Pirates of the Caribbean Dead Men Tell No Tales [Blu-ray]

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This movie could have been a real story, and at times, bits of a story shined through an otherwise forgettable knot of contrived plotlines and hollow acting, especially when it focused less on Depp’s cringe-worthy typecast role and more on the increasingly distant relationship between Henry and Will and the essentially unknown bond between Cassina and Barbossa. However, the Pirates Universe has reached a point where lackluster blockbuster action-flicks are more important than creating a solid sequel to the first three movies. Hopefully the follow-up hinted at the end of the credits will lead to a tale worth telling- Aven

While I didn’t think the fourth Pirates movie was that bad or that great it was passable entertainment. When the first 20 minutes of “Dead Men Tell No Tales” flopped and flakked its way through a Caribbean town it had me thoroughly bored and thinking, “Man, the writing in this movie is just lazy.” Fortunately after the movie seemed to get out of its own way in reintroducing the audience to the old characters (was that really necessary?) it got a little better. Mind you, a little, so that’s not saying much. Barbosa’s Spanish ghost captain spittling black tarrish blood from his mouth wasn’t that interesting. The desiccated sharks weren’t that interesting. The notion that Jack Sparrow was only safe on land wasn’t that interesting. Even Johnny Depp didn’t play his Jack Sparrow as anything other than an obnoxious drunk castabout who has quickly lost his charm. The Will Turner and Elizabeth Swan replacements were okay as long as you don’t compare them too closely to their aforementioned counterparts. What was the most interesting thing about this movie? It was Barbosa and the (very) slight redemption story that they gave him. His high seas pirate has previously outshone Sparrow’s from time to time but here he thoroughly outshines Sparrow. And that’s not what I really want out of a Pirates movie. I don’t know if there’s much blood left in this franchise but the filmmakers are still going to take our gold as long as we’re willing to watch them through whatever spyglass we can find. 2.75 stars. The absolute worst of the franchise.-THowerton

I watched this as an Amazon rental. The first half dragged, literally, so tedious, including the wayyyy too long dragging(pun intended) of the bank through the streets of St Martin. The exposition to show where we were and how we got there included the young but boring new young couple. They added nothing and I hoped for our old earthy friends Captain Barbossa and his monkey, who did appear but briefly, early on. Jack Sparrow was a pale shadow of himself as well, although how he began and got his name was a lift.
I was going to give this 3 stars max, but then like being at some operas, the next act took off. Everybody got some energy, and the story line coalesced. Javier Bardem’s part improved, Depp woke up and Geoffrey Rush came to the fore. The two romantic leads – young, pretty, but – meh – no great shakes.
But it rallied and came together and I enjoyed the last hour – a solid 4 stars.-Sza-Sza

DVD Wholesale Main Features:

Actors: Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Stellan Skarsgard, Bill Nighy
Directors: Gore Verbinski
Writers: Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio
Format: Blu-ray
Language: English (Dolby Digital 5.1), French (Dolby Digital 5.1), Spanish (Dolby Digital 5.1)
Subtitles: French, Spanish, English
Region: All Regions
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Number of discs: 2
Rated: PG-13 Parents Strongly Cautioned
Studio: WALT DISNEY PICTURES
DVD Release Date: March 1, 2011
Run Time: 150 minutes
ASIN: B004DTLK7G