A pirates life for me.

Rating: 8/10 (3 June 2017)

As far as I am concerned Dean Men Tell No Tales (as it should be called) was a little better than Stranger Tides but not as good as Curse of the Black Pearl. It was a riotous romp through the Caribbean with the lovable Jack Sparrow & the new pretty things, Carina & Henry.
We regrettably don't see Penelope Cruz return for this adventure but we do get Mr & Mrs Turner for a cameo (actually was kind of sweet)
Javier Bardem was the titular bad guy & he absolutely stole the show! If Skyfall taught us anything it was that he's a stellar bad guy & he didn't disappoint as Captain Salazar. He was dark, menacing and played the good guy gone bad perfectly.
There were a few things that didn't add up continuity wise though; pay attention as this is where spoilers come in.
Will Turner; At the end of "Worlds End" Will becomes Captain of the Flying Dutchman & the 'fish curse' is lifted as the crew return to being men once more. At the beginning of "Dead Men Tell No Tales" we meet Will again & he's getting all crusty with barnacles like the old 'fish cursed' crew. He & his little lad (about 10 I'd imagine) are talking about Will's time on the Dutchman as being a curse, although at the end of Worlds End he seemed more than happy to take the role to be with his twice cursed father & do away with Davy Jones. So he totally knew what he was getting into & according to Tia Dalma in "Worlds End" Davy Jones squid appearance is a result of him not doing his duty of ferrying the people who died at sea to the other afterlife. Considering Will was a good guy for the first 3 films why is he suddenly appearing all sea like?
Jacks Compass; As you'll recall in "Dead Mans Chest" Tia Dalma asks Jack if the compass he bartered from her couldn't lead him to Davy Jones Key. However now we see him being given it by his dying Captain in a flashback. That's a big one, I'm not sure why anyone who'd worked on that movie didn't point it out as it disturbs the continuity of the franchise now.
The Trident; OK so this relates to two major points as far as I'm concerned. It has the power to end all curses at sea! If that is indeed the case, how on Earth do Will Turner & a post credit Squid Davy Jones appear to be alive? Firstly Davy Jones in Squid form is a curse brought about by him not doing his duty of ferrying the dead to the afterlife. his heart was stabbed at the end of "Worlds End" and he died subsequently being replaced by Will Turner who had his heart cut out put in a box & left with Elizabeth. So breaking the Trident ends all sea curses but does it also bring the dead back to life? Salazar & his men returned to their mortal states even though they clearly all died after their first encounter with Jack Sparrow. So Will returned to his mortal self with his heart reappearing inside him, otherwise he's be dead. Lets address post credits Davy Jones! How? It's not possible! 1: He's dead & 2: the Trident lifted all sea curses & Davy Jones curse was tied to the sea as was his 'fish curse'. So how is it possible that he's come back from the great fishy beyond in Squid form to haunt the Turners?
The Black Pearl in a Bottle; From what I remember from "Stranger Tides" there was a storm going on in the bottle, yet now all seems to be quite calm.