Ran out of ideas

Rating: 4/10 (25 August 2012)

Lets get this straight, I had low expectations for every single one of these films, but was pleasantly surprised each time by the first three. Not particularly inspired stories, but great script and performances all round. This one felt, almost from the first scene, like the writers had already used every idea they had and none of the actors really wanted to be there. The teenagers were annoying, imagine Sweet Valley High annoying, the new characters were not needed and were so poorly acted, they'd have been better off leaving their scenes blank, and I mean a fews seconds of blank white screen with no sound blank, it was that bad. The only exception was granny, although she was fairly annoying, but at least she was intended to be. The worst part was the idea, lets include some pirates, cause their in fashion. When they first appeared I hoped they were just a quick nod to the genre and move on, but no, they occupied almost the entire second half of the story. In my opinion the first three films were so good because despite the inherent need to add new characters with each new sequel, they centred on the main characters who made the original so successful. Basically put, more Sid, less teenagers.