WWTD 119 - Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides: Tired Franchise

The Summer of Pirates continues on We Want The D with the fourth installment of the franchise, PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES. The people may have been hungry for more Jack Sparrow after the conclusion of the initial trilogy, but Vicky, Nolan and Jill can't imagine anyone who felt satisfied by this high budget television episode of a movie. Disney managed to pull off a film that sorta looks like a Pirates movie and sorta sounds like a Pirates movie, but by no means comes even close to what came before. How could it, when the central character is sidelined for Penelope Cruz, time is endlessly wasting on a pointless mermaid/missionary love story, and the Spanish are just hanging out, popping in and out whenever they are needed. There are few franchises that can sustain themselves indefinitely, but for a series of films that started out so strongly, this one has worn itself out rather quickly.