Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

[chaseter]

CotBP - 4.5/5
DMC - 4/5
AWE - 2.5/5

 

[A Necessary Evil]

Black Pearl- 10/10
Dead Man- 7/10
World's End- 3/10

 

[Octoberist]

I never liked how in A World's End, it was overly violent when those two Asian twins died in the beginning. One got shot in the head. Is that okay in a movie that is suppose to appeal to a broad audience?

 

[Doctor Jones]

Yeah, AWE did start off good as a matter of fact. I dug it up until Jack's intro. It was anticipated, but in the theater I was just going WTF at that entire locker scene.

 

[Doc Ock]

Uh, you guys are killing me!

 

[Dave McFly]

I am glad they brought back Hans Zimmer for the music, one of my fave parts of the series was the music he did in parts 2 and 3 using bits from the guy who did part 1 Klaus Badelt.

 

[GoblinWhirlwind]

DMC definitely had some awesome music. DJ's music and the Kraken's theme are still my favorites.

 

[A Necessary Evil]

I am glad they brought back Hans Zimmer for the music, one of my fave parts of the series was the music he did in parts 2 and 3 using bits from the guy who did part 1 Klaus Badelt.

Actually that was Zimmer all along..t:

 

[Majik1387]

Curse of the Black Pearl - 9/10
Dead Man's Chest - 7/10
At World's End - 8/10

 

[mclay18]

Looks fine. I like how it's in continuity with the other films, but not as much. Seems more in line with the first. The cinematography in AWE got stale.

That's because Dariusz Wolski supervised the cinematography for all four POTC movies -- hence the visual continuity, framing and lighting schemes.

 

[Marvolo]

I never liked how in A World's End, it was overly violent when those two Asian twins died in the beginning. One got shot in the head. Is that okay in a movie that is suppose to appeal to a broad audience?

Lol, that was one of my favorite part. I love that Disney had the balls to put that in.

 

[Spider-Fan]

For me, CotBP - 4.5/5, DMC - 3.5/5, AWE - 2/5

 

[BLACK-SPIDEY]

Cotbp--9/10
dmc--8/10
awe--6/10

 

[DarKJediKnight]

I thought Pirates 3 started out great too. I still really like the hanging scene. It just went down hill after that though.

I guess you really have to understand what's going on and follow each character's motivations to get the film, especially AWE.

 

[Doctor Jones]

But the thing is, it's hard to do that when you have five different things going on at once, not to mention most are uninteresting.

 

[Doc Ock]

Curse of the Black Pearl - 9/10
Dead Man's Chest - 7/10
At World's End - 8/10

Now thats more like it!

 

[Sawyer]

I needs some Kiera...

 

[superhero]

Black Pearl- 10/10
Dead Man- 8/10 more iwach more i like it
World's End- 2/10 you couldn't tell whosthegood guy or bad guy. it never did show how jack got outo f the monster mouth in the second moive.

 

[DACrowe]

What I liked about AWE is that I was expecting a Disney-style happy ending with Will and Elizabeth getting married, her father all happy and Pintel & Raggety all dressed up for the ocassion. But no, they killed Elizabeth's father, which I tought was a nice move. But yeah, if it wasn't for Barbossa, the whole "I don't think this is the best time", I would definitely vomit that scene.

But it was Disney trying way too hard to be something they're not. If POTC owes debt to any franchise before it...well it'd be 2. The basic formula came from Star Wars, but the tone owes more to Indiana Jones. It should be light, fun, sunny and smart entertainment.

Instead with AWE (and to a lesser extent, DMC) they went for a LOTR tone of bloated epic full of tragedy. And it idd not fit this story. The ending of Will and Elizabeth kissing at sunset overlooking the sea in COTBP was the perfect ending for their story. This was a pure Disney movie and that was the perfect feel-good-ending.

Going for their story ending in tragedy in AWE was beyond lame. It felt forced. It did not feel poignant or thought-provoking. It felt dishonest and like the filmmakers cheated somehow in an attempt to stir up bittersweet emotions. I thought it did not work with this material. Not at all.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

I needs some Kiera...

I enjoyed Keira in the films and think that she is a very underrated actress but her characters botched storyline is over so I don't mind her or Bloom not being in it.

But it was Disney trying way too hard to be something they're not. If POTC owes debt to any franchise before it...well it'd be 2. The basic formula came from Star Wars, but the tone owes more to Indiana Jones. It should be light, fun, sunny and smart entertainment.

Instead with AWE (and to a lesser extent, DMC) they went for a LOTR tone of bloated epic full of tragedy. And it idd not fit this story. The ending of Will and Elizabeth kissing at sunset overlooking the sea in COTBP was the perfect ending for their story. This was a pure Disney movie and that was the perfect feel-good-ending.

Going for their story ending in tragedy in AWE was beyond lame. It felt forced. It did not feel poignant or thought-provoking. It felt dishonest and like the filmmakers cheated somehow in an attempt to stir up bittersweet emotions. I thought it did not work with this material. Not at all.

Agreed wholeheartedly.

 

[Octoberist]

God, A World's End blew. (Ribbing on Doc Ock)

 

[Doc Ock]

God, A World's End blew. (Ribbing on Doc Ock)

Your words stab me sir!

 

[Frosty81]

Actually that was Zimmer all along..t:

Yeah...Seriously though? Who is Hans Zimmer anymore? Because Gladiator sounds a lot like Pirates. So Klaus Badelt goes from being a sound engineer to a full fledged composer?

Hans Zimmer is:
Klaus Badelt
Harry-Gregson Williams
John Powell
Steve Jablonsky
Ramin Djawadi.

And more to follow.

 

[A Necessary Evil]

Yeah...Seriously though? Who is Hans Zimmer anymore? Because Gladiator sounds a lot like Pirates. So Klaus Badelt goes from being a sound engineer to a full fledged composer?

Hans Zimmer is:
Klaus Badelt
Harry-Gregson Williams
John Powell
Steve Jablonsky
Ramin Djawadi.

And more to follow.

Yeah, they do tend to borrow themes. But thats just their style, I guess. Kinda like how Williams tends to have themes re-appear in his later works (Hook theme in SWII) or horner constantly plagiarizing himself.

 

[scatterax]

I'd give all three films 9's or 10's...

lol, i was thinking the same thing.