Pirates of the Caribian: On Stranger Tides

So we watched this movie during Christmas break. The good news – it is better than movies 2 & 3. The better news – some of our favorites are back (Jack Sparrow, Barbossa, Mr. Gibbs), we’ve got some good new characters (Angelica, Blackbeard, Serena, Swift), and some characters whose story is over are not back (Will & Elizabeth). The bad news is the movie isn’t quite as good as the first one. Granted, the first movie is a hard act to follow. Part of the problem is that while there are creative fight scenes and great jokes, they seem to tread some of the same ground. Still, it is a fun story. Jack arrives in London only to find someone is using his name to get recruited. He himself gets rather forcibly recruited by Angelica, Blackbeard’s daughter. They want to find the fountain of youth. Only one problem – both the Spanish and British government want the fountain of youth too. In fact, Britain has gone so far as to recruit Jack’s old nemesis Barbossa to help. Barbossa in the mean time has his own grievance with Blackbeard . . .

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