On Stranger Tides' biggest sin is being a pretty boring movie despite some great concepts. I mean we had Ian McShane as Blackbeard, Penelope Cruz as a love interest, mermaids, the Fountain of Youth, and what was supposed to be a more intimate story for Jack Sparrow. On paper, it was a slam dunk. But Ian McShane was given almost next to nothing to work with, the leads that replaced Bloom and Knightley were excruciatingly bland, and the story itself was fairly weak and seemed to move at a snail's pace. The bar for these movies was never particular high, but at least the first three were fun. On Stranger Tides was a chore to get through.