Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (released outside the US and Canada as Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazar's Revenge) is a 2017 American swashbuckler fantasy film directed by Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg from a script by Jeff Nathanson, with Jerry Bruckheimer serving again as producer. It is the fifth installment in the Pirates of the Caribbean film series and the sequel to On Stranger Tides (2011). The film stars Johnny Depp, Javier Bardem, Geoffrey Rush, Brenton Thwaites, Kaya Scodelario, and Kevin McNally. In the film, Captain Jack Sparrow searches for the Trident of Poseidon while being pursued by an undead sea captain and his crew.

The filmmakers cited the series' first installment, The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003), as inspiration for the script and tone of the film. Pre-production for the film started shortly before On Stranger Tides was released in early 2011, with Terry Rossio writing the initial script. In early 2013, Jeff Nathanson was hired to write a new script for the film, with Depp being involved in Nathanson's writing process. Initially planned for a 2015 release, the film was delayed to 2016 and then to 2017, due to script and budget issues. Principal photography started in Australia in February 2015, after the Australian government offered Disney $20 million in tax incentives, and ended in July 2015.

Dead Men Tell No Tales premiered in Shanghai on May 11, 2017, and was released in the United States on May 26. A sequel is currently in development.

Plot
Thrust into an all-new adventure, a down-on-his-luck Capt. Jack Sparrow feels the winds of ill-fortune blowing even more strongly when deadly ghost sailors led by his old nemesis, the evil Capt. Salazar, escape from the Devil's Triangle. Jack's only hope of survival lies in seeking out the legendary Trident of Poseidon, but to find it, he must forge an uneasy alliance with a brilliant and beautiful astronomer and a headstrong young man in the British navy.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) Overall, the film seems like a rehash of the first film with elements of the other films, focusing too much on Easter eggs to the earlier films rather than the actual plot.
 * 2) The plot is confusing and difficult to follow due to there being too many sub-plots about different characters.
 * 3) Despite all these sub-plots resulting in many different things happening, barely anything interesting happens in any of them, making the movie boring.
 * 4) *Some of these sub-plots revolve around poorly written characters not many people will care for, which isn't helping matters.
 * 5) The film rarely references its predecessor On Stranger Tides to the point it looks more like a sequel to the original trilogy rather than to the fourth film, which seemed to be the start of a new trilogy before the fifth film opted to bring back Will Turner and Elizabeth Swan, thus making On Stranger Tides look like an "out of place" entry in the series. If not for the Black Pearl still shrunken, Barbossa commanding the Queen Anne's Revenge and the mention of Blackbeard, it would seem as if the fourth film had never existed.
 * 6) *Taking this into account, Scrum is so far the only character introduced in the fourth film who returns here, with Angelica, the Queen Anne's Revenge crew, Philip Swift and Syrena not seeming to even exist anymore.
 * 7) Rather than letting the plot flow normally, the narration tells us what the plot is through a discussion by a bunch of characters towards the beginning of the film.
 * 8) As mentioned above, many of the characters are poorly written and forgettable. Pig Kelly and his sister Beatrice even look out of place and their scene seems to be filler.
 * 9) Slow and not great pacing which causes the film to be unnecessarily long, which contributes to boredom.
 * 10) Captáin Armando Salazar is one of the worst, if not the worst, villains in the franchise. He has a bland personality, his goals are forgettable, and looks like a moron. Even though Javier Bardem was fine playing him, it wasn't good enough to make Captáin Armando Salazar a great villain. That said, his motives aren't new, as Lord Cutler Beckett from mh:greatestmovies: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest and mh:greatestmovies: Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End had the same plans as him.
 * 11) Despite that Captáin Armando Salazar being shown as one of the main antagonists, he barely even gets enough screentime to be a supporting character, making him pointless.
 * 12) Although Marty, Murtogg, and Mulroy were previously assumed to be dead due to Blackbeard's attack on the Black Pearl, here they return without explanation. On the other hand, other pirates from the original trilogy like Mr. Cotton, Ragetti, and Pintel didn't return even though they could have done the same as with Marty, Murtogg, and Mullroy. Likewise, Bootstrap Turner doesn't even return here despite his promise to stay at the Flying Dutchman with Will and have a grandson. Did he get bored and left?
 * 13) *To be fair, Ragetti and Pintel were supposed to appear but they didn't due to them being busy with other movies.
 * 14) While the visual effects are great, the de-aging of Depp is uncanny.
 * 15) Throughout the film, the Queen Anne's Revenge, the Dying Gull and even the Silent Mary are abandoned and are no longer seen again despite their importance in the story.
 * 16) The film is full of plot holes and continuity errors. For example:
 * 17) * Jack's compass has got to be the film's biggest plot hole; Here, it's shown that if Jack abandoned his compass, then Salazar and his crew would be freed from the Devil's Triangle. But why in previous films did Jack give his compass to Will Turner, Elizabeth Swann, Angelica, etc. and nothing happened?
 * 18) * Jack Sparrow got his compass from a dead pirate in this movie, however, in Dead Man's Chest he got it from Tia Dalma.
 * 19) * After Posiden's Trident is broken, all curses ended which gave Will Turner his life back, however because of this, Davy Johns returns back again, the problem is that Davy Johns was cursed as well, the movie treats him as if he was the curse.
 * 20) Although Will Turner returned in this movie after his absence in the previous film, he just appears at the beginning and at the end, so it's kinda strange why they even bothered to bring him back if he didn't join the main adventure.
 * 21) * False advertising: Disney hyped his return as if he was one of the main characters again when he only appears in the beginning and at the end.
 * 22) *They didn't announce the return of Elizabeth Turner obviously to make it a surprise for fans, however, once they announced the return of Will Turner, it was obvious that she was coming back as well.
 * 23) It's a disappointing and sequel bait ending for the franchise, as it has been confirmed that the sixth film in the works has been ultimately cancelled and replaced with a female-centric reboot starring Margot Robbie given the claims of Johnny Depp's ex-wife Amber Heard of domestic abuse, although he was able to buy back the phone logs with her to prove otherwise, despite teasing another sequel with its after-credits scene later no.
 * 24) This film basically (but nearly) killed the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise.

