The Pirates of the Caribbean franchise may have peaked creatively with the very first movie back in 2003, but with global earnings of over $4.5 billion, you can’t deny that the series has a huge fanbase. Still, the sequels continuously became bogged down in over-complicated storytelling that kept adding layer upon layer to the mythology to the point where a lot of it didn’t seem to make much sense anymore, and with the upcoming sixth installment set to be a soft reboot of sorts, perhaps the best idea would be to strip things back and simplify the narrative.
We still don’t know an awful lot about the latest Pirates adventure, other than the news that it will reportedly feature a female lead, and there are still huge question marks surrounding the face of the entire brand. Fans were in uproar when Johnny Depp was booted from his signature role as Jack Sparrow,...
We still don’t know an awful lot about the latest Pirates adventure, other than the news that it will reportedly feature a female lead, and there are still huge question marks surrounding the face of the entire brand. Fans were in uproar when Johnny Depp was booted from his signature role as Jack Sparrow,...
- 3/24/2020
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