Couldn't get into it! 5/10

Rating: 5/10 (8 October 2017)

Review: This is another one of those movies which look great but failed to entertain. The main problem with the film is that the storyline is all over the place, and the 2 new characters, Henry Turner (Brenton Thwaites) and Kaya Scodelraio (Carina Smyth) wasn't that great. It was good to see the old cast back, especially Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) but there was too much happening at once. Captain Salazar (Javier Bardem) was a decent addition to the cast but the director went a bit overboard with the CGI on the ghost pirates. Anyway, Captain Salazar escapes the Devil's Triangle, with his crew, and is searching for pirates to kill them, including Jack Sparrow. The only way that Jack can survive, is to get the Trident of Poseidon, which will give him the power to control the seas. With the help of Carina, who is an astronomer and horologist, who believes her father wanted her to find the Trident, and Henry, who believes that he can free his dad if be found the mythical object, they set out on the tough mission, whilst fighting against various baddies who are trying to stop them in there tracks. There are many other elements to the movie, which I haven't mentioned but it's way too confusing to write then down. In terms of scale, the movie is extremely epic, and you can see why they needed such a huge budget to pull this off but the storyline was all over the place, and the action scenes were pretty messy. With that aside, the wit from Johnny Depp was top form and the banter with his old crew was enjoyable but I missed Bloom & Knightley, who made a weird appearance towards the end. Anyway, I personally can't see myself watching this movie again in a hurry but I'm sure I'll enjoy it more if I watched all of the movies back to back. Average!
Round-Up: This movie was directed by Joachim Ronnie and Espen Sandberg, who also brought you Bandidas starring Penelope Cruz and Salma Hayek. With there lack of experience behind the camera, I'm surprised that they took on such a huge project, which has been a successful franchise up to now but judging by the profit at the box office, I'm sure the studios we're happy with the outcome. Compared to the other Pirates movies, I didn't feel a big buzz around this movie, and it seemed to leave people's minds quite quickly. The clip after the credits left the movie right open, so I'm sure we're going to see another movie in this franchise but it seems like the concept has hit a bit of a brick wall. I won't be rushing to the cinema to see another Pirates movie but I can understand why families will.
Budget: $230million Worldwide Gross: $795million
I recommend this movie to people who are into their action/adventure/fantasy movies, starring Johnny Depp, Javier Bardem, Geoffrey Rush, Brenton Thwaites, David Wenham, Stephen Graham, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Paul McCartney, Kaya Scodelario and Kevin McNally. 5/10