A Shoddy Disney Rehash

Rating: 4/10 (5 June 2017)

Pros: - The movie starts out really well with the opening sequence of Will Turner's kid tying a rock to his foot to talk with his dad - The Will Turner/Elizabeth Swan story was tied up nicely - The sequence with the Horologist comments was hilarious
Cons: - Jack Sparrow has suffered from Flanderization (The act of progressively exaggerating a single trait of a character until it overtakes all other characterization) with this being his drunken silliness. He was reduced from a cunning/witty character to one purely for comic relief, which, for the most part was unfunny - We got to see a young Jack Sparrow, albeit, one who acts exactly the same as he always does. His character is just far too one- dimensional, we don't get to see any new goals/desires, new emotional territory. Sadly, there is more emotional depth to Barbosa - Jack's crew forgive/agree to save him far too quickly, all for 10 silver which they could've robbed from the kid, they are pirates btw - Disney basically trying to rehash one of their past successes just like Star Wars with The Force Awakens i.e. figure out what the fans liked last time and dishing the same thing up again, eg having one of Jack Sparrow's old enemies out to get him who just happens to be cursed

A house being dragged by horses. I know that it's a movie and a fantasy one but I still like them to obey the laws of physics, if not, at least explain it away with magic or something - The origins of Salazar's curse. He arbitrarily gets swallowed by hellfire and gets to come back all cursed why exactly? - The East India Trading Company's presence in the movie wasn't necessary at all. They were just there for old times sake. - Kaya Scodelario's character was very proactive to begin with, all the witch comments fit the period and was funny but her character became passive towards the end - Barbosa's death was rather forced and formulaic. Did he have to jump off the chain like that? Could they have perhaps just kicked Salazar in the head or something? - Salazar's dialogue was just him dribbling and saying 'hombre' a lot

Conclusion: I'll end by saying if you liked Disney's 'The Force Awakens', this is the movie for you!