The Downfall of The Pirates of The Caribbean Franchise

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Intro- 0:00-1:29
CoTBP- 1:30- 6:49
DMC- 6:50- 11:10
AWE- 11:11- 16:50
OST- 16:51- 21:53
DMTNT- 21:53- 27:53
Ending- 27:54- 30:12
In the early 2000s Disney released a summer blockbuster that was based on one of their attractions and it was such a big hit that it spawned a whole franchise with 4 sequels. That Movie was Pirates of The Caribbean Curse of the Black Pearl. Even though it was a strong start and had two good follow ups with Dead Man's Chest and At World's End, the series quickly took a nose dive with its last two releases and is pretty much buried at this point. And with the 6th film starring Margot Robbie being canceled, the franchise is basically finished, I wanted to go ahead and take a look back at the films and give my thoughts on each one and maybe we can see what went wrong.

[@TexYT]

Savvy?

[@Tekkenandgaming]

Yea

[@DangeistYT]

No , moffy!

[@P.Whitestrake]

Aye.

[@3sk807]

The entire dc universe has sunk and you havent made a video yet.

[@TexYT]

@@3sk807 because it's depressing

[@CommanderSummit]

The original trilogy will always be one of the best parts of my childhood. The climax of At World’s End is so damn fun

[@simbalesliechoto8663]

Right! This movie is heaven to experience on a great home theater system.

[@manocuypers163]

I really disliked the fact that 4 and 5 never did anything with Calypso. In the third movie they explain that Calypso was put in a human body in order to tame the seas so that Pirates could rule them. But in that movie they set her free, so the sea should be almost impossible to cross now, but they just ignore this, and that sucks, this could have been a very interesting conflict.

[@firstlast9846]

*NGL, if they were to keep the franchise going* I’d rather see them continue the idea set in “Dead Man’s Chest” of the pirates realising “Our time is coming to an end” and slowly each film - we see the crew get smaller, the magic elements slowly disappear, elements of the modern world start appearing and we see Jack go from this legendary pirate to an outlaw without a crew.. I’d prefer that than the idea of just green lighting sequels where Jack has another adventure.

[@HRGAMES-rw7yd]

That… that actually sounds like an interesting idea. Maybe show how very time, he comes closer and closer to death.

[@dabatman5187]

They tried to do that in “Dead Man Tell No Tales”. They tried to show that Jack was old and worn out. It just wasn’t really conveyed well.

[@pizzatch6117]

Agreed

[@tramper_]

I kinda don’t mind just cool pirate tales

[@blue_eyedfloozy]

So RDR2 but pirates? I like it

[@Sci-Fi_Freak_YT]

Dead Man’s Chest is the best one IMO. Critics were way to harsh on the first three.

[@MajinLordVegeta]

Dead man’s chest is god tier. I think it takes everything that was great about the first film and does it better. And the ending is just…amazing.

[@Sci-Fi_Freak_YT]

@@MajinLordVegeta I love stories that end with the villain winning (with uncertainty for the hero) because it builds up way more tension. Especially when you are on the fence if the heroes will actually win vs a ending where the hero will obviously win at some point (like Avengers Infinity War although I still like it).

[@jarjarbinks3985]

I like Dead Man's Chest the most too.

[@skywalker2676]

Right that ones the most rewachable 😭😭that ones always been my favorite

[@jadenalvarado4912]

Nah

[@user-mx4is4fx3c]

The good thing about this franchise is that the trilogy ends perfectly. So it doesn't matter how much Disney milks it. We've already gotten the best closure we could.

[@Onezy05]

Yeah, the character arcs were neatly wrapped up. 5 absolutely ruined it with the magic trident undoing Will and Elizabeth's bittersweet ending for fan service.

[@BurBurGerHamCotCotCybercotleta]

Indiana Jones, Ace attorney and POTC all end on a happy number 3 for me And half life ends on Alyx

[@user-mx4is4fx3c]

@@BurBurGerHamCotCotCybercotleta Ace attorney 4 is very underrated that's all I'm gonna say.

[@BurBurGerHamCotCotCybercotleta]

@@user-mx4is4fx3c for me its the worst in all series (and even insulting TO the series), but you do you

[@user-mx4is4fx3c]

@@BurBurGerHamCotCotCybercotleta Let me guess, you were pissed with the Hobo Phoenix twist.

