Saw Pirates last night, the mid-am showing, and didn't get home and to sleep till 4am. Blah. So tired. And I'm not sure it was worth it. It felt unfulfilled, like they left too many loose ends and unanswered questions...even if purposely for a sequel. Like why the Spanish show up in the beginning, and at the end, with little to no other involvement in the movie. Ghosts, anyone? Plus the...romance...between missionary man and, ahem, Serena the mermaid? She disappears with him at the end. Merbutler? Or dinner? We don't know. Their story almost seemed entirely unnecessary to the plot of the story. Would we have missed it? No, but it made the movie longer. They needed to cut something out to flesh out another part. Like Barbosa. We need more to go on for his revenge too. It as like they, in leaving the movie open for whatever comes next, went overboard. Diving right off that plank into the stormy waters of "why is this character here again?"
Other than that, Jack had his characteristic silliness that drove the first three movies, if not a tad more corny in this one. With Blackbeard's voodoo he performed I was a little upset, considering there was no reason for it to be there, heck, his ship/sword combo was creepy enough and just fine. And yes, you could tell Cruz was pregnant in several scenes.
A bit too everywhere, they needed to trim their sails a bit--focus on the important aspects.
Final word: it doesn't work too well as a stand-alone, not because it is connected with the first three, but because you know there has to be more coming. Like Harry Potter 1/2.
--MovingGirl
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