Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales - A Movie Review

I just got back from the theater and wow... this movie was a surprise. Before I get ahead of myself, let's start at the beginning. This is a review of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales. I originally didn't even want to see this movie, but I am glad that I did. Where to begin...how about the story?

The story is pretty straightforward - Jack Sparrow is back and trying to escape another group of undead pirates. Believe it or not, this actually works quite well. While the last couple of movies weren't the best, this movie was much more like the original movie. It embraced the fun from the first movie with fights, beautiful undead CGI pirates and a curse that needs to be broken. I won't give away any more than that, though. Jack is just as wonderfully odd and goofy as ever. There were familiar faces from the other movies and some new characters as well.

One of my favorite things was how the undead pirates were animated like they were floating in water. That was not only cool to look at but pretty convincing. Another thing was the story itself. It wasn't depressing like Pirates of the Caribbean 3 or Jack Sparrow just on camera all the time like in the fourth movie. I did like the villain in that one but the rest was just...okay. This is the first Pirates movie that I have really enjoyed since the first sequel. Like I said before, I didn't want to see this one at first...but it was really good. I think it perfectly captured what made the franchise so enjoyable in the first place without being too focused on Jack Sparrow.

Overall, I highly recommend this movie and hope that if they do make another sequel, it will be just as fun as this one. Other than that, it was a swashbuckling good time and you should definitely check it out. I hope you enjoyed this post and will Follow me so you don't miss out on future posts. Leave a comment below telling me what you thought of the movie (if you saw it) or any of the Pirates movies in general. Have a great weekend and as always: keep on gaming!!