We went to a little local theater at for the first midnight showing and saw it in 2D ( which was just fine, never even thought of 3D while viewing ) it was just over half full seating wise so easy to find a seat. There were a few pirate costumers there as well.
My whole " review " is full of spoilers, so fair warning..I don't hold back.
Basically..I loved it. It was great and really pumped up my nostalgic feelings a lot. If I had to number it, it would be better than AWE but not as good CotBP. So it either ties with DMC or is above it. My only real complaint was the few plot holes and the running time ..my butt went numb half way through..but I still wanted MORE. It felt..rushed near the end..like it jumped around..not giant gaps really..but enough if it was a little off-putting. And a few of the sets and such could have been better..after reading the book I imagined swamps, fog, mists, gnarled moss covered trees and such. Even the Fountain wasn't what I had in my mind..it looked to be in our world instead of somewhere else on another plane..the water outside ran up..but the Fountain actually just runs down. in a tiny pool. No geyser of water continually frothing up or anything.
Mermaids were great except for the tiniest of details I noted before like the teeth were a little too vampiric. Jack did not get slapped by Marina or anyone the whole film..that's not right.
The Spanish served a purpose and that was it. There reason for finding the Fountain was pretty much crap though..destroying it and the chalices because only God has the ability to give immortality. :? Plot hole time, if they were going to destroy it and the chalices then why not destroy them when they first had them instead of cleaning them up and giving them the chance to be stolen ?
Blackbeard, pretty cool..nothing like his " younger self " though. Def evil and beyond redemption..Jack switching the chalices at the end doesn't count as redemption since it was a trick and he still dies.
Angelica, she was understood clearly and played a great role..hope to see her again and judging by her finding of the voodoo doll as the last scene we will. She really is Blackbeard's daughter and cared for him..Jack " saving " her by tricking Blackbeard into giving his life for her though..she won't forgive that.
Barbossa is just as clever as ever despite his new hobby which might make you think he's thought a little too much like Jack. Not interested in the Fountain at all he gets his Revenge..literally and figuratively then heads to Tortuga.
Syrena and the missionary..I had no problem with them. They came along fine with a mutual attraction for each other and disappeared together in such a way they will either be back in a sequel, or a book or something. It was left pretty open for them to return...unless she ends up eating him afterall..lol
Zombies were the basically the total disappointment I was afraid they would be..they looked and acted just like ole' Too Long from CotBP...they looked and behaved pretty much like average grumpy pirates.
The ships is bottles was really cool..I'd def like a Pearl like that. I wonder why Gibbs took all of them though ( aside from just being a pirate ) ? and I highly doubt Jack's plan to get her back to ship shape will work..
It's pretty easy to guess where POTC 5 is going...the Sword of Triton and the jewels that can control the tides and winds that Angelica mentions..all work together.
One thing that bugged me is that both Barbossa and Jack were obsessed with immortality..but they shrug it aside very easily and just move on by the end of the film. Have they forgotten
already what it was like to be dead and that they both said they weren't going back there ?
And she took a shot at him, that was great too.
