POSSIBLE MOVIE SPOILERS AHEAD
Arrrr!! We’re setting sail one last time for Stranger Tides!
With Pirates of The Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales releasing in theatres
this Friday, May the 26th in America I’ve been over the past month diving back
into the first three Pirate movies and discussing them, giving my thoughts
towards the movie. You can check out those blogs, and I recommend you do before
reading this blog.
Curse of the Black Pearl
http://zakentertainment.blogspot.com/2017/04/curse-of-blogging-pearl-nintendo.html
Dead Man's Chest
http://zakentertainment.blogspot.com/2017/05/setting-sail-for-pirates-of-caribbean.html
At World's End
http://zakentertainment.blogspot.com/2017/05/sailing-over-edge-in-pirates.html
Curse of the Black Pearl
http://zakentertainment.blogspot.com/2017/04/curse-of-blogging-pearl-nintendo.html
Dead Man's Chest
http://zakentertainment.blogspot.com/2017/05/setting-sail-for-pirates-of-caribbean.html
At World's End
http://zakentertainment.blogspot.com/2017/05/sailing-over-edge-in-pirates.html
Today I’ll be discussing the recent entry in the Pirates
franchise, Pirates of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. I’m going to go out on
a limb and say this is not my favorite entry in the series and actually I can
say this is my least favorite. I don’t dislike it, but I don’t adore it like
the previous movies.
After the whole ordeal with Davy Jones, Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) pinches (Pirates pirating from pirates.) the map to Davy Jones’s locker from
Captain Barbossa and if you saw the end credit scene for At World’s End you’ll
see Jack discovers it also leads to the Fountain of Youth (As well as other
possible treasures), which is said to grant eternal life, or at least give you
a couple more years anyway.
Photo by Peter Mountain - © Disney Enterprises, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Of course things don’t go as planned and Jack,
along with first mate Joshamee Gibbs (Kevin McNally) with the Pearl nowhere in sight (Thanks
Barbossa) end up in London with Gibbs standing trial (As well as being accused
of being Jack Sparrow… Whoops) soon to be hung. Captain Jack in attempt to
rescue his first mate manages to get Gibbs’s sentence changed to life in prison
and after trying to escape Jack ends up face to face with King George II
himself. His majesty proceeds to order Jack to guide an expedition to the
Fountain of Youth (Having a map and a magic compass must of caused this.)
before the Spanish Navy can locate it. Jack wouldn’t be alone, no King George
II appoints Jack to serve alongside an old nemesis now turned Privateer for the
British Navy, Captain Hector Barbossa. Yeah apparently the Black Pearl is gone,
again. That ship sure goes through a lot.
© 2011 - WALT DISNEY PICTURES/JERRY BRUCKHEIMER FILMS
Captain Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush), now with a missing leg and no Black Pearl
has his own agenda however and seeks to confront the villain of the movie to
avenge his leg and the pearl. Speaking of villain, this movie takes a bit of a
different approach to the villain of choice. While the previous movies featured
Barbossa himself as a villain, who is an original character with some faint inspirations
from real pirates and Davy Jones who is based on the legend of Davy Jones’s
Locker and The Flying Dutchman (Not Davy Jones from the Monkees) this villain
is straight out of real life, though with some Disney exaggeration, the
ruthless pirate Blackbeard (Ian McShane) and his ship the Queen Anne’s Revenge.
© 2011 - WALT DISNEY PICTURES/JERRY BRUCKHEIMER FILMS
Blackbeard, real name Edward Teach (Not sure
if this applies to the movie.) was a pirate from the early 1700s who operated around
the West Indies and at the time the eastern coast of Britain’s North American
Colonies. (Before the USA was a thing.) Blackbeard proved to be a fearless and
dangerous pirate in those times and it only makes sense for Pirates of the
Caribbean (Which takes place during that time period) to finally bring
Blackbeard into the Pirate mix. As far as the Disney exaggeration (Bringing
just Blackbeard into the movie wouldn’t be that interesting) well Blackbeard
just so happens to wield the mythical “Sword of Triton” that allows him to
almost become one with his ship, in pretty scary ways.
© 2010 - Walt Disney Pictures
Also along for the ride is another Jack Sparrow? Or should I
say Angelica (Penelope Cruz) who disguises herself as Jack in order to commandeer a crew to
find the Fountain herself. Basically a lot of people are after this fountain.
Angelica just so happens to be, one of many, of Jack’s former lovers and after
a reencounter Jack gets swooned and shanghaied aboard Blackbeard’s ship.
© 2011 - WALT DISNEY PICTURES/JERRY BRUCKHEIMER FILMS
After a failed mutiny aboard Blackbeard’s ship Jack is
forced to guide the Blackbeard crew to the fountain. It’s not so simple however
and the crew of the Queen Anne’s Revenge must retrieve a couple of items before
heading to the fountain. First off they must have two silver chalices and then
the tear of a Mermaid. These aren’t your typical Disney Mermaids however they
tend to bite. See the Fountain of Youth isn’t an automatic way of becoming immortal;
actually it’s impossible to become immortal via the fountain. One must drink
from the chalice without a tear and one must drink the chalice with a tear,
these chalices being filled with water from the Fountain. In doing so one’s
remaining years will be transferred to the person drinking the tear and the
wielder of the non tear infused chalice will die. There’s always a catch, huh?
