Mediocrity at its best.

Rating: 4/10 (23 November 2017)

I don't know if I'm disappointed or surprised by this film. In one hand from the trailers it looked really bad and I went in expecting a worse experience that I actually had. In the other fan I'm a huge Pirates fan and I wanted something great to come out of a film where Javier Bardem plays a villain. But the final products is just...mediocre. I had minimal laughs and there were a few things I appreciate (I don't hate the film), but it might be the weakest film in the franchise. Johnny Depp is hurtfully unfunny in this and I was constantly finding myself wondering where the real Jack Sparrow was. The true show stealer (if you can call him that) was Geoffrey Rush, the only one that I actually think is great in all of these films. The newcomers were average, with some being less that that. The only thing except Rush that kept the film enjoyable at the minimum was the action and the cinematography. Sure it wasn't anything terrific, but it seemed as if people tried to make this film look pretty. While you might have some fun if you're a Pirates fan, I'd say to skip on this trip.