Review of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017) by Miccael — 01 Jun 2017

First of all I need to mention that I am A HUGE, HUUUUGE fan of the series, and the letdown of the 4th had much more negative effect on me than to non-fans. I came from cinema few hours ago and have fresh, thoughtful idea of this movie. I COMPLETELY disagree with "top" critics.

Let's start from good! I was not expecting it to be this good, this is WAY better than 4th, I think all can agree with this. Acting of supporting cast is great, story is pretty good and the cinematography is just perfect. The "young Jack" scene was good enough but still the CGI was noticeable. Now a bit of sad news: I did not like the "young couple" actors much and the ending was too cheesy, too Disney-ified.

Johnny Depp definitely feels tired here, tired of acting. I see less action and thrill when he is on screen.

First act with Depp was fun but silly, too silly, even for Pirates.

The idea of Salazar was very good and the connection with previous movies and movie logic made me "huuuh...I see...that's how it works I guess"...

But the jokes are dragged a lot, missing sometimes and Jack's comebacks are not funny. Plot very conveniently helps Barbosa, and for some reason has no connection with previous characters from 1,2,3 and 4 movies that much.

We see a very little of other known characters but some are never mentioned.

Also I noticed some continuity errors. And finally, the ending...

It makes sense but at the same time does not...I keep asking so many questions like why would that character do that and not what we expect? And of course why would the end of one character's story be in a such a dumb way...?

I really did not like how the handled Barbosa character in particular.

So...after all, I enjoyed the movie! It had its moments and freshness and oldness as well. 3.5/5 just because it kinda revived itself from disaster of 4th but also because this is the last movie....kinda... because there IS AN AFTER CREDITS SCENE...yeah....