Pirates Of The Carribean : On Stranger Tides INDEED!!

Pirates Of the Carribean one of the most successful franchises of the last decade , 3 spectacular movies with amazing box office success so there obviously is a lot to expect from the 4th installment of this fantastic series . Pirates has given us one of the most memorable characters whose name can be taken with legendary Hollywood characters like Darth Vader from Star Wars or Don Vito from The Godfather we all know who I am talking about its the irreplaceable Johnny Depp as the witty,crazy,brave,extraordinary Captain Jack Sparrow, the success of a pirates movie is heavily resting on his shoulders. So with all this build up POC4 is surely gonna be a winner and to be honest it is a gr8 movie but well just not as good as its predecessors.

POC4 is largely been made without much of a story its been sorta forced , the characters are well made with Penelope Cruz at her best n Geoffrey Rush someone who pops into your mind whenever u mention the word pirate & Jack as usual is fantastic but due a lack of a thrill factor , no real suspense and an average climax POC4 is no match for its predecessors.

POC4 starts of where the 3rd part left off The fountain of youth sought after by the legendary Black Beard who has an unrealistic n over the top magical ship. The British, Spanish n Jack to seek the fountain. In the midst of all this the steaming Johnny-Penelope chemistry which the people love. The story progresses to getting to the fountain with Barbossa n the British forming and alliance and Jack,Black Beard on the other hand .......so who gets there 1st n uses the fountains magical powers is the gist of the movie.

POC series has its USP in Jacks crazy antics n how he accidentally manages to pull off amazing stunts however POC4 shows him in a different light altogether with him almost becoming a super hero jumping of cliffs n guiding even Barbossa to rob the Spanish. This is where POC4 loses out. Also the over the top Black Beard magic with a not so commanding character of Black Beard just doesn't work. Black Beard should take a note from Davy Jones in this regard. I also wish the 3d effects were used in a more efficient way to increase the thrill quotient.

All this being said i thoroughly enjoyed watching Captain Jack Sparrow return n wish he comes back with many more installments with the class of the first 3 .POC series has always been special to me although POC 4 may have a lot of flaws I just enjoy watching Sparrow too much.

I would give it 4 stars **** :)