Tuesday 31 May 2011

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)

Director: Rob Marshall
Starring: Johnny Depp, Penelope Cruz, Ian McShane, Geoffrey Rush
Certificate: 12
Genre: Fantasy
Awards: None

POTC:OST is the fourth film of the Pirates Of The Caribbean films and has an almost completely different cast. Jack Sparrow (Depp) is back and has done almost nothing since the last film. He is captured by Captain Blackbeard (McShane) and his ex-lover Angelica Macon (Cruz) and forced to lead them to the fountain of youth. Meanwhile, Captain Barbossa (Rush) and the Spanish navy are also after the fountain of youth.

I was a bit disappointed with this film as it wasn't as interesting as any of the others. Too many of the original cast were cut out that it didn't feel like a POTC film. Many of the remembered comedy characters weren't there such as Pintel, Reggati and Cotton's parrot. At Worlds End may have been over complicated but it kept you watching while On Stranger Tides's (Why is it called this?) felt lacking. The film was by no means a flop but it does not compare to the others in the series.

***Okay

No comments:

Post a Comment