pirates

not even chedeng's torrential rains could prevent us from catching the fourth installment of pirates of the caribbean franchise. thanks to pops... nice, jel, izhi, liezl and i were at power plant mall to see the movie. to me, on strager tides was easily the weakest of all pirates movies. it seemed jack sparrow's wits were lost and his hirits came up as silly and cliche. while johnny depp and penelope cruz has that sexual chemistry to light up the screen, this was altogether sacrificed and downplayed to get a more child-friendly rating... for box office returns of course. as rottentomatoes summed it up:

On Stranger Tides has received generally mixed reviews. Review aggregate Rotten Tomatoes reports that 33% of critics have given the film a positive review based on 221 reviews, with an average score of 5/10. The critical consensus is: "It's shorter and leaner than the previous sequel, but this Pirates runs aground on a disjointed plot and a non-stop barrage of noisy action sequences." The film holds an average score of 45 rating at Metacritic based on 38 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews".

British film critic Mark Kermode gave the film an overwhelmingly negative review on his 5 Live show, saying "it's not as staggeringly misjudged as the third part, because it is just nothing, it is just a big empty nothing". Yet, Box Office Magazine's Pete Hammond calls it "The Best Pirate Outing Yet!" and praises director Rob Marshall for bringing "an almost lyrical grace to the mayhem". Hammond also raves about Depp and Cruz, saying that "the pair sizzles onscreen."