Movie Review: PRE-review POTC

Oh. My. Gosh. Just let it die. Geze people... mainly directors and writers. The first Pirates of the Carribean was a smash hit. The gritty marriage to the pirates theme was elimitated as soon as Calypso went all Ant Man on us. There is a line that the Curse of the Black Pearl drew. A crystal clear line. And they crossed it. Now I can take the rock lobsters thing. No problem. Davy Jones was subtle stroke of genius. The Kraken was a must. If you're working the seven seas you have to have the Kraken. Simple as that. Heck I even went for the Pirate King crap. It made sense. It made a good movie.

The fourth took a turn no one saw coming. Mermaids... well played Rob Marshall. Loved Ian McShane as BlackBeard: I've always been somewhat a sucker for the seemingly heroic criminals so BlackBread couldn't ruin a pirates movie any more than Tremors could ruin my day.

Now as I'll stick to 'mum's the word' on the soudtrack, I'd like to get to the point of this post. They are making a fifth movie. A fiflth Pirates of the Carribean. Cinco.

Jack Sparrow is in the fifth one but whether it's a thirty second spotlight or a main role I haven't the slightest. There isn't much released on this yet... obviously as the movie has just stepped out of the rumor. But that, at least, is official. It's no longer a rumor. It's gonna happen people.

As the movies following the Curse of the Pearl were a growing let down... they were still entertaining and eventually they grew on me. But I still wouldn't call them a favorite. Now with the announcment of the fifth... I see only two marked roads to go down. A complete u-turn back to original traditional feel of dirty sword-fighting, sailing pirates or... they sink the ship yet once agian.

So who knows. Looking forward to seeing it though as I am a POTC fan, wherther or not they divorced tradition. A good movie... is a good movie. My fingers are crossed for a good POTC 5.