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Awix (3310 KP) rated Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017) in Movies

Feb 11, 2018 (Updated Feb 11, 2018)

For pity's sake, enough

In which the world is menaced by a shambling undead menace that simply will not stop - I'm not describing the plot, but the fact that they keep making Pirates of the Caribbean films a decade after they were actually cool or funny.

The plot is basically the same as in all the others: Johnny Depp and some blandly attractive young people are chased about by a scenery-chewing bad guy, requiring a convoluted quest to find some plot device or other. The action regularly grinds to a halt so Depp can do his impression of Keith Richards in a comedy sketch. By the end of the film it turns out that all the other characters are related to each other, somehow. Just when you thought it was safe to relax they wheel on Orlando Bloom. Actually piracy is kept to a minimum, as is the Caribbean.

I suppose this would be quite diverting if you hadn't seen any of the other movies in the franchise, but then I imagine you would struggle to follow much of what's going on. There is a sequence with zombie sharks which I suppose is not too badly done. Overall, though, this feels like a shameless attempt to perpetuate this series long after the makers' wells of creativity and enthusiasm have dried up. If there is a sixth film, I imagine it will be entitled 'Pirates of the Caribbean: Just Here for the Cheque'.

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Tigers of a Different Stripe takes readers inside the unique world of merengue tipico, a traditional...

St Lucia & Dominica

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Lush, tropical landscapes define this area of the Caribbean. From the low-key and traditional...

The Sugar Plantation in India and Indonesia: Industrial Production, 1770-2010

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European markets almost exclusively relied on Caribbean sugar produced by slave labor until...

Emma @ The Movies (1786 KP) rated Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017) in Movies

Sep 25, 2019

After some reshuffling due to schedule changes, my parents and I went to see Pirates of the Caribbean Salazar's Revenge. Why aren't all follow up films that good? I really enjoyed it. I liked that they'd found a new idea to play with, and I liked how they managed to link the previous incarnations with this latest one. I'm going to say it though... I thought McCartney's cameo was a bit rubbish.

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The Rum Diary

Hunter S. Thompson

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The Rum Diary is a brilliantly tangled love story of jealousy, treachery, and violent alcoholic lust...

Blazing Minds (92 KP) rated Jungle Cruise (2021) in Movies

Oct 29, 2021 (Updated Nov 2, 2021)

Jungle Cruise (2021)

2021 | Adventure

7.3

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Jungle Cruise may not be one of the best movies out there at the moment, but is certainly a lot of fun with the 3D and 4DX, but I don’t think the movie would have been as much fun without the extra effects, the movie seems to pull in from so much that we have seen done before with those hints of Indiana Jones, Pirates of the Caribbean and National Treasure.

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Connor Sheffield (293 KP) created a post

May 14, 2017 (Updated May 14, 2017)

I can honestly say that, in my opinion, Salazar's Revenge is one the better instalments of the Pirates Of The Caribbean Franchise :) I have written my review and will post it on the 22nd of this month at 3pm (that was the specific date and time we were told we couldn't Post any reviews until) even though it is none spoiler review :)

I do recommend going to see this film at the cinema, in IMAX if possible