{"id":2695,"date":"2017-06-13T11:42:59","date_gmt":"2017-06-13T18:42:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ealasaid.com\/main\/?p=2695"},"modified":"2018-02-12T16:21:43","modified_gmt":"2018-02-12T23:21:43","slug":"pirates-of-the-caribbean-dead-men-tell-no-tales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ealasaid.com\/main\/2017\/06\/13\/pirates-of-the-caribbean-dead-men-tell-no-tales\/","title":{"rendered":"Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Directed by: Gore Verbinski
\nStarring: Johnny Depp, Javier Bardem, Geoffrey Rush, Kaya Scodelario, Brenton Thwaites, Kevin McNally
\nRated: PG-13 for sequences of adventure violence, and some suggestive conten<\/p>\n

There\u2019s a new \u201cPirates\u201dtale in town, and if you have seen any of the previous films, you know exactly what to expect from this one. \u201cPirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales\u201d checks off all the expected boxes. There\u2019s Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp). There\u2019s his crew. There\u2019s an attractive young couple as secondary protagonists. There\u2019s a supernatural villain who is covered in awesome special effects. What isn\u2019t here is the spark that set the early \u201cPirates\u201d films alight. <\/p>\n

The story revolves around Jack\u2019s feud with Captain Salazar (Javier Bardem): Jack tricked Salazar into wrecking his own ship and killing everyone on board. Salazar and his crew have been biding their time as ghosts, waiting for Jack to do the thing that will set them free. When they\u2019re freed, they vengefully go after Jack.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, we have our young male protagonist (Brenton Thwaites), who is the son of the previous young male protagonist (Orlando Bloom). He\u2019s searching for a way to break the curse his father is currently suffering through. He meets a girl, Carina (Kaya Scodelario), who is also looking for an item that breaks curses, and they wind up working with Jack and his crew to find it. <\/p>\n

It\u2019s all pretty formulaic. Everyone has their backstory (though only Jack\u2019s features an uncanny-valley de-aged version of himself). There are fights, both on land and on ships. There\u2019s some ridiculousness to lighten the mood. <\/p>\n

The special effects are truly stunning \u2013 Salazar and his crew were blown up, and each ghost is made up of the chunks of body that were left. They walk and talk and fight like whole-bodied humans, it\u2019s just that some of their parts are missing. In Salazar\u2019s case, the missing part is a chunk of his head. One ghost is missing everything but the top of his head (still wearing a hat) and his sword-hand. For bonus eeriness, they look like they\u2019re under water. Salazar\u2019s hair floats around his head, rippling with his movements. His clothes float a bit as well. <\/p>\n

The rest of the movie is less stunning. The production values are very high, and everyone seems to be taking their part seriously. But very few of them seem to be having fun. Even Geoffrey Rush\u2019s delight at being the cheesy and scenery-chewing Captain Barbossa again seems a bit muted. <\/p>\n

It\u2019s easy to forgive plot holes, poor continuity, and general nonsensical activity when it\u2019s in service to a film that\u2019s engaging enough to carry you along with it. If you aren\u2019t carried by this film, there\u2019s a lot there to be annoyed by. These range from abrupt and unexplained costume changes to inconsistency around the effects of a magical item.<\/p>\n

This is not a good film to serve as an introduction to the franchise, so newcomers are best advised to watch the first one on the best and largest screen available (the special effects have always been one of, if not the single, best thing in these films). Folks who love the franchise unreservedly have probably seen the new film at least once by the time this review will see print. If you weren\u2019t impressed with the last couple of \u201cPirates\u201d films, give \u201cPirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales\u201d a miss. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Directed by: Gore Verbinski Starring: Johnny Depp, Javier Bardem, Geoffrey Rush, Kaya Scodelario, Brenton Thwaites, Kevin McNally Rated: PG-13 for sequences of adventure violence, and some suggestive conten There\u2019s a new \u201cPirates\u201dtale in town, and if you have seen any of the previous films, you know exactly what to expect from this one. \u201cPirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales\u201d checks off all the expected boxes. There\u2019s Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp). There\u2019s his crew. There\u2019s an attractive young couple as secondary protagonists. There\u2019s a supernatural villain who is covered in awesome special effects. What isn\u2019t here is the spark that set the early \u201cPirates\u201d films alight. The story revolves around Jack\u2019s feud with Captain Salazar (Javier Bardem): Jack tricked Salazar into wrecking his own ship and killing everyone on board. Salazar and his crew have been biding their time as ghosts, waiting for Jack to do the thing that will set them<\/p>\n

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