In trying to weave a tale with many threads, it loses sight of some along the way. Like At World’s End, this film does have its pitfalls in its ambition.
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While we can tell if something is good or bad on a scene-by-scene basis, the movie has trouble juggling the overarching goals of their leads. That’s not to say it still doesn’t fall victim for over-convolution. As such, one a core emotional level, it becomes easy to follow. Yes, the stakes are high on an emotional level, but they aren’t the world-changing stakes of At World’s End. I’ll also say that compared to the second two entries of this franchise, this one manages to be a relatively small-scope tale. It gives us just enough time with some of the new cast to help solidify their motivations, and we get enough of their personalities that we look forward to their eventual joining of forces. For the first act of the film, it really does a solid job of setting things in motion. Meanwhile, on their tails is the malicious Captain Salazar, who is dead-set on getting revenge on Jack for killing him decades prior. The only man who can help him find said trident is the down-on-his-luck Jack Sparrow.Īlso in search of the trident is a woman named Carina Smyth, whose knowledge of Astronomy and Horology make her an indispensable guide for Ben and Jack.
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After years of searching, he believes he’s finally found a way to free his father from the curse…the Trident of Poseidon, which is said to have the ability to break curses (for some reason?).
As Will Turner’s son, it’s easy to see why Ben wanted to bring an end to this horrible arrangement. He leaves Elizabeth pregnant on an abandoned island, and is forever doomed to roam the seas. If you’ll recall, At World’s End saw Will Turner become captain of the cursed vessel, only allowing him to step on land once every ten years.
This particular entry follows Ben Turner - son of the long since cursed Will Turner from the original trilogy - and his journey to free his father from the confines of the Flying Dutchman. It had been a good while since I’d seen Jack Sparrow’s antics, and I found myself strangely hungry to see where this swashbuckling adventure took them in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales. With that in mind, it’s been around a decade since I’ve seen a Pirates movie, and I believe that’s allowed me to come in more fresh than if I’d seen On Stranger Tides six years ago. The third entry, At World’s End lost me completely with its overly-convoluted narrative, and by the time On Stranger Tides came around, I’d already had enough of my fill of Pirates, so I didn’t even bother. I enjoyed the first one okay, but really fell in love with the second entry, Dead Man’s Chest, which I thought successfully amped up the fun and scope of the original without going too far into the deep end. When it comes to the Pirates movies, I tend to find myself in the minority. Yet despite said disappointments, they both still manage to make huge bucks at the box office. They’re big, bombastic visual effects extravaganzas that surprised many in their first entry, but have since disappointed on many levels. In some ways, the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise can be compared to the Transformers franchise.
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