![]() ![]() A film, in other words, without tension, momentum or resonance.įor some, this may be a step up from the wilful psychedelic idiocy of ‘At World’s End’, the previous film in the series. It’s a film where our heroes can escape a trap by simply pulling a lever and dropping through the floor, where a character can dive into a hole in the ground and pop up in an entirely different part of the story. From Disney and Producer Jerry Bruckheimer comes all the fun, epic adventure and humour that ignited the original. ‘On Stranger Tides’ is a film which seems so loaded with contempt for its audience that it expects us not to notice or care that the characters have no clear motivation, that entire scenes have no reason for existing and that for much of the film we don’t even know what continent we’re on. Together they set off for the fountain, pursued by Geoffrey Rush’s peg-legged Barbossa, who has joined the British navy for no specific reason. Finding himself in London for no specific reason, he soon falls in with ex-lover Angelica (Penélope Cruz), who is masquerading as Sparrow for no specific reason. Johnny Depp is back in the headscarf and eyeliner as Captain Jack Sparrow, whose search for the Fountain of Youth has foundered for no specific reason. Robbie is the youngest member of Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides cast, and he plays the scrappy Cabin Boy who can hold his own with the best (or worst) of his shipmates on the Queen Anne’s Revenge. Every frame feels laboured, every gag tired, every action set piece familiar, every performance phoned in. But the experience of sitting through this latest flogged cash cow in the already overexposed comedy adventure series feels more like tracking stock figures than watching a piece of family entertainment. ![]() Pirates of caribbean on stranger tides cast movie#Far be it for us to accuse the Walt Disney company of making a fourth ‘Pirates’ movie strictly for the money. ![]()
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