The decision to film in 3D was my main disagreement. I needn't have feared as On Stranger Tides captured the magic and even provided a few pleasant surprises. Returning for a fourth movie, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Depp reunites with Geoffrey Rush's Barbossa and joins Ian McShane's dread pirate Blackbeard as well as Penélope Cruz.Īs the ultimate fan of the Pirates series, I was anxious that Gore Verbinski would not be returning to direct (probably too busy working on that masterpiece Rango, see my review here), but Rob Marshall ( Chicago, Memoirs of a Geisha) is no slouch. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End not only concluded the Elizabeth-William arc, it neatly set up a new adventure with the map to the Fountain of Youth. While the first three installments encapsulated the tale of William Turner and Elizabeth Swann, they were also undeniably the adventures of Jack Sparrow on his quest for fortune, reknown and life eternal. Depp practically invented his own pirate language as Sparrow, and indeed, Jack Sparrow costumes dominated Halloween parties that year (and the next).
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No other film series in the last decade has captured my imagination the way Pirates did with its astounding special effects and swashbuckling adventure.īut it never would have been a success without Johnny Depp's inspired performance as Captain Jack Sparrow. Since Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl was released in 2003, I have been an enormous fan of the Pirates of the Caribbean movies. It felt almost like he has grown to be too big a star and was doing his pals a favor being in their little movie. He's underused, and isn't really the focus of any of the gags, which are held almost exclusively for Helms. Cooper is no longer really leading the group and feels like he's just along for the ride. Third problem I had was that the dynamic here is changed. Taking his place as the missing man and object of the search is Mason Lee as Stu's soon-to-be brother-in-law, Teddy. Instead, though Doug gets more screen time, he is stuck back at the hotel while the rest of the "wolf pack" parties without him. I had hoped in The Hangover Part II, we would see more of him and it would bring a new dynamic that would allow Bartha to show off his comedic chops.
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Doug spent the entirety of the first movie missing (and it was his wedding they had to get to). Second problem regards the fourth companion, Justin Bartha as Doug. It really takes a while to get moving as compared to the snappy script of The Hangover. There's a scene at Stu's (Helms) office, another at the Garner mansion, a banquet in Thailand, and so on. My first complaint is that it takes 30 minutes to muddle through the setup at the beginning of the movie. Again, the jokes are outrageous, and The Hangover Part II is good for a few laughs, but that's where the similarity ends. Cooper, Helms and Galifianakis again wake up and trace the events of a drug-fueled night of partying, and have to complete a mission in time to return for a wedding. I didn't believe early reports that it was simply a rehash of the original script, though it would seem so at first. I'm not a pessimist who expects to hate every sequel, and I was really looking forward to this second outing, also directed by Todd Phillips. The trio of Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms and Zach Galifianakis was lightning in a bottle, and the over-the-top script pushed the limits in the name of harmless fun. Its predecessor left me laughing for days. I really wanted to love The Hangover Part II.