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This fourth sequel to the Pirates of the Caribbean films, based off the Disneyland ride attraction, picks up where the the third ended. Jack Sparrow is setting out to find the Fountain of Youth without a ship and a crew. He finds a crew through Angelica Teach, a woman who began as his impostor. Through her Jack finds himself captive aboard Blackbeard's ship; Queen Anne's Revenge. Jack quickly learns of that a ritual involving a mermaids tears and a human sacrifice, needs to be used in order to achieve immortality.Okay, I kept the description short, but it in no way covers all the material used in this film. This is the first of the film's to be directed by a new director, Rob Marshall (all other films were previously directed by Gore Verbinski). The new director created a new influence for the film's franchise. A lot of material was presented in rapid succession. Which unfortunately, left a lot of open material that could've been explored more in depth. However, the fast paced action was good for the film's style and character development. The action was also unique from the other films in that there is more imagination in them. Since this film had a new director, in several aspects, it felt like it's own film. It wasn't the same as the original three, but it felt like the opening to new story ground. A lot of the original cast did not return for this film, and this-being the first film without the majority of the original cast-feels empty. There are other characters that are used to take the place of the missing characters, but its not the same. The story plot is amazing. It's got several surprising plot twists and a deep story. There is also use of a scene from the ride that was not used in any of the other films, and I was glade to see it. However, reusing a cheap version of pirate zombies didn't really serve much of a purpose. However, heavy religious people should be prepared for the sarcastic religious comments, and ideals, that are present in the story. The zombies also failed to live up to the reputation that was presented in the first pirates film.
The acting is good, but there is one emotion missing. That deep passionate love, or the sultry love, is missing from the character's in a love interest. Every other emotion is present, and is represented amazingly. In an odd way though, the original character styles were changed around. Sparrow is no longer obsessed with the Black Pearl, and is fighting for the act of love. Barbossa is the one fighting to avenge the Black Pearl. Johnny Depp plays the now leading role of Jack Sparrow once again returning in to the film to only carry his character on in sequels. Whereas the other films followed Orlando Bloom's character, Will Turner, as the main character. This film's story is led by Jack Sparrow. Johnny Depp does great in this film, as he always does. He took what could've been a horrible character-if they had gotten the wrong actor-and turned into something memorable. Penelope Cruz plays his female opposite, Angelica Teach. Angelica was about to become a nun, but was tainted by Sparrow. Years later, she is the daughter of the infamous captain Black Beard. She is a great actress, and creates a fiery character persona for this film. However, there just didn't feel to be any true sultry passion between her and Sparrow. There was emotions, but not that deep passion that was supposed to be existant. Geoffrey Rush returns to the role of Barbossa. He does good in this film, but his character is completely different. His entire character change makes the film feel strange. Ian McShane plays the villainous role of Black Beard. He does amazing in this role. There is a true sense that everyone is expendable if they are in the way-or are troublesome. Sam Clafin plays the role of Philip. Philip is the preaching captive aboard the ship, but is kept alive because of Angelica's beliefs. Astrid Berges-Frisbey plays the role of Syrena. She is the mermaid taken captive for the purposes of the ritual. She is unknown to American film audiences. Both actors managed to achieve great starting role for acting. However, since they are new they lacked the experience that exists among the other actors. There is a sense of desire, but not love between them.
I give this film a 9 out of 10 stars! It has a great plot, and story idea. Unfortunately, it was represented as too much too fast. The emotion of love is missing, but the character persona's are amazing.
Answer to last blog: Actress Danielle Panabaker became known to horror film audiences for her role of Jenna from 2009's Friday the 13th.
Que: What country is actress/model Astrid Berges-Frisbey most popular?
France
Germany
Russian
Spain
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