I really want to like this series more, and I’m not a fan of pirate movies.

But yeah… The third movie was a bloody mess, you could feel they had lots and lots of ideas that were crammed into two and half hours and still couldn’t make heads or tails out of it.

The problem, I feel, is that there’s too many ideas amongst the writers, where everyone makes subplots or subsubplots and fanfiction equivalents and… There’s no real coordination, there lacks a driving mechanism that actually brings the energy and creativity running into one common direction.

Instead, you get the feeling everyone made their little special snowflake subplot and they all tried to cram it into the movie, and when the time for cuts came around, they prioritized letting as many subplots in instead of bringing an actual narrative structure out and making it work.

I really don’t think I’m going to see this one, not in theatres at least.

I liked the movie, but for making Jack Sparrow the main character for this, he really takes a back seat like he does in the last three movies. I think the problem is that they write the stories then insert the Jack Sparrow character in it so he can affect the other characters and that’s why the story can still continues without him. They really focus on Blackbeard, his daughter and Barbosa when this is supposed to be Jack’s story.

When you talk about all the rules that involve the fountain, they have to make the rules have a negative reaction in conjunction to the positive result. Jack Sparrow is looking for immortality, but he’s looking for immortality that has no strings attached. 

When Spoony was describing the chaining McGuffins in the film, I couldn’t help but get semi-flashbacks to Spoony’s review of Ultima 7 and the chained quests within chained quests there.

 I saw this at the weekend and thankfully it was a free ticket. It was in 3D though and you were spot-on about the night/dark scenes in 3D. It got so frustrating that I left my 3D glasses off for any scene in the dark. This didn’t impact on my viewing that much – occasionally something in the foreground would become blurry without the glasses but at least i could actually see what was going on.

They actually do explain Jack’s reasoning, and I think it’s woven in quite well (this part at least).  The reason jack does not ran away, it’s not because he love’s Penelope, it’s because he feels bad about what he did to her. He honestly believes he drove her to this, that she’s in grave danger because of him. Once he secured his own life from the voodoo doll, he then wanted to insure her safety, which was part of his bargaining later on when he has the goblet’s. So yeah, the heroes motivation is self preservation and guilt, good treasure movie (sarcasm)! As for the rest, was pretty much bat shit crazy.. Although they did already establish undead and magic exist, so just get use to it..

 What is that needle looking thing Spoony’s holding?

Jack’s a true anti-hero; he doesn’t give a shit about heroics, he’s almost entirely motivated by self-preservation, etc.. Maybe I’m missing something, but I always thought that was the point of his character. :-S

You asked about the voodoo doll. They followed up on it after the credits. This is movie 1 of 3 more films. I also know that this film lacked a lot because they had their budget cut by half during the filming process. There was a time when they weren’t sure if this movie was going to be made at all.

Spoony, you know you shouldn’t run around carrying scissors, stop pointing with a… screwdriver? (sonic or not) Seriously, I was worried somebody might loose an eye.
As for the movie, I pretty much agree with you.
But I disagree in one point: Bloom and Knightley were necessary in the first movie. You have a very, VERY basic love story there. Then Jack Sparrow stumbles in and it goes crazy with all the supernatural stuff. (Yes, I already wrote a comment over at TGWTG, you’re not having a Deja-Vu)
That worked. He WAS the comic relief and that worked fine.
You came along for the ride when Bloom and Knightley were drawn into that crazy shit.
But it should have been a new simple story in every movie, with new people, and Captain Sparrow shambling in and dragging them into the madness and magicK. :P
Still, I love the concept of Captain Jack Sparrow. Completely shit-faced drunk all the friggin time, yet a charming self-centered bastard.
But except the first movie, they never had a good script because they didn’t understand WHY the first movie worked as a nice popcorn-flick.

While I DID enjoy the film, to some degree, I have to completely agree with all the points they made. It really did feel like they dropped the ball on it. Incidentally, after I came home from watching it, I then watched the review on the movie by Movie Bob from EscapistMagazine.com.

 He pointed out that the director in charge of this flick (Rob Marshall), has NO experience with action movies..whatsoever. Seriously..look him up on IMDB. Not only does he have VERY little titles under his belt, and they are movies like Chicago (The Musical),Memoirs of a Geisha, Nine and couple of TV specials. Like..The FUCK?! This movie was doomed before it even got the greenlight.

That REALLY pissed me off. Anyway, it’s done. I sincerely hope there aren’t anymore.The franchise has lost its “Sea Legs” as it were.

Oh, I’d like to point out that I thought the 3D was really good. It didn’t “pop out” a lot, which is exactly what I want. It’s not supposed to be distracting. The way it was used in this movie, it only added that third dimension. It gave it more depth. It was only exploited on a few parts.

Also, the brightness was fine. Those dark parts were easy to see.

The movie is based on a fantasy novel from 1987 with the title “on stranger tides”. They basically took the plot of the book and injected it into pirates of the carribean. That’s why there are mermaids and zombies and voodoo and Blackbeard and so on.

Spoilers (and chips) ahoy.

I agree on a number of points, but there are some I disagree with. The mermaid attack was awesome. That whole sequence made the film for me, or at least brought it up to the point where I can at least say I liked it. Penelope wasn’t bad. Ian did a great job with Blackbeard… except Blackbeard didn’t seem to do much. As Miles said, he was primarily just barking orders.

The zombie thing didn’t really add much to the plot, but instead I wish they added more time fleshing out Blackbeard’s magic sword and how it controlled the ship.

I don’t mind the needless complications in the Pirates movies though. In fact, I rather enjoy it. I actually go into these movies wanting and expecting needless complication because it adds to the convoluted backstabbing and conflicting aims of the characters…. I’ll say it. The second movie was actually my favorite of the series so far. That said, I didn’t find this movie that complicated. Yes it was overwrought by exposition explaining the multitude of steps, but I thought it laid everything out nice and clear…. As for why it needed so much to be laid out however, I don’t know. Instead of the complications being a mesh of conflicting goals from a ton of characters, we just got a long list of stereo instructions. Not complicated, just… tedious at times.

Oh, and the ending was too predictable. The move by the Spanish was cool. I didn’t see that coming, but the damn cup thing was cliche. I would had preferred it if Blackbeard actually chose to sacrifice himself to save his daughter, only to have Jack effed it up because the cups were switched because he didn’t predict Blackbeard’s choosing to redeem himself. Screw Cruz being the villain. I’d rather have a Part 5 with Blackbeard going after Jack for (accidentally) killing his daughter. You want sequel bait? THAT would had work.

The still for this video tells me everything I need to know.  I love the both of you.

Anyways, yeah, it was riddled with flaws, but I certainly enjoyed it ten times more than Pirates 2 and 3 combined.  The lack of Will and Elizabeth alone made this movie worth thinking about, and hell yeah I’m going in for more of Barbossa!  He keeps stealing the show for me- even his one, two second cameo in Pirates 2 was more memorable than the rest of Jack’s shenigans, Liz’s wailing and Will’s… dullness… combined. 

Come Pirates 5, Barbossa just needs to commandeer the entire film franchise, simple as that. 

A few things I feel need to be cleared up (Mind you, I’ve yet to see Pirates 4):

1. Jack is not “kooky.” He is drunk and losing his mind, probably to syphilis or something like that. That’s his character, not some goofball (though he does come off that way at times).
2. Jack is not a hero. He IS an incidental character, because his role is NOT that of a hero, though he does occasionally do something heroic. He’s your every man, down on his luck, good at what he does but pushed around because of it. To label him a “hero” is to not examine his character fully.
3. Jack does have emotions. He does have reasons to live aside from self preservation, but he keeps it to himself. This shows the best when he is around a woman he seems interested in is around (See the Jack kissing Kate scene). My bet is that Jack does care about this trip to the fountain of youth, but to admit to it would be to admit that he has something he cares about, and if he cares about something, he’ll get yanked around again. Just watch the first 3 movies, the British just constantly used the things he wanted to control him. The only thing he outwardly says he wants is the Pearl, and only because it’s like his mother; He’s not about to just give her up.

Everything I need to know about Pirates 4 is summed up by the look on Spoony’s face on the above screenshot…

Did watch the review and it was more entertaining than any of the Pirates movies…

just never cared for any of them.

Enjoyed 4th movie and in regards to some of the plot points that you brought up. The Voodoo doll shows up in the after credit scene. Washes up on the island that Jack marooned Angelica on, she picks it up, and fades out with her smiling with Jack’s voodoo doll in hand. Also in regards to why Jack didn’t run off to the Queen Anne’s Revenge after being freed from the voodoo doll. They had Jack blindfolded when they took him ashore, and also Blackbeard took the magic compass from Jack.

Probably not going to see this one til its on Netflix, I didn’t expect it to be great. But I’ve been watching reviews.

You really need Elizabeth and Will in the first movie (though different actors could have possibly made them more interesting.) If it was just Jack sauntering around being a smarmy bastard it would get old really really fast. A character like that needs other more normal characters to play off of and annoy in order to be effective. He’s not meant to be a main hero, he’s meant to be a colorful character that the main heroes interact with.

The problem became the way the plot of the next two movies twisted and bent itself in half to awkwardly keep those two in the story. As far as I was concerned their story was done in movie 1 (though I will commend the second film for showing there was consequences for, you know, just letting Jack go) and they should have thrown Jack in with a new set of characters at that point.

As for Jack’s weird mannerisms and movements… I always figured he has no land legs. He’s on ships so much he’s overcooked from the sun and he can’t keep his balance on land. I’m thinking that was perhaps Depp’s intention in the first movie. 

That movie was crap. 
Jack is the same character he was in the first.  There has been no character development through 4 films.  He just prances through the films without any plot or direction.   It goes from one random fight to another, with little actual story, just excuses for action. On top of that the action is done in  the dark.
Jack is not the hero of this movie.  He just falls through it without actually making choices or doing anything involved in the plot.
Without spoilers, I will say that there are some terrible plot holes and points that never get resolved. 
Skip this and watch something better.

Hurray for summer vlogs!

I saw this movie today, and I’ll just give my brief review.

In regards to the plot point about Jack returning to the Revenge after jumping the cliff, Blackbeard had Jack blindfolded until they were well on shore, and Blackbeard had Jack’s compass at that time.  So quite simply, the reason Jack didn’t return to the ship is simply because he couldn’t.

Now, I’ve been a fan of the “Pirates” franchise since day one.  But I admit, I enjoyed a few aspects of this movie.  The acting to me, seemed solid.  It was fun seeing Ian McShane as Blackbeard, I thought him and Cruz did a good job.  I loved Geoffrey Rush as Barbossa and the hammy personality he brings him.  The sets and special effects, to me were good.  Certainly looked more believeable than the Nuketown that “Thor” took place in.  The premise of the story seemed promising enough.  And some of the battle scenes were good.

After this movie, I had a few things bothering me.  First of all, the final battle scene was very anticlimactic and the fallout of that scene was rather predictable.  I thought the pacing, unlike “Thor,” was good, considering the amount of story that they had to go through in the timeframe of the film.  It took me a while to figure out what else bothered me until I saw this vlog.  Johnny Depp (who I feel did a decent job as Sparrow) proved to be relatively unnecessary.  I wasn’t bothered by the “how did they know to do this” schtick.  I just simply rolled with it, and tried not to make a big deal, but a couple of things stood out.  First, the zombies, they are not explained, we don’t see the zombification process.  Second, the mermaids in this movie, they are vampire-mermaids with Scorpion “Get over here powers,” which I admit, found to be awesome.  Third, the romance between the Religious dude and the mermaid, while more believable than Thor/Jane, was just there for the sake of moving the story forward.  Fourth, the complex plot, with all these parties heading to the fountain, Jack not having clear motives for the fountain itself.

I feel this move would have been a lot better if this movie promoted Rush as the protagonist instead of Sparrow.  And this was simply a revenge story against Blackbeard.

Overall, I went in with a few expectations, and they were met.  As long as I’m entertained in some way, a movie is good for me.  Overall, I give “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides” a 3.5/5.  This movie slightly entertained me more than “Thor” did.  However, the only other film I saw this year I found to be far better, and that was “The Source Code.”  Will this movie be for everyone?  No.  If you like adventure movies or a fan of the series, you might find some entertainment. I think this movie is, at least, worth a rent upon release.  I hope this is at least helpful.

(sorry if there are spoilers, but then again the vlog had quite a few in it) Once again I noticed that Spoony didn’t mention the stinger after the credits…We should all realize now that the Pirates movies have stingers at the end. Mostly I would agree with Spoony and Captain M (that’s what I call Miles) 4 was better than 3 but not quite as good as the first. Really if you think about it. Barbossa is the hero in this one – he hasn’t been a villain since the first movie. Personally, I think that the Will and Elizabeth story should have ended after the first movie. We could have done without the awkward forced love triangle between them and Jack. The zombies are not undead, they are the kind that have no free will (there is more than one kind of zombie – don’t let Hollywood lie to you) To me, Barbossa’s character was a bit off, but you can see it as him loathing the fact that he’s working for the king and not a free pirate as he once was. I thought it was a pretty good scene between he and Jack tied up. Personally I didn’t really find Black Beard all that threatening (mainly visually) he was completely off his rocker and I really love Ian MacShane’s performance, but he didn’t seem like Black Beard to me. Off course it’s hard to buy Black Beard being in this movie just for the
shear historical fact that he died 30 years before this movie takes
place (a fact Jack mentions in the movie – they may not put a date on them but if you know anything about history it isn’t hard to guess) I did love Black Beard’s reveal tho. That’s one thing this movie definitely has over #3. I hated Barbossa’s entrance in World’s End, how he just stepped down the stairs (as opposed to the great reveal of him coming down the stairs at the end of Dead Man’s Chest) his entrance in Stranger Tides was great. 
Things that bothered me (contains spoilers): I would have liked to actually see the fight between Queen Anne’s Revenge and the Black Pearl rather than just Barbossa recounting it. What happened to the priest and the mermaid? What’s the deal with the Sword of Triton (Black Beard’s Sword)? How could Gibbs have possibly had enough time to memorize EVERY chart on the turning map? How come Jack is too stupid to do that when he’s had it for much longer? I hate waffling villains (either kill the mermaid or don’t. Why are you threatening to kill the mermaid you just spent 2 days lugging through the woods? (who’s tear you desperately need) How did Ponce De Leon’s Ship get up there? How come it didn’t sway when Jack was climbing inside? (big spoiler – sorry) If the Spanish were just going to destroy the chalices, why didn’t they do so when they had possession of them (for at least a day)? Why were the Spanish speaking English in Spain? How come saying Aqua De Vida opens the portal to the fountain? Did it have to be in Spanish? Couldn’t he just say Water Of Life? Does this mean that the Spanish made the fountain? If so why are they trying to destroy it? How can Angelica (penelope Cruz) not see that Black Beard has intended to sacrifice her from the get go? (It was painfully obvious to me) The flag that the lieutenant holds up is period incorrect. The British flag at the time did not have the red diagonal lines. (By the way have you noticed that he was the same Lieutenant from the other 3 films as well?) Does Scrum know or doesn’t know that Angelica is parading as Jack? He calls her M’lady, but then later seems like he was shanghaied as well. Where did Jack’s coat and hat go? How come no one noticed that he was disguised as the judge? No naval Battle! Barbossa should have fired on the Spanish anyway. Who the hell is the Spanish Commander? (not the actor the character) How did the Spanish get to the Fountain? How did the priest get out of the fountain? Just how many entrances are there? (At least 3) How could the mermaid tell that the priest was different than the other sailors? we can clearly see that she grabs him right from the off when they attack. What provoked the mermaid attack on Barbossa’s ship? How come if the Spanish left first, they were behind Barbossa’s ship? Who the hell was the drifter? and why did he have ponce de leon’s diary? Again why are the villains mistreating the people they NEED (Jack and the Mermaid) Who spread the rumors of Jack finding the fountain? If disguising like Jack was supposed to be a trap for him, how was it supposed to work? He didn’t even know about it until Gibbs told him. If you are pursuing someone, why put your gun and sword down on a table? Why are the coachmen continuing to drive whilst Jack is standing atop the carriages? Does this sort of thing happen often enough that it goes unnoticed? How did Jack get his “piece of eight” back? How did Jack get to London? How can a ship have flamethrowers? The music was canned. Except for the new themes for this movie, all of the music sounded like they just played the soundtracks for 2 and 3 over the scenes. seemed out of place. Hans Zimmer really phoned this one in. CG snake – when using real snakes of course it is more prudent to use the non-venomous one, however since it is a CG snake go ahead and color it like the poisonous one! Makes no sense. Why would you tell Black Beard, the most feared of pirates, that you are the one who deflowered his daughter? Waffling character motivations. The only person who is consistent is Barbossa. Black Beard just happened to have an extra set of Barbossa’s clothes on board. If the ropes come completely off of the blocks, doesn’t that make it impossible to sail? Anyone can use the sword of Triton? Damn they should have just tried to steal it during the mutiny. The Spanish just let Barbossa walk away. is the Pearl’s crew still alive inside the bottle? Oops I’ve really gone on too long. Trust me there are more things I could bring up.
Things I liked: Barbossa – he kind of had an Ahab thing going on, Ian McShane (even though I couldn’t really see Black Beard in him) Jack is funny as always. Penelope Cruz is hot. Mermaids are hot. No awkward forced romance – I know there’s something between the preist and the mermaid (meh, I’ll buy it) as well as Jack and Angelica, but it seems like honest lust and not gushy love. No Will or Elizabeth. the psych-kiss :) jack’s reveal. the action bits (what little there were) the locations were amazing as always. I don’t want to go on any longer than I already have. I enjoyed this movie (even though I mentioned a lot I had problems with. Believe me that’s nothing compared to my list for #3. Besides Ninja can whomp Pirate butts any day…what about Pirate Ninjas or Ninja Pirates…hmm…

Great video Spoony and Captain M, can’t wait for your further adventures in movies
 

Jacob Dunning wrote: “the mermaids in this movie, they are vampire-mermaids with Scorpion “Get over here powers,”

I don’t know what “Scorpion powers” are, but you do have heard about Sirens, yes? The beastie from Greek mythology, often pictured as a mermaid with fish tail, who lures sailors to their doom, or sometimes pictured as a harpie, a female body with bird wings instead of arms.

This review was a heck of a lot better than the Thor review!  You two work off each other well and I feel like I’ve gotten a better ‘feel’ of the movie, almost as if I watched the movie myself and thoroughly analyzed it.  Though this was a great review, I’d love to see you two with this kind of energy at odds with one another.

Spoony, what happened to X-2, may it be that you finally gave up to playing final fantasy’s sequalized sequal?

Your Jack impression is uncanny. And impromptu no less. I have no meaningful input to add. Never the less I just wanted to say I haven’t seen it yet, but the way you were talking about how complicated the quest is has me thinking it would fit perfectly as an Ultima expansion.

I find it funny how the reviewers liked the series’ installments that had more of what they admitted to dislike than what they stated as their favorite elements. Indeed, the “I don’t know what I want” speech dropped at around five-six minutes into the video sums it up nicely.

Initially, I too thought I liked Jack Sparrow alone out of these films. But after the third one and the looming threat of the absence of characters that actually do drive the movie’s plots, I knew I was making a mistake. Might’ve been better to have kept Jack dead after the second movie. The second movie in particular has many instances where Jack Sparrow becomes a very inactive character(do I even have to mention the locker scene re-introducing Jack and the Pearl in the third movie?). Spoony stated that Will and Elizabeth stifled the plot; I challenge that and propose it was Jack Sparrow actually. As is evident with their criticism of this most recent film.

Jack Sparrow as the only main character was a foolish mistake. You were seduced by the allure and now you’re paying the price. Maybe you liked it, that is fortunate for you. =D

Ummm….What is that thingy youre waving around? XD
 

You wan’t a pure pirate movie, i want a viking movie that isn’t about Aliens or Sea Monsters n’ shit. 

Not that I’m trying to justify this movie, but wasn’t it pretty much established that Jack isn’t very good with a sword?

You know Pirates 3 had a budget of over $1 billion? 
Pirates 4 had a budget of only $200 million? 
 
Let’s face it, Pirates 4 was a cash-in.  Damned pirates; they’re everywhere!!

  A little about the character of Jack Sparrow that I’ve noticed throughout all four films. Part of the appeal of “Captain” Jack Sparrow is that he has a massive backstory that is left untold. We get little snippets but are never told the whole story. We do know that Captain Teage is his dad, that he received his compass from Tia Dalma (Calypso), that he made a deal with Davy Jones to resurrect the Black Pear, that on his initial voyage he was mutinied and marooned by his first mate – Hector Barbossa, he was found by an East India Co. vessel most likely commanded by Cutler Beckett – their dialogue suggests this, we know that somehow he befriended Joshamee Gibbs – after the Mutiny aboard the Pearl and after Gibbs left the Royal Navy but before the events of the movie, we know that Jack borrowed Anamaria’s boat and sailed it to Port Royal in Jamaica where it promptly sank, and we know that Jack is almost always inebriated in some way even though he has been cutting back in PotC3 and 4. We can also guess that the many charges listed every time he is about to be hanged are also true, since he relishes as they are called out.
  While he may not show it, he is concerned with the safety of those around him – particularly Gibbs, Will, Elizabeth, Angelica and even Barbossa to a lesser extent – we can see that in their character developing dialogue scenes. Jack has prowess with a sword, with guns, and he has a quick witted and cunning mind; however, he often tries to move the situation toward a more peaceful solution – i.e, he only actually (indirectly) kills the villains: Barbossa, Davy Jones, Black Beard usually via someone else, and he will often go out of his way to make sure everyone is safe – of course he’s too proud to ever admit that. Jack is a pacifist at heart, but he loves swash buckling, sailing, and stealing. Jack loves the freedom that a pirate’s life holds, and he shies away from anything that represents oppression – the Crown, the Navy, or just generally being forced to do something for someone else.
  While his motivations are unclear, he often attempts to do the right thing, but on his own he doesn’t usually succeed. It’s a lack of confidence in himself. If he thinks too much on what he’s going to do he starts to have doubts – this is why he will go back and forth on whether he actually wants to do something; however when he does something sporadically without any forethought other than “I need to go here”, he typically succeeds. When he is working with someone else he is at his best (the scenes with he and Will or he and Barbossa) And at his worst is when he’s alone and has no idea what to do.
  Many times it seems that he keeps himself in the drunken stupor so that he doesn’t have to face the reality of a situation; although we can see him shift into what I like to call “serious Jack” on a whim. Serious Jack is when he is not bumbling around, he is upright, courageous, confident, inspirational, and determined. There are also solemn moments where he is serious, he usually only shows this side to Barbossa – their relationship can be a dissertation in itself. All in all, Jack Sparrow is a complex, well-written character, and Johnny Depp portrays him perfectly.

In PotC4 Jack fell into a slump of not having anyone to work with. There’s even a joke when he’s explaining Ponce De Leon’s ship, but realizes he’s alone – he’s so used to having someone else there. When he teams up with Barbossa, he really shines through, but due to the plot they must work separately throughout most of the movie. I have a feeling that when the navy arrived at White Cap Bay and saw the demolished tower both Gibbs and Barbossa were thinking “Yep, Jack’s been here.” One thing that I felt that I shouldn’t have to mention but many people seem to not notice is that there are 6 returning characters if you exclude the monkey and Cotton’s parrot: Jack, Barbossa, Gibbs, Teage, and the two navy lieutenants. People seem to forget the latter when counting. I really liked the movie, but it seemed like stuff was cut out. I think they should have just explained the fountain and chalices once and been done with it. How did the priest know the mermaid’s name? Otherwise his outburst of “She has a name!” is really, really stupid. Ian McShane portrayed Black Beard amazingly, but I wish more of his mystique was explained. I’ve already spoken about Barbossa in an earlier post. And I’ve gone on long again. Not as long as the one where I listed many of the problems I had, but still.
As always I enjoy the movie vlogs with Spoony and Captain M.
Will you guys be seeing Green Lantern? X-Men First Class? Transformers3? – you guys saw the other 2 and vlogged about them so you have to go 3/3.

I am in the opinion that if you try to make sense of the plot, you will not obe able to enjoy the the movie. I chose to turn my attention to Jack Sparrow’s antics and the personalities of the more interesting characters. I personally liked the jokes in this movie;  Jack dressing up as judge, the English being shot by a Spainard after declaring the Fountain of Youth is theirs in a most melodramatic manner, Penelope Cruz claiming that she was pregnant were some of my favourite scenes. 

That being said I think the script could be better. Jack Sparrow telling Penelope Cruz that “I know you aren’t like that, this isn’t the person I know you to be… etc.” was most un-Jack Sparrowish. Barbossa snarling an unnecessary ”You fool” after Gibbs burnt the map was most un-Barbossish. Blackbeard not making any attempt to kill the clergyman whenever he and him are in the same scene is most unlike Blackbeard. It gives me the impression that their personalities are not consistent at times.

I’ve got to disagree with Miles here; Jack Sparrow in “The Curse Of The Black Pearl” was not meant to be the comic relief. He’s a great pirate who keeps everyone thinking that he’s crazy/stupid/foolish when the reality is that he’s always one step ahead of everyone. That’s what made him a great character and why he is so compelling.

The problem is that, from “Dead Man’s Chest” right up to the new film, Sparrow has been reduced to the fool who thinks he’s a great pirate. These films aren’t going to get any better until the writers realise what made Captain Jack so compelling in the first place and stop this portrayal they’ve gone with for the last two flicks of Jack as the moron.

I thought this movie was better than the second and thiird movies in the series, but not as good as the first film.  The one thing that I carried away from the films was the soundtrack.  The two songs: main theme and london chase were playing in my head for next two days.  Good thing about this film was Jack Sparrow and pirates were the main point instead of a annoying romance from the previous 2 films.  The bad points were the subplot points that were included unnecessarily, dropped, or not explained.  This film is much better than “Thor”.

Spoony does an amazing Captain Jack. He should use that voice more.

I felt from the start that making Jack the main character would be a mistake. Elizabeth and Will were annoying but I think it would be better to make another straight man in a completely different style (maybe someone like Norrington in Dead Man’s Chest) then to put Jack in the protagonist role. He’s a clever rogue character and trying to make him the main character just hurts what made him interesting in the first place.

You probably won’t read this, but have any of you guys ever noticed that whenever Spoony does a vlog with Miles that Spoony always steals the spotlight from Miles? It’s like, every time Miles starts to say something, Spoony has to make a long elaboration that basically just repeats what Miles has said in a more convoluted and unnecessary way. Now, the only reason I wanted to point this out was mostly because… if you watch Miles you notice that he get’s really agitated every time Spoony interrupts him. Now, I’m not saying that I don’t love Spoony’s view of movies, but I can’t help but feel sorry for Miles at the same time. I just thought I’d point this out so that maybe Spoony will read this and be a little bit more generous with the spotlight in later vlogs. 

jack sparrow is a bad ass … so the film is awesome … the end … 

Hi Spoony. I’ve watched this movie in 3D (unfortunately…) and at least in the 3D version they compensated the effect of the 3D-glasses by raising the bright of the whole movie. At least it was watchable… 

The reason they put Mermaids in here.. is that is the new fad. We have done Werewolves, Zombies, and Vampires (Oh god have we done vampires) and now the books and movies will be about mermaids so they likely added mermaids to go ‘Hey look we have those too!’

im on a boat motha fucka