I've just come from seeing the latest Pirates of the Caribbean movie On Stranger Tides and I must say it is just as enjoyable as the other three. This being the fourth in the series I wasn't sure how it would go over, but Jerry Bruckheimer and Johnny Depp supply all the thrills, chases, humor and dialogue that so charmed us in the other three.
Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) finds himself on an unexpected Journey to the Fountain of Youth when a woman from his past (Penelope Cruz) forces him aboard The Queen Anne's Revenge the nortorius Blackbeard the pirate's ship played by English Actor Ian McShane.
Returning also is Geoffrey Rush as Barborosa Jack's nemisis who now has a peg leg thanks to a battle with Blackbeard and seeks revenge on Blackbeard for stealing his ship and losing his leg. It was Barbarosa who originaly stole Jack's ship The Black Pearl and now Blackbeard stole it from him so naturally Jack wants his ship back too. The two enemies must now form an alliance to go against Blackbeard.
To get to the fountain of Youth they have to follow a map Jack has in his posession and perform certain rituals such as stealing two gold chalices from Ponce De Leone's lost ship and capture a mermaid's tear and drink it with the water. The mermaids are a dangerous group protecting the bay where the crew has to go. They act charming, but are ever ready to capture anyone and drag them down below and devour them. Blackbeard is ruthless and determined to capture a mermaid to get a tear and he does. Ian McShane is terrific and deviantly cool as the nortoriously evil Blackbeard. Penelope Cruz reveals to Jack that she is Blackbeard's daughter. Jack tries unsuccessfully to convince her she's not.
The film has all the action, characterization and plot we expect from a Pirates movie and Johnny Depp is at his usual best that we've come to know and expect as Capt. Jack Sparrow. What isn't explained is these magical powers Blackbeard has like directing rope to tie around people and other tortures. He also has a devil doll of Jack he uses to control him.
Rolling Stone Keith Richards also returns for a bit part as Jack's father like in the last Pirates movie and you can understand him when he speaks. (Anyone famiar with Keith Richards from past interviews will know that he rambles and slurs his words along with a thick cockney accent that makes it difficult to understand).
I won't reveal the ending, but if you go to see it as with all these Pirate films stay until after the credits are over for a brief additional part. Most people have left by this time, but my wife, friend and I knew they always do this. It's an aha moment.
I am enclosing a link to an exciting preview of the movie and after viewing the clip click where it says enter the sight to see a cast of characters and other scenes andi nformation.
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides Disney
Pirates of the Caribbean (film series) - Wikipedia, the free ... This tells of plans to make a fifth and sixth film back to back and Disney told the actors not to make too many plans in the future as they will be needed for these films. It also gives synopsises of the last three Pirate movies
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