© 2010 - Walt Disney Pictures
Anyway this movie while being my least favorite does have an
interesting plot, though it seems to drag on and to me seemed like a long
movie, odd part is that this movie is actually the shortest movie out of the
entire series. Not to down the movie too much but I also found myself missing
certain characters from the previous movies such as Mr. Cotton, Cotton’s Parrot
and Pintel and Ragetti. Jack the Monkey does make a small appearance however
when Jack discovers the Black Pearl has been shrunk down by Blackbeard’s magic
and shoved into a bottle. Despite the downers I still enjoyed Johnny Depp as
well as Geoffrey Rush’s performance like always and I have to say Ian McShane
made a pretty awesome Blackbeard. This is very much a standalone film somewhat
like the first movie and while I don’t like it as much as the previous movies
it’s definitely worth watching in anticipation for the first movie.
Fun fact about this movie is that it’s actually based on a
book! Yeah this movie is actually based on the events of the 1987 released Tim Powers “On Stranger Tides” novel. While Jack is not present in said novel it’s
still based around the same plotline of Blackbeard seeking the Fountain of
Youth. I’m actually surprised I didn’t put the two and two together until now,
On Stranger Tides is a classic historical pirate fantasy novel. There’s
actually a unabridged audio book of “On Stranger Tides” on Hoopla (Read this
blog to learn more about Hoopla: http://zakentertainment.blogspot.com/2017/05/unlock-free-online-book-library-with-hoopla.html) so I think I’ll be giving that a listen
while I knit/paint! (Can you knit and paint at the same time? No idea maybe I
should try that, I got feet maybe I could paint with my feet.)
To watch this movie go check it out on iTunes a lower then
expected price of $12.99 for HD and, well $12.99 for SD. I guess HD is the way
to go if you can handle the download.
That’s the final Pirates of the Caribbean blog for now,
thanks for joining me on this cruise through these awesome Pirate films! The
pirate journey isn’t over however as this Friday May 26th marks the
release in theatres of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales.
This is the beginning of the final adventure for Jack Sparrow as he comes face to face with an old enemy from his youth.
Armando Salazar (Javier Bardem) a former Spanish navy turned zombie pirate hunter (Haven’t we done this before? Though I don’t think Barbossa was this flakey.) after he escapes from the Devil’s Triangle (The infamous Bermuda Triangle.) seeks to wipe out every pirate in existence, most of all Jack himself and his determined to find the legendary Trident of Poseidon which seems to be this movie’s treasure. Along the ride is also Brenton Thwaites as Henry Turner, guess who? Yes before leaving for the 10 year curse it seems William Turner managed to have a child with Elizabeth Swan. All grown up now (Man how old is Jack at this point?) he seeks to break the curse that’s stopping him from reconnecting with his father. He’s also joined by Kaya Scodelario as Carina Smyth, a go getter astronomer.
Photo by Film Frame - © Disney Enterprises, Inc. All Rights Reserved
This is the beginning of the final adventure for Jack Sparrow as he comes face to face with an old enemy from his youth.
Photo by Film Frame - © Disney Enterprises, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Armando Salazar (Javier Bardem) a former Spanish navy turned zombie pirate hunter (Haven’t we done this before? Though I don’t think Barbossa was this flakey.) after he escapes from the Devil’s Triangle (The infamous Bermuda Triangle.) seeks to wipe out every pirate in existence, most of all Jack himself and his determined to find the legendary Trident of Poseidon which seems to be this movie’s treasure. Along the ride is also Brenton Thwaites as Henry Turner, guess who? Yes before leaving for the 10 year curse it seems William Turner managed to have a child with Elizabeth Swan. All grown up now (Man how old is Jack at this point?) he seeks to break the curse that’s stopping him from reconnecting with his father. He’s also joined by Kaya Scodelario as Carina Smyth, a go getter astronomer.
Sounds like a pretty awesome wrap up to the Pirates of the
Caribbean film series especially with Orlando Bloom coming back as Will Turner
and Keira Knightley as Elizabeth Swan. Sucks that Pintel and Ragetti will STILL
not be in this movie, I guess they didn’t survive when Blackbeard attacked the
Black Pearl. Speaking of the Black Pearl I’m hoping they wrap up that storyline
as well. Anyway it’s releasing this Friday so be sure to go check it out! I’ll
be discussing that movie later on this year when it gets a digital release on
iTunes and DVD. Also has anyone else noticed how they managed to get someone who looks like he actually could be William or even Orlando Bloom's son?
That’s not the end however! Something else is releasing this
Friday, May 26th. This Friday marks the release of the 4th
entry in my ZAK Knits Youtube series! Yes after a couple months absence and a
lack of knitting I’m back in the groove and bringing you a new ZAK Knits
episode. Basically I knit, talk about knitting and show you guys how I knit. (I’m
saying it like this because I’m not 100% certain I’m doing everything the RIGHT
way.) These episodes have been a blast to record and edit and I can’t wait to
start bringing more to the ZAK Entertainment Youtube Channel. Before the new
Episode launches early Friday morning check out the previous 3 entries (And one
mini entry) by going to the ZAK Knits youtube playlist! https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiAcQAX8vtXr3SUFzkEkKFdyGP4yxJY-4
As a teaser here’s a photo I took of the project I’m working
on right after filming. Yes this new ZAK Knits episode will focus on my
afterthought heel sock project, more importantly doing the cable row. See I’m
not using a normal cable needle and you’ll see what I mean on Friday. You’ll
soon learn you don’t always need a dedicated cable needle to do cable knitting.
I’m sorry about the lack of knitting on my part lately, after recording this
video however I’m back in the groove so I should be pushing through this sock
project and hopefully some new projects!
Until then however I’ll see you guys on Friday.
That’s a wrap folks!
PS I know some of you are pretty excited after last night's Flash season finale... Keep an eye out soon when I discuss the 3rd season!
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