(Yes, the first bit is old. Stick around.) I’m kind of ashamed to admit it and I know it’ll probably be only so-so, but I will totally go see this movie. What can I say… Obvious and repetitive rum cracks aside, I do love me some Barbossa, and Ian McShane ain’t too shabby, either.
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At the time, I found the third movie to be the nail in the coffin for the series, but this might merit a look.
The POTC sequels aren’t necessarily great movies, but overall I still find them pretty entertaining.
If they can stay away from a three-hour run time, I’m game.
Somehow POTC has developped the same problem HIMYM had for a while: They’ve fallen victim to the misconception that you cannot overuse a popular character. And so they turned Jack Sparrow into the Barney Stinson of the Carribean. And just like overusing Barney made him – and HIMYM – less and less funny, overusing Captain Jack has made the whole of the POTC franchise less and less compelling. If that’s even the right word for a Bruckheimer production. Which doesn’t mean, I won’t go and see the film, but my expectations are so low, you can’t even trip over them any more.
Oh, and I hereby propose to send Captain Jack to Mandyville. Along with Wolverine, Boba Fett, and Apple Inc.