pirates of the Carribean 4(2011)
« on: May 23, 2011, 04:23:27 PM »
Captain Jack Sparrow is back and this time he is looking for the Fountain of Youth. He is racing against the Spanish and British to get to the Fountain. Jack ends up on a ship captianed by Black Beard played by Ian McShane with a salt and pepper beard(WTF??). Barbosa leads the British and has a beef with Black Beard.

This is trying to be like the first 3 but falls well short. It is missing comic relief, missing the love story and generally just misses.

It is just Jack with very little help from a very good cast. It is not the casts fault, there is just not a lot there. The supernatural aspects are scaled way back.

Mild recommendation.
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Re: Pirates of the Carribean 4(2011)
« Reply #1 on: May 23, 2011, 05:11:09 PM »
it's as good as the last two (meaning it's merely OK).  if you're a fan of the series, you'll likely.  if you got bored after the 1st, then don't see this.
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Re: Pirates of the Carribean 4(2011)
« Reply #2 on: May 23, 2011, 06:43:05 PM »
I saw it today and liked it miles more than 2 and 3... and felt it was on par with 1. Guess I'm just easily entertained.
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Re: Pirates of the Carribean 4(2011)
« Reply #3 on: May 23, 2011, 06:53:55 PM »
Quote from: Chus-Kay on May 23, 2011, 05:11:09 PM
it's as good as the last two (meaning it's merely OK).  if you're a fan of the series, you'll likely.  if you got bored after the 1st, then don't see this.

I got bored DURING the first.  These Pirate movies are not for me.

2011 is not my year!
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Re: Pirates of the Carribean 4(2011)
« Reply #4 on: May 23, 2011, 07:26:49 PM »
I have never seen any of them. Always meant to, but pirates have never been my thing other than a few ARRR MATEY jokes
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Re: Pirates of the Carribean 4(2011)
« Reply #5 on: May 23, 2011, 08:50:43 PM »
Quote from: dorian on May 23, 2011, 06:43:05 PM
I saw it today and liked it miles more than 2 and 3... and felt it was on par with 1. Guess I'm just easily entertained.

eh, my opinion above is slightly tainted by all the reviews i read which usually had a "im tired of these pirates" theme.  none of the reviews i read (including eberts) were based on anything.  they all seemed to just be over it which colored their opinions.  i mean, ebert was complaining that the sword fights had too much flipping and weren't as good as the ones in rob roy.  uh, yeah, rob roy is based in reality.  the pirates movies are not.
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Re: Pirates of the Carribean 4(2011)
« Reply #6 on: May 24, 2011, 04:46:24 AM »
Quote from: Torgo on May 23, 2011, 06:53:55 PM
I got bored DURING the first.  These Pirate movies are not for me.

2011 is not my year!

You should watch Thor.

It's dead good.
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Re: Pirates of the Carribean 4(2011)
« Reply #7 on: May 24, 2011, 12:54:09 PM »
Quote from: Chus-Kay on May 23, 2011, 08:50:43 PM
eh, my opinion above is slightly tainted by all the reviews i read which usually had a "im tired of these pirates" theme.  none of the reviews i read (including eberts) were based on anything.  they all seemed to just be over it which colored their opinions.  i mean, ebert was complaining that the sword fights had too much flipping and weren't as good as the ones in rob roy.  uh, yeah, rob roy is based in reality.  the pirates movies are not.

What I missed was the depth that many of the other characters brought in the first 3. Also Blackbeard was not a very good villian, you just never really hate him.

Maybe Pirates 5 will be better.
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Re: Pirates of the Carribean 4(2011)
« Reply #8 on: May 24, 2011, 02:50:35 PM »
Quote from: Webweaver on May 24, 2011, 12:54:09 PM
What I missed was the depth that many of the other characters brought in the first 3. Also Blackbeard was not a very good villian, you just never really hate him.

Maybe Pirates 5 will be better.

i agree that there was a lack of a true villain.  everyone was shades of grey.  even the spanish aren't really true villains, nor are they even fleshed out.  they were just an obstacle.

also, i have to nitpick that they don't even touch on where the f black beard was during the pirate war. 
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Re: Pirates of the Carribean 4(2011)
« Reply #9 on: May 24, 2011, 05:52:50 PM »
Quote from: Handsome Padje on May 24, 2011, 04:46:24 AM
You should watch Thor.

It's dead good.

Did you see what happened to me in the Thor thread?  I was raped! 
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Re: Pirates of the Carribean 4(2011)
« Reply #10 on: May 24, 2011, 08:25:08 PM »
Quote from: Torgo on May 24, 2011, 05:52:50 PM
Did you see what happened to me in the Thor thread?  I was raped!

Can't rape the willing, friend.
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Re: Pirates of the Carribean 4(2011)
« Reply #11 on: May 29, 2011, 11:15:35 PM »
Saw it today, and I have to agree that it was a step down.  It was just blah.  Somehow I cared more about the mermaid and the preacher than any of the main characters.
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Re: Pirates of the Carribean 4(2011)
« Reply #12 on: May 30, 2011, 10:12:28 AM »
Quote from: BigDaddy on May 29, 2011, 11:15:35 PM
Saw it today, and I have to agree that it was a step down.  It was just blah.  Somehow I cared more about the mermaid and the preacher than any of the main characters.

i don't even know why they had the preacher character.  he was entirely unneeded.  at one point, i thought he was going to be the one black beard would have drink with him (not to spoil) so he could get his soul or something, but that wasn't the case.
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