Good Qualities

 * 1) As with any Pirates of the Caribbean film, the visual effects are great.
 * 2) Multiple good performances, especially Johnny Deep as Jack Sparrow.
 * 3) Passable soundtrack composed by Geoff Zanelli.
 * 4) The swashbuckling action is handled surprisingly well.
 * 5) Captain Jack Sparrow is still a likable protagonist.
 * 6) Young Jack Sparrow scene was amazing, no doubt the best scene in the movie.
 * 7) The movie does have a couple of familiar lines and jokes that were bought from the previous films.
 * 8) Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg still give a good direction.
 * 9) Bringing back Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann after their absence in the previous film is a good move, as most viewers missed them and wanted to see them return to the series.
 * 10) The beginning with Jack and his crew literally robbing a bank by dragging it throughout Saint Martin is very funny and creative.
 * 11) Even though it's been done before, Captain Hector Barbossa's death is well-executed and significant, ending his redemptive arc in a heartwarming and poignant way.
 * 12) If it weren't for the mid-credits scene, it could have been a good conclusion to the series.

Critical Response
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales received mixed-to-negative reviews from critics, audiences, and fans alike, who praised its visual effects, musical score, and performances of the cast, but criticized its screenplay and narrative. On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 29% based on 285 reviews and an average rating of 4.7/10. The website's critical consensus reads: "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales proves that neither a change in directors nor an undead Javier Bardem is enough to drain this sinking franchise's murky bilge". On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 39 out of 100, based on 45 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews", while the audience score is 6.3 Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A−" on an A+ to F scale, while PostTrak reported filmgoers gave it an 82% overall positive score.

Box Office
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales grossed $172 million in the United States and Canada, and $622 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $795 million, against an estimated production budget of $230 million. It had a worldwide opening of $271.4 million from 55 markets, with $24 million coming from 1,088 IMAX screens. The film's six-day opening gross pushed the franchise gross past the $4 billion mark. Despite being the lowest-grossing film of the series in the US by nearly $70 million, the film became the highest-grossing entry of the Pirates franchise internationally when going by modern foreign-exchange rates, passing On Stranger Tides, which grossed $593.4 million at current rates. The largest-earning foreign markets were China ($172.3 million), Japan ($59.5 million), and Russia and the CIS ($40.7 million), where it was the second-highest-grossing film behind mh:greatestmovies: Avatar (2009). Deadline Hollywood noted the film would turn a net profit of around $280 million after factoring together all expenses and revenues based on a projected $850 million final gross (though it would ultimately fall short of that figure, likely resulting in a smaller profit).

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Trivia

 * In July 2018, Terry Rossio's 2012 original script for this film was uploaded into the Internet; it highly differed from the final product and was a direct sequel towards Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides featuring most of its characters joining Jack Sparrow on his adventure, especially Philip and Syrena. Rossio's script was scrapped when Johnny Depp demanded it to be rewritten because the Sea Widow, the script's main antagonist, was a female villain and Depp had already had a female villain in Dark Shadows. Most fans widely considered Rossio's script as far better than the finished product.
 * Despite the end credits scenes, this is the final movie in the franchise as Depp confirmed that he won't return again to the franchise.