Vlog 5-23-11 – Pirates of the Caribbean 4

Spoony | May 23 2011 | more | 
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  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jesse-Vaillancourt/507894169 Jesse Vaillancourt

     first!!!

  • Anonymous

    Not First

  • http://www.facebook.com/DylanSnow42 Dylan Snow

     Especially not first.

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jesse-Vaillancourt/507894169 Jesse Vaillancourt

       aww  what the? lol  there was no posts when i posted it  or when i refreshed until now?  damn you internet!!!

      • http://www.facebook.com/DylanSnow42 Dylan Snow

         First to point out that you were actually first.

  • Anonymous

    Explanations:

    The fountain of Youth was created by God during an off week just because.
    The silver Goblets were made by the Spaniard who actually discovered the fountain of youth. He confided this information to Juan Ponce Dillon, his only friend. Juan then killed him and destroyed all record of his friend’s existence, ensuring that he would receive sole credit.

    After making his great discovery, Juan found that something was missing from the eternal youth potion. Since he was a Sadist who got off by Torturing captured mermaids, he decided to add her tears and see what happened. Though that was after trying several other liquids.

    …There, can I write part of the next move now?

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jesse-Vaillancourt/507894169 Jesse Vaillancourt

      wait…    what kind of liquids? lol   

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jesse-Vaillancourt/507894169 Jesse Vaillancourt

      wait…    what kind of liquids? lol   

  • Anonymous

    Explanations:

    The fountain of Youth was created by God during an off week just because.
    The silver Goblets were made by the Spaniard who actually discovered the fountain of youth. He confided this information to Juan Ponce Dillon, his only friend. Juan then killed him and destroyed all record of his friend’s existence, ensuring that he would receive sole credit.

    After making his great discovery, Juan found that something was missing from the eternal youth potion. Since he was a Sadist who got off by Torturing captured mermaids, he decided to add her tears and see what happened. Though that was after trying several other liquids.

    …There, can I write part of the next move now?

  • Anonymous

    Explanations:

    The fountain of Youth was created by God during an off week just because.
    The silver Goblets were made by the Spaniard who actually discovered the fountain of youth. He confided this information to Juan Ponce Dillon, his only friend. Juan then killed him and destroyed all record of his friend’s existence, ensuring that he would receive sole credit.

    After making his great discovery, Juan found that something was missing from the eternal youth potion. Since he was a Sadist who got off by Torturing captured mermaids, he decided to add her tears and see what happened. Though that was after trying several other liquids.

    …There, can I write part of the next move now?

  • Anonymous

    Yo Ho.

  • http://www.facebook.com/octopodesrex Jacob Elias Land

    I love the still for this review, it’s Spoony rather wild-eyed and Miles just giving this sidelong “WTF” look to him. I wonder if he does that a lot? I know I do that to my brother.

  • http://www.facebook.com/octopodesrex Jacob Elias Land

    I love the still for this review, it’s Spoony rather wild-eyed and Miles just giving this sidelong “WTF” look to him. I wonder if he does that a lot? I know I do that to my brother.

  • Anonymous

    The first one was a great movie, in fact it could stand alone by itself with no need for sequals.  It ended in a way that could have been THE END.  The second movie I didn’t care for, it seemed to be running around inventing crazy sub-plots left and right.   I liked the third movie better then the second.  It connected the sub-plots, and seemed to be in a much larger scale.  Orlando bloom getting stabbed.. that’s all I need to say. 

  • Anonymous

    The first one was a great movie, in fact it could stand alone by itself with no need for sequals.  It ended in a way that could have been THE END.  The second movie I didn’t care for, it seemed to be running around inventing crazy sub-plots left and right.   I liked the third movie better then the second.  It connected the sub-plots, and seemed to be in a much larger scale.  Orlando bloom getting stabbed.. that’s all I need to say. 

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Omnikus-Schlotter/100000373849732 Omnikus Schlotter

    I always saw Jack as the protagonist. 

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1506378338 Jesse Franciskovic

    honestly, get over the whole first bullshit, spoony i enjoyed your review, keep miles in the loop, it makes thing more interesting having a second opinon, much like ebert and roper.

  • Ceherz

    the thing about black beard turning his back on barbossa at the end reminded me of True Grit (a movie that was claimed to be a masterpiece btw.). i just really hate that movie cliché. somebody seeks revenge or really wants to kill someone else. this person lies in front of him – defenseless and for some bullshit reason the other person seeking revenge turns his back on him. I couldnt get over that in true grit either. it’s just beyond painful to watch when in the next scene “all of a sudden” the bad guy sneaks up on his back – big shocker.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Garrett-Aja/860745506 Garrett Aja

    Will Turner is like Luke Skywalker in that he needed to be seriously maimed (or killed, if you want to get technical) to not be a whiny little snot. Elizabeth is the more interesting of the two, and even I was tired of her by the middle of the third film. Tighter editing of the second and third movies could have done wonders for everyone’s opinions of them, IMO.

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jesse-Vaillancourt/507894169 Jesse Vaillancourt

      i agree with everything you said,  except that will turner is like luke skywalker lol.  not only because i find the two names look weird together in a sentence, but will turner was still a whiny douche. that and i hate his face, but yeah, i do agree also that he needs to be maimed in some way. not sure thats what you meant :P   i completely agree though with everything else! peace

  • Anonymous

    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.

  • Anonymous

    Good morning, Spoony and fellow Spooners.

    So basically, this movie has the plot of a point-and-click adventure from the 90s?  Thanks for the heads-up.

    • http://twitter.com/Count_daniel Daniel van Tran

       Yeah but the point and click games in the 90s were actually pretty good, so thats not really a good statement.

      • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jesse-Vaillancourt/507894169 Jesse Vaillancourt

        so its a 2000 and up point and click adventure game that you’d find in a 2 for 9.99 bin at walmart? or on the DS… stupid Hotel Dusk Room 215…  whoa.. look at all these ellipses, I could totally write for The ultimate warrior.

      • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jesse-Vaillancourt/507894169 Jesse Vaillancourt

        so its a 2000 and up point and click adventure game that you’d find in a 2 for 9.99 bin at walmart? or on the DS… stupid Hotel Dusk Room 215…  whoa.. look at all these ellipses, I could totally write for The ultimate warrior.

  • http://www.facebook.com/octopodesrex Jacob Elias Land

     Did Miles go falsetto for a second?

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/George-Rosenbaum/100001387887487 George Rosenbaum

     Dude, this site has some weird advertisements.

    WTF is Cock Robin, and why does it involve a chained foot? I would click it myself, but God knows what kind of Trojan/Spyware/Rootkit it would poison me with.

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jesse-Vaillancourt/507894169 Jesse Vaillancourt

      LOL  right now  its a picture of some kid looking up a womans skirt with a caption saying “I am too curious?” wtf is this advertisement for?  i’d click it  but i keep getting distracted by the giant tits at the top of the page.

  • Michael Mazzacane

    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. 

  • Michael Mazzacane

    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. 

  • http://www.facebook.com/CountZeroOr Alexander Case

    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.

  • Anonymous

    I have to say, I liked Pirates 4, despite its flaws… it’s certainly a hell of a lot better than 3. In fact, I said to my friend as we watched it, that if 3 didn’t exist and it set up from Dead Man’s Chest directly to Stranger Tides, people would have a much higher opinion of the *trilogy* instead of the 4 movie mess everyone seems to be doing these days. I admit, Spoony, you have a lot of good points about things that are off with the movie (I too noticed the point-and-click similarities), but I have to say, at the very least they put together a decent movie; not the kind you’d own but the kind it’s nice to see at least once in the theater, or rental.

  • Anonymous

     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.

  • Anonymous

    I really enjoyed this movie. I think its saving grace was excluding Will and Elizabeth. They sucked after the first movie.  So glad they weren’t in this one.

    I formed that opinion myself, before being influenced by views of Spoony or others. Don’t call me unoriginal.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/John-Barber/100000376206266 John Barber

    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..

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Carlos-Nelson-Sandoval/1841694349 Carlos Nelson Sandoval

     I got to admit, your Jack impression is spot on.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Thomas-Soares/100002202390591 Thomas Soares

     What is that needle looking thing Spoony’s holding?

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_LFKKYG2L5YEVCMDFV2K2TDYYYA Aidan

    The voodoo doll’s in the after credits scene. You might want to turn down the volume
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cL5S4xiF4-A&feature=player_detailpage#t=15s

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Michael-Blayney/683346875 Michael Blayney

    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

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Michael-Blayney/683346875 Michael Blayney

    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

  • Anonymous

    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.

    • Anonymous

       Cut in half?  The movie cost $250 million–I doubt the budget was $500 million at any time.

  • Anonymous

    Looks like I won’t be seeing this movie. The first one was great, I didn’t mind the second and third ones but they really do get bogged down by subplot after subplot. I may pirate this film or something, but I’m certainly not going to pay full admission price for it.

  • Anonymous

    Looks like I won’t be seeing this movie. The first one was great, I didn’t mind the second and third ones but they really do get bogged down by subplot after subplot. I may pirate this film or something, but I’m certainly not going to pay full admission price for it.

  • Anonymous

    Looks like I won’t be seeing this movie. The first one was great, I didn’t mind the second and third ones but they really do get bogged down by subplot after subplot. I may pirate this film or something, but I’m certainly not going to pay full admission price for it.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Niles-Butler-Walsh/100000213456693 Niles Butler-Walsh

    I’ve hated every film from the start personally, think Jack Sparrow was a career low for Depp, self indulgent, out of control, desperately in need of a competant director to tell him to stop being so stupid and start acting. I certainly agree that the 3rd film was especially terrible though I think On Stranger Tides was the best for me because it was the shortest, big points go to it for dropping Orlando Bland and Keira Knightly and getting rid of Gore Verbinski aswell, and I did like Ian McShane a bit. The film seemed to have a real lack of enthusiasm which bugged me but I guess that’s better than having enthusiasm for utter shit, past that it was just dull, nothing more, nothing less.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Niles-Butler-Walsh/100000213456693 Niles Butler-Walsh

    I’ve hated every film from the start personally, think Jack Sparrow was a career low for Depp, self indulgent, out of control, desperately in need of a competant director to tell him to stop being so stupid and start acting. I certainly agree that the 3rd film was especially terrible though I think On Stranger Tides was the best for me because it was the shortest, big points go to it for dropping Orlando Bland and Keira Knightly and getting rid of Gore Verbinski aswell, and I did like Ian McShane a bit. The film seemed to have a real lack of enthusiasm which bugged me but I guess that’s better than having enthusiasm for utter shit, past that it was just dull, nothing more, nothing less.

  • Anonymous

    I’ve been saying it since the first trailer; there are two reasons to go see this movie: sexy mermaids and Ian McShane. Even Depp didn’t look on top form from the snippets given in trailers.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Troels-Petersen/100000078540448 Troels Petersen

    This movie is more complicated than an Ultima quest

  • Anonymous

    Thats a really good Jack impression

  • Anonymous

    Thats a really good Jack impression

  • http://twitter.com/FinnishPhenom Mikko Laurinen

     I think you’re working under a misconception that zombies are undead here. I assumed they are the Caribbean voodoo zombies, more brain-washed, mindless slaves, less brain-devouring walking dead.

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Niles-Butler-Walsh/100000213456693 Niles Butler-Walsh

      There was a line like “Blackbeard can re-animate the dead” when the zombies were first introduced, never explained further of course but oh well.

  • Anonymous

    I saw it and except for the 3D gimmick (and in case I haven’t said it enough, I HATE THIS 3D MOVIES CRAZE), I really liked it. It was a step up from No.3 in my opinion and it manages to show some interesting characters who WEREN’T Jack Sparrow.

    Look I love the Sparrow character, but I’m always grateful to have a rounded cast of interesting people.

  • http://twitter.com/KatKaleen KatKaleen

    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.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/David-Guthman/500543755 David Guthman

    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.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/David-Guthman/500543755 David Guthman

    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.

  • Anonymous

    You know what kind of bothered me?  Blackbeard’s power to control his ship.  We see Barbossa do it with Blackbeard’s sword, so it turns out that Blackbeard isn’t special at all.  Any schmuck with the sword can do it.

    Also, the cups say “Aqua Vida.”  That’s Spanish?  They’re doing it wrong.  The first word should be AGUA.

    Also, when the mermaid grew legs when she went to land, I really thought that the pirates would think that she’s no longer a mermaid, and just shoot her because now she’s useless.  This didn’t happen.  In fact, the pirates didn’t react to this at all.

    That said, this movie kicked the third movie’s ass by a lot.

    • Anonymous

      Pretty sure the engraving on the cups was Latin, not Spanish

      • Anonymous

        If that were the case, then it would be “vita,” rather than “vida.”

        Whichever language it is, at least one word is wrong.

    • Anonymous

      Pretty sure the engraving on the cups was Latin, not Spanish

  • Anonymous

    I don’t need to see the movie, I can seriously have so much more fun watching Spoony impersonate it. 

    Really, I have become so cynical toward movies and TV shows these days, that people like Spoony, Doug, Brad and others have actually become my regular video entertainment.  Can’t exactly flip on Comedy Central these days and expect something good to be on, and you sure as Hell can’t go to a movie theater without feeling robbed out of your money a majority of the time, and Penn & Teller: Bullshit! is no longer being made, so my choices with my tastes are increasingly limited.

    Thankfully, here I get entertaining character and personality I need to keep me amused!  The thought of a 4th Pirates movie just had me feeling…well, next to nothing really, I didn’t even care enough to be cynical toward it, just apathetic (and “I just didn’t care” seems to be a common reaction to the movie anyway, so I guess my immediate feelings, or lack of, were right), but the thought of Brad or Spoony talking about the movie, NOW I’m interested! 

    And it’s always fun to see Miles in the reviews as well, although I kept expecting Spoony to stab him here.  Really, that thing was kind of scary.

    • http://twitter.com/DieDissonanz Barry

      “Really, I have become so cynical toward movies and TV shows these
      days, that people like Spoony, Doug, Brad and others have actually
      become my regular video entertainment.”

      That’s very sad, because you’re basically saying that you’ll take everything Spoony & Doug say for granted. Basically you’re giving away your chance to have an own opinion. Not every movie is great nowadays, but they’re still more entertaining than watching hour-long vlogs.

      • Anonymous

        Oh, I do have my own opinions, I’m just cynical as Hell when it comes to new stuff these days, especially when spending money is concerned.  I’m definitely a “I’ll wait for video” kind of guy, as well as a “meh, I’ll just watch an older movie I haven’t got around to yet” (which is something I should do more often, since it upsets me I only saw Re-Animator for the first time a year ago).  And as I said, it’s all about *my* tastes.  Just any old cheap crap won’t do, which is why I don’t watch Family Guy anymore, but rather watch the original stuff that Family Guy is taking from (the roots of the references).  I like character and personality, like a good comedian or an old Warner Brothers cartoon.  Every time I watch a big-budget CG movie, it almost always makes me want to watch George Carlin or a Daffy Duck classic instead.

        It’s all about preference, the stuff I like personally is just harder for me to find these days.  One of the drawbacks of being a picky 80′s kid.  When I need something *new* and with character and personality, stuff where I can just sit back, shut up, and enjoy, that’s the stuff I can’t find as easily as I used to.  But thanks to the internet, any goofball can get on the screen and have fun, and sometimes, those goofballs are fun people you just can’t find on TV.  And you don’t have censors or executive douchebags telling people what they can and can’t do.

        I’m just not the kind of guy who feels like I should have to settle for the standard tripe in entertainment today.  I like looking past the crap to find the stuff that’s actually fun to me.  If I don’t like something on TV, I turn it off and watch an internet personality.  If I don’t like the latest jump-scare bimbo-fest “horror” movie in theaters, I just don’t go see it and watch Hellraiser or Candyman instead.  I hate reality shows, so I watch Penn & Teller: Bullshit! or Moral Orel to get a nice dose of reality in TV.  Or Hell, I even go out and have a walk.

        So that’s all.  Just preference.  And since I’m a masochist, and a MST3K fan, I will watch those “lesser” movies with the hopes that I can find fun with how bad they are.  Hell, I actually enjoyed Doom because of that approach (The Rock on John Stewart helped too!).  If I can care enough about a movie to hate it, I can have fun with it and end up liking it.  I just don’t want to spend much money on it, heh.

  • Anonymous

     I guess that is the problem with the script. Orlando Bloom and Kiera Knightly had to do the boring part of the movie, all that character development and shit, while Sparrow and Barbarossa got the interesting stuff and scene stealing performances.

  • Anonymous

     I guess that is the problem with the script. Orlando Bloom and Kiera Knightly had to do the boring part of the movie, all that character development and shit, while Sparrow and Barbarossa got the interesting stuff and scene stealing performances.

  • Anonymous

    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.

    • Anonymous

      I’d have to completely disagree about the dark parts in 3D. You could still follow what was happening in 3D but the difference without the glasses was (pardon the pun) like night & day. Without the glasses you had a much clearer image with brighter colours. Watching the dark/night scenes with the 3D glasses was like someone smeared a load of vaseline over the camera lens. 

      The 3D didn’t ‘pop’ as they hardly used it except at specific points. When I removed the glasses for the dark scenes I noticed the blurred 3D images only on a few occasions which to me suggested that they used 3D intermittently.

      • Anonymous

        Oh, I didn’t mean the dark parts weren’t DARK. I’m just saying it was easy to follow everything despite the lack of brightness, so it wasn’t a big problem to me. What I wish they did with these 3D movies, however, is up the brightness if that’s a possibility. I remember when I saw Resident Evil 4 in 3D; THAT was some dark shit, even during day.

        And I don’t know. I didn’t remove my glasses for long periods, but I did remove them for brief moments every now and then to see how it looked without. There was always some level of blurring going on there, as far as I could tell. Just not a lot. Which, again, is what I want.

        I’m okay with disagreeing, though.

    • Anonymous

      I’d have to completely disagree about the dark parts in 3D. You could still follow what was happening in 3D but the difference without the glasses was (pardon the pun) like night & day. Without the glasses you had a much clearer image with brighter colours. Watching the dark/night scenes with the 3D glasses was like someone smeared a load of vaseline over the camera lens. 

      The 3D didn’t ‘pop’ as they hardly used it except at specific points. When I removed the glasses for the dark scenes I noticed the blurred 3D images only on a few occasions which to me suggested that they used 3D intermittently.

  • Anonymous

    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.

  • Anonymous

    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.

  • http://twitter.com/DieDissonanz Barry

    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.

    • Curtis Labow

      No Mermaids in the book

    • Curtis Labow

      No Mermaids in the book

  • http://twitter.com/DieDissonanz Barry

    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.

  • Anonymous

    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.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=50312966 Stacey LeBlanc

    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. 

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=50312966 Stacey LeBlanc

    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. 

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=50312966 Stacey LeBlanc

    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. 

  • http://www.facebook.com/brianlemur Thrian Bering

    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.

  • http://www.facebook.com/brianlemur Thrian Bering

    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.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Zap-Rowsdower/100000068402682 Zap Rowsdower

    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.

  • http://twitter.com/bijankarim Bijan Karim

    Review Fast Five!

  • Alpha_Ryvius

    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.

  • http://twitter.com/TheDVDGrouch Joel Daly

    The biggest problem I had with this movie was splitting up Jack & Gibbs at the very beginning. Those two always work best together and I felt the movie suffered for it. Also was I the only person who felt the movie had no real villain? Black Beard never did anything really evil, The Spanish only came in at the end & Barbossa i just to dam likable.

  • http://www.saisasylum.com/ Sai

    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. 

    • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_MCK6CIYZ2C55FES3NW4BAOTG4E Christina

      I have no yet seen the movie, but I will. I hope I find a theater who runs it in 2D.

      Sai wrote: “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.”

      Precisely. Jack Sparrow is a protagonist, but NOT a hero. He’s an anti-hero. He’s an alcoholic and sociopath. He is amusing, but what Spoony said: Hack Sparrow himself has no drive. If he was the only protagonist, he’d just end up in a tavern marinating his brain in rum and making eccentric comments.

      Sai wrote: “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.”

      I feel I must disagree here. While the first movie could stand alone (just as Star WArs: A New Hope could have stood alone) and PotC 2 and 3 were basically one movie in two parts, elements that became important for Will’s story arc in the second movie were hinted at in the first movie, like the mention of Davy Jones, the pirates talking about Will’s father Bootstrap Bill, and the first movie only gave hints why exactly Jack keeps insisting that the Black Pearl is this ship and why he doesn’t just steal another ship.

      Once you had Bootstrap Bill appear in movie 2 it was clear that Will’s goal would be to free his father, making this his new story arc. And when the cursed pirates kept repeating the phrase that Davy Jones’ ship the Flying Dutchman always needs a captain, I pretty much suspected that Will had to end up as the new captain of the Dutchman unless they managed to redeem Davy Jones. It was either Captain Sparrow or Will, and Jack’s unstable personality is not suited to the role of the new ferrymaster of the dead. Jack is just not a responsible person, also he already has a ship tied to his character. Therefore, Will was needed in PotC 2 and 3.

      The main character who didn’t have a proper character arc and felt superfluous was Elizabeth. The script basically just handed her stuff, like making her captain of Sao Feng’s ship and then leader of the pirates and embrooiling her in intrigue to make her appear important, but it felt forced because she never did anything to earn it.

      • http://www.saisasylum.com/ Sai

        I dunno, man. The only reason Bootstrap Bill was mentioned in the first movie was to explain why they needed Will to end the curse in the first place. Just because they put him in the second movie doesn’t mean it was planned in advance.

        They could have easily written an entirely different plot for 2 and 3, or had them be stand alone adventures because really 2 is just meandering until they got to 3 and 3 was an utter mess. And really, even with the way it went, 3 should have ended with Jack taking over the Dutchman. That would have made a hell of alot more sense, and he was even considering it. The only reason he didn’t was because Will got stabbed. But of course if Jack did take over the Dutchman then there could be no Pirates 4, or 5, or 6, or however manly they’re planning to milk out of this franchise.My problem is Elizabeth and Will were just turned into pirates. They seemed pretty out of character in 2 and 3 and Elizabeth becoming pirate king really stretches the willful suspension of disbelief because it’s so contrived. Not to mention her Braveheart speech about freedom while generic came off as totally ridiculous and confused since even in the first movie it was established that pirates are thieving, pillaging, murdering criminals. Obviously they needed a female character in the plot, but again  this is why they should have dumped Will and Elizabeth, introduced a new cast of heroes for Jack to get involved with, and perhaps made the damn Davey Jones adventure just one movie. 

  • http://profiles.google.com/zarathushtra Thadd Nelson

    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.

  • http://profiles.google.com/zarathushtra Thadd Nelson

    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.

  • http://profiles.google.com/zarathushtra Thadd Nelson

    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.

  • http://www.cuteoverload.com Jacob Barnes

    Hurray for summer vlogs!

  • http://www.facebook.com/jacob.dunning Jacob Dunning

    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.

  • http://www.facebook.com/jacob.dunning Jacob Dunning

    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.

  • http://www.facebook.com/jacob.dunning Jacob Dunning

    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.

  • http://twitter.com/random_ninja5 Eric Hesselberg

    (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
     

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_MCK6CIYZ2C55FES3NW4BAOTG4E Christina

    “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. Harpies sometimes get a similar power.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_MCK6CIYZ2C55FES3NW4BAOTG4E Christina

    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.

  • http://www.facebook.com/raven8555 Michael Burnette

    I just want to comment on the zombie part of this. The zombies in this movie(though not explained directly) are derived from the zoodoo ritual of zombification which doesn’t involve the zombie being dead but being a human that was poisoned with tetrodotoxin through a ritual. The poison basically makes the body shut down to near death and then the subject is believed to be dead. Later the person is put to rest and dug back up later and given a hallucinogen that causes amnesia but still allows them to react to stimuli and suggestion. The zombies of Haiti are an example of this practice. This is why making himself a zombie wouldnt keep him from dying. It would just make himself a walking tool. A good movie or book to reference this living practice is The Serpent and the Rainbow.

  • Platapusplatoon

    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.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1318362884 Alessio Spaccasassi

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

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1318362884 Alessio Spaccasassi

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

  • Anonymous

    I actually enjoyed the film, though I thought it could use trimming at least 15 minutes out of it.  Even that extra time was generally entertaining, but it didn’t need to be there and it made the film drag somewhat.

    This, despite the complete WTFness of the “mermaid tear” thing.  BTW, the words on the goblets are Latin, not “Spanish”…but it STILL makes no damn sense that SAYING the words makes the water do the flip-flop routine, and why’s it even need to do that in the first place?  And who the hell would actually FOLLOW anyone disappearing into it if they DON’T COME BACK to say it’s not gonna kill ‘em?!

    Agreed on the lack of ship-fighting and the limited amount of swordfighting: it was almost like this flick was about the Pirates Who Don’t Do Anything.

  • Anonymous

    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.

  • http://www.youtube.com/thefaustianman Faust

    I kept thinking Spoony was going to stab Miles in the Neck with that screwdriver. And we’d have to watch him bleed out on cam, futilely holding his neck to stop the blood.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001340797736 Claire Lytton

    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

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_AL6ADN5J3UXVHHOSRGNDM7XBCI realslimshadowen

    Given that the film likely takes place during the time that Will was captaining the Flying Dutchman, I would have liked to see him playing a sort of Discworld-Death role for all the characters who died. Showing up with earnest professionalism and courtesy, occasionally making an attempt to lighten the mood with a bad joke…it would have been right up Orlando Bloom’s too-serious alley.

  • http://twitter.com/FinnyLawliet Finny Lawliet

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

  • Anonymous

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

  • Anonymous

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

  • http://www.facebook.com/saralee.beyers Saralee Beyers

    Haha, Spoony, there’s one thing about your comments I don’t understand. On one hand, you find the story too complex, and find they give unnecessary explanations. On the other hand, you criticize that too few things are explained, like how Blackbeard uses magic and how did Ponce de Leon find the fountain of youth? So what do you want, more or less explanation? And I mean, does it matter how he found the fountain of youth. Btw he probably DID use the fountain of youth, because it doesn’t give eternal life! Just extra years, that one other person has lived. You say you don’t care about how to use the mermaid’s tear, but hearing the second half of your comment, something tells me that if they didn’t explain it, you would have said “WTF is going on with the mermaid’s tear? why didn’t anyone explain it’s use?” Well anyway, why doens’t anyone say how awesome the music is of the pirates series?

    still like you comments of course, I just find them a bit inconsistent at times

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002024102142 Tyler L. Young

      The story was convoluted due to the inclusion of unnecessary subplots. However, things such as Blackbeard’s powers and the voodoo dolls warrant an explanation.

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002024102142 Tyler L. Young

      The story was convoluted due to the inclusion of unnecessary subplots. However, things such as Blackbeard’s powers and the voodoo dolls warrant an explanation.

  • http://twitter.com/nymphonomicon Doctor Madness

    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?

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002024102142 Tyler L. Young

      I think there was a quote in “Dead Man’s Chest” where Jack conceded that between he, Will, and I believe Davy Jones, he was the weakest swordsman. However, there’s no denying he’s the most innovative and luckiest.

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002024102142 Tyler L. Young

      I think there was a quote in “Dead Man’s Chest” where Jack conceded that between he, Will, and I believe Davy Jones, he was the weakest swordsman. However, there’s no denying he’s the most innovative and luckiest.

  • Curtis Labow

    I would like to note that Blackbeard’s voodoo prowess (except for controling the ship with his sword, and the flamethrowers) comes from the novel the film is very loosely based on, On Stranger Tides by Tim Powers.

    Having read the book in preparation for this film, I can assure you it’s better and actually would recommend it if you want a better story with Blackbeard as a Voodoo master.

    All that said I liked this movie, but it could have been better

    also did you see the after credits scene? cause that clears up the voodoo doll thing

  • Anonymous

    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!!

  • http://profiles.google.com/jnhall86 joseph hall

    Lets face it. This movie needed either Batman (Final Crisis….details) or Nightcrawler….just because it just fits with Nightcrawler. Sword fighting with his hands and his tail hanging upside down by his feet on a mast. That would have been awesome.

  • http://twitter.com/random_ninja5 Eric Hesselberg

      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.

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Famicom-Wars/100001046150018 Famicom Wars

      I liked this movie and agree with your analysis of Jack Sparrow and I kind of identify with hiim.
      He is an interesting and complex person. He doesn’t want the spot light put on him and doesn’t want conflict. He just wants to enjoy life. He acts bumbling and goofy but acts serious when he needs to. The pirates of the carribean movies are mostly about the villains that Jack encounters while at the same time slowly revealing Captain Jack’s personality, past, and potential. What I think will be the climax of the series is a situation where Captain Jack finally steps up and shows his great potential as a pirate captain.
      Also I see Barbossa as rival too.

  • http://www.facebook.com/ThatDragonGuy Austin Dragovich

    This is completely irrelevant to the movie, but Spoony’s Jack Sparrow impression is pretty good/funny.

  • http://www.facebook.com/ThatDragonGuy Austin Dragovich

    This is completely irrelevant to the movie, but Spoony’s Jack Sparrow impression is pretty good/funny.

  • http://www.facebook.com/ThatDragonGuy Austin Dragovich

    This is completely irrelevant to the movie, but Spoony’s Jack Sparrow impression is pretty good/funny.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Calvin-Jarchow/1131125364 Calvin Jarchow

    I think most of the fountain of youth information was adapted from a novel. It probably got really complicated and things were cut leaving plot holes. If somebody already said that, I don’t know that because I haven’t read all the comments. Most of them are pretty long 

    • Anonymous

      From what I heard the stuff with the mermaid’s tears and the goblet were made up for the movie. Supposedly very little from the novel “On Stranger Tides” made it to the film. I think the filmmakers assume audiences don’t want a plot that simple and then decide to make the story more involved when it’s pretty much the opposite of what everyone wants in these films.

  • http://profiles.yahoo.com/u/SR554ASYPHW7XFNV3LE5DND3KA Wei JieSoh

    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.

  • http://profiles.yahoo.com/u/SR554ASYPHW7XFNV3LE5DND3KA Wei JieSoh

    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.

  • Anonymous

    Fuller, easy on the pepsi.

  • http://twitter.com/lopsidedmammal Richey Hackett

    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.

  • http://twitter.com/lopsidedmammal Richey Hackett

    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.

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002024102142 Tyler L. Young

      You know, I actually hadn’t thought about that before. I need to rewatch “Black Pearl”, because I always thought that Jack was a buffoon who had simply gotten in so much trouble that mythos and legend began to circulate about his supposed great conquests and adventures.

  • Steven Hawkings

    The movie was based on the novel, “On Strange Tides”. Which, I read in third grade. Most of the novel did not make it into the movie, which is disappointing since its a good pirate novel. I understand that Jack Shandy and Jack Sparrow are two different people. What bothers me is the novel did not deal with silver magical cups or tears. 

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Damo-Steele/589796233 Damo Steele

    The whole rules about the fountain of youth thing sounds like a bizarre combo of last crusade and highlander….drink the water out of a specific cup and win THE PRIZE!

  • Anonymous

    I know the PotC movies were inspired by the Monkey Island games but this sounds too much like you’re watching someone else play an adventure game (without all the humor).

  • Anonymous

    I actually agree with pretty much… everything in this review BUT… when my dad took me to see this he decided to settle on 3D and I guess the theater we were at brightened the film or SOMETHING because even the night scenes were pretty much all really clear, which surprised me.  I guess it depends on where you go?  Not that the 3D added much though (as is the case with most films).  It mostly gave the image some depth but eeeeeeeeh.

  • Anonymous

    I actually agree with pretty much… everything in this review BUT… when my dad took me to see this he decided to settle on 3D and I guess the theater we were at brightened the film or SOMETHING because even the night scenes were pretty much all really clear, which surprised me.  I guess it depends on where you go?  Not that the 3D added much though (as is the case with most films).  It mostly gave the image some depth but eeeeeeeeh.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Clayton-Blanchard/1027514832 Clayton Blanchard

    Blackbeard stole the show for me.  Cruz seemed very needy as a character, and I generally am not a fan of Jack.

    Also, Barbossa is the man! :D

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Clayton-Blanchard/1027514832 Clayton Blanchard

    Blackbeard stole the show for me.  Cruz seemed very needy as a character, and I generally am not a fan of Jack.

    Also, Barbossa is the man! :D

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Wiegeabo-Kilijabob/100000074745693 Wiegeabo Kilijabob

    You both hit the three main issues I had with the film: lack of action; lack of explanations; and lack of interesting things for the characters to do.  Almost thought you were going to skip the virtually pointless clergyman/mermaid subplot.  I get the feeling they cut out at least 5-10 minutes of footage of those two and their relationship developing.

    And Ian McShane was freaking awesome!  Blackbeard was gripping in every scene he was in, just on his sheer presence alone.  I actually would love to see a Blackbeard movie now. (Or wish they had done the movie you described of Blackbeard chasing Jack.)  I can’t believe Doug found him boring.

    I liked the movie enough, but the first is still the best by far.  And, of course, that’s the only one I didn’t see in the theater. :(

    • http://profiles.yahoo.com/u/SR554ASYPHW7XFNV3LE5DND3KA Wei JieSoh

      I feel like killing the clergyman and the mermaid after watching the movie. I wondered why they are in the movie in the first place to be very honest.

  • Anonymous

    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”.

  • http://bluehighwind.blogspot.com/ BlueHighwind

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

  • http://bluehighwind.blogspot.com/ BlueHighwind

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

  • http://bluehighwind.blogspot.com/ BlueHighwind

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

  • Anonymous

    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.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Cody-Osborne/100001204722682 Cody Osborne

    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. 

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Cody-Osborne/100001204722682 Cody Osborne

    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. 

  • http://www.facebook.com/Kay.Jay.Awesome Emily Kay Jay

    Actually, I’d like to point out that the voodoo doll DOES come back, but only in a short clip AFTER the credits. What happens is the movie ends, the credits roll, and then you see Penelope Cruz sitting on the island. The voodoo doll washes up on the shore, she picks it up and stares at it for a second looking thoughtful, and then she gets a malicious expression and it ends.

    Pretty obvious sequel bate. Expect to see a Pirates 5, with Cruz and that doll.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Mat-Cracknell/100000088385119 Mat Cracknell

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

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001795232921 Hely C. Branco

    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… 

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001795232921 Hely C. Branco

    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… 

  • Anonymous

    You guys forgot to point out another really annoying sub-plot. Cruz wants to save her Daddy and wouldn’t mind if she would die in the process of saving her Daddy (Blackbeard). She even becomes mad at Jack for switching the Chalices and tricking them both. 
    I was really wondering what kind of fucked up motivation Cruz had. 

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Michael-Wells/519519675 Michael Wells

    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!’

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Iliana-Garcia/100000982528394 Iliana Garcia

    well  i slightly felt this movie didnt compare to the others, but that was only verified in the credits when this  movie was based of an actual book and not an original script like the first 3. and i agree  it left out a lot of  unexplained parts, like what the heck happened with the  priest and the mermaid. and why are the mermaids confused of  who they are, trying to  be  vampires yet spiderman.

    • Anonymous

      The mermaids are what ruined the whole movie for me honestly, and how they turned from classical Siren-esque creatures into crazy supernatural Spider-mans as you call them just killed it for me. I wouldn’t mind it if they were in the movie honestly, but they shouldn’t have been a part of the Fountain of Youth or they shouldn’t of been as personified as they were.

      Also for the whole legend of how Ponce de Leon found out about the legend of the Fountain of Youth; you question that before you question how others before Leon knew about it due to the mermaid graveyard they went through before reaching the fountain?

      I also think they should make a Blackbeard film; have him chase after Jack Sparrow for something whatever and show how the naval battle between the Queen Anne’s Revenge and The Black Pearl. I thought the only interesting characters in the movie were both Blackbeard and Barbossa; at the end of the film I honestly felt glad that Barbossa got his revenge about the sinking of the Pearl just because we could relate to him more than Blackbeard. To be honest I actually thought Jack was going to help Blackbeard out in the end with Barbossa before they both met up on Leon’s ship.

      I don’t know if they explained this in the film or not, but did Barbossa know that Blackbeard was seeking the Fountain of Youth? From what I remember I don’t think Barbossa had any clue that Blackbeard was after the Fountain until he ran into Sparrow again.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Iliana-Garcia/100000982528394 Iliana Garcia

    well  i slightly felt this movie didnt compare to the others, but that was only verified in the credits when this  movie was based of an actual book and not an original script like the first 3. and i agree  it left out a lot of  unexplained parts, like what the heck happened with the  priest and the mermaid. and why are the mermaids confused of  who they are, trying to  be  vampires yet spiderman.

  • http://twitter.com/MaroBot Marek Wodziński

    Miles, youre getting really really good at this ^^. Nice review dudes, keep up the awesome work

  • Sam Folkman

    The Secret of Monkey Island: The movie

  • Sam Folkman

    The Secret of Monkey Island: The movie

  • Anonymous

         I just got back from seeing this movie today, and I have a few thoughts I would like to share.  First, who the frick is the guy the 2 fishermen haul out of the ocean in the beginning?  I assume this takes place on the Spanish coast as they take him to a nobleman and/or King of Spain, as everyone is speaking Spanish.  Was it Juan Ponce de’Leon? If so, why would he return to tell everyone he found the fountain? To rub their faces in it? If it was a sailor of Leon, how did he get back to Spain? Did he walk on the bottom of the ocean for 200 years?  Leon’s boat is later seen on a mountain ledge rocking back & forth(making me wonder how -it- got there).  He must have had a good memory however because he tells the Spanish exactly how to get back with no map.  The Spanish immediately take his word for it, & mount an expedition to go destroy the fountain…wait/what??  Wasn’t it Spain who originally financed de’Leon to find the Fountain of Youth?  Perhaps he financed it himself, but I would think the promise of eternal youth would appeal to at least some of the Spanish Monarchy.  This was a very weak motivation for the Spanish in the movie.
         I really enjoyed the budding romance between Syrena & Philip Swift, but it was so lightly touched upon it made me think they cut a lot of it out to save film time.  Two parts of their scenes deserve commit-first-when Syrena was freed by a wounded Philip, she leaves him & dives underwater to the temple where the final showdown is going on(how she knew that I dont know).  She tells Jack “dont waste my tear”, & hands him the 2 challises.  My response-why?? Why would her character care in the slightest what happens to any of the pirates?  So far they have all treated her like crap -except for Philip- who is lying wounded in the jungle & just freed her!  She had no motive to help Jack except for plot convenience-it seemed out of character.  Second, what happens to her & Phillip? She takes him off underwater…then, nothing.  Its just gone.  Never explained.  Does he live/Die? We never find out.  This was far more interesting to me then the battle in the temple. 
        In Closing, I really enjoyed this movie.  The first is still the best, but this was well done.  If they make any more however, I hope to see more of Syrena & Philip.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Michael-Nowack/100000346708542 Michael Nowack

    How in the bloody hell did Juan Ponce de Leon know that he found the fountain of youth, if you need this extremely complicated ritual to use it? I’m sure he didn’t have all the know how plus the goblets and a mermaid with him to confirm that it actually is the fountain of youth. And if he did, how come it didn’t work to keep him alive?

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Michael-Nowack/100000346708542 Michael Nowack

    How in the bloody hell did Juan Ponce de Leon know that he found the fountain of youth, if you need this extremely complicated ritual to use it? I’m sure he didn’t have all the know how plus the goblets and a mermaid with him to confirm that it actually is the fountain of youth. And if he did, how come it didn’t work to keep him alive?

  • http://thenewyawker.darkbb.com/ The Genesis Pirate

    I loved it. Thought it was better than 2 & 3, but not 1.

  • http://www.facebook.com/wolfman2299 Tyler Blunt

    some points id like to try to make clearer or at least how i saw these points that spoony didnt get:

    - i think the mermaids were actually a good choice in this movie. there was a need for a new supernatural thing in this pirates movie so i think the mermaids served their purpose. plus they were pretty creepy little fucks. one second theyre beautiful and graceful and kind and the next theyre tearing your face off and devouring you. made for a pretty creepy monster.

    - the zombies werent youre typical zombies. sure they may have the title of zombified but that doesnt necessarily mean that theyre dead or even that theyre infected. these are voodoo zombies which i thought it was explained pretty well that they were only zombified so that they loyaly obey mr. beard without questioning his orders. that doesnt mean that there personality is completely gone it just means that they cant say no to black. and why did black use it on himself? well then hed take away his free will. these zombies are just brainwashed people….. nothing more.

    - i thought that jack really did care for his “lover” maybe not in the sense that hes so passionately in love with her. i do agree with some of the comments that most of his motivation is the guilt he feels for leaving her behind but also that he does genuinely care for her, but also he is very selfish and he sees in the end that if he takes her along shell only cause him more trouble and hold him back in the very mad adventures.

    - i dont really see barbossa as one of the villains of the series but more of a rival of jack. this one is just pure opinion though, im sure many of you disagree with me on this.

    p.s. one thing i cant ignore though is how the bloody hell did gibbs know that mr. beard had the pearl in a bottle on his ship? i dont recall any mentioning from jack to gibbs on this, if someone could clarify this to me that would be great.

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Kristopher-Tiplady/100001382888368 Kristopher Tiplady

      the magic compass lead him to the black pearl. it must of been what his heart desired most.

  • http://twitter.com/ScottieBeagin ScottieB

    i love spoony’s jack sparrow imitation

  • michael hogan

    im on a boat motha fucka

  • http://twitter.com/TaylorBeck2 Taylor Beck

    Part of Jack Sparrow’s character is that he is more aware of the situation than he lets on. He says alot of what he does is making shit up on the fly, and usually it is, but there are subtle hints that he’s smarter than people think.

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