[@889654]

This franchise also did end credit scenes before the MCU popularized it. If you didn't see the one in Black Pearl, you would be confused why Jack the Monkey was still cursed in the Dead Man's Chest.

[@liisaky]

that is what happened to me lol, I was confused and thought it was a plot hole for 10 years until one time I rewatched it with the last scene. Didn’t even know that scene existed, I just let the credits roll, to listen to the music. Then the monkey scene came and it was all finally clear to me hahah

[@marcusf7710]

The absence of Gore Verbinski in the director’s chair is very noticeable post At words end. I don’t think people give him enough credit to how important he was to the identity and quality of the series.

[@KabbalahSherry]

FACTS! 🫤💯 Nobody ever mentions this... but it was a HUGE part of why the latter movies just did not work. The director is incredibly important! It can't just be anybody, ffs.

[@aspiringjoker2883]

​@KabbalahSherry especially when you consider the fact that the director of Tell No Tales didn't allow Johnny Depp to improvise while playing Jack. That was what made the character an icon. Johnny's creativity. Instead, we got this poorly written, razzy nominated caricature of Jack that lacked the understanding of what made him special. A great director is like a painter working with an inkblot, ya know? They can find the shape and make something great within it, but they can also see what it wants to be and help it grow organically into what it was meant to be. Todd Phillips knew how to let Joaquin Phoenix improvise, Verbinski knew when to give Johnnybthe reigns, and the results speak for themselves. You can be a great architect, but you need to let the artisan you've hired work if you want your creative vision to be all it can be.

[@ericschuster2680]

"Dead Man's Chest has the least amount of rewatch value" bro was onto absolutely nothing 🔥🔥

[@tsunekyu176]

I love all the first three unconditionally, 4th is kinda forgettable but it still felt like a pirates movie, with Jack Sparrow still being fun to watch, 5th was just, so so very sad, I left the theater hoping that was just a nightmare.

[@MrMgkman13]

Agreed. 4 is better than people give it credit for, it’s just not as deep as the trilogy. 5 had alot of good ideas for a final movie and squandered them. Every idea was there just not executed very well.

[@user-mx4is4fx3c]

Also it was a genius move to kill the Kraken like they did. It was a great indicator of the tonal shift and about shit getting real in the third movie. The Kraken dying is symbolic of the death of the fantastical pirate world at the hands of capitalism. It's basically what Jack tells Barbosa in that one scene shown to us directly "the world isn't smaller mate. There's just less in it"

[@rudrodeepchatterjee]

It showed us just how serious the situation was just because Jones' heart was with Beckett. It gave him so much control over Jones that even Jones was forced to eliminate his biggest Trap Card, the Kraken, which he could deploy to finish off anything overseas, if he couldn't take care of it himself. It told us "now that we have shifted from the Afterlife-ish setting of the story so far, get real; there's a far more grave danger ahead".

[@anonymouseovermouse1960]

"At the hands of capitalism"? What? Damn, we got ourselves a true philosopher here, everything you don't like is capitalism, amirite? Just invoke the classic symbolism of peter pan, replace "adulthood" with "capitalism", and pretend to have made such a deep statement on our *society*. Nevermind that capitalism wasn't really a thing during the time of the pirates, and certainly not in the british-occupied colonies of the americas. It's definetly not like half of the people who want to kill our heroes of this "fantastical pirate world" in the franchise are either monarchists, with the other half being either pirates (ironically, the one group of people in the movies who fit the definition of capitalism, at least as strawmanned by Karl Marx himself, that being, "as much money as possible"-ism), or fantastical and/or magical beings themselves. Yours truly is one of the comments of all time. Great job.

[@Tekkenandgaming]

The first 3 we’re absolutely amazing and unique, nothing like them. It was great while it lasted.

[@DangeistYT]

It didn't fall , its just Sparrowing in the Disney catalogs.

[@leonidasthanatos1182]

& a year later, it sounds like Disney managed to bribe Johnny into making Pirates 6...

[@Jepze158]

Are they really making a new one?

[@SomeoneSomewhereMusic]

My problem with 4th and 5th, is the lack of world building. The reason why 2nd and 3rd are memorable (positively and negatively), is because of the world building. Thinking outside of the 1st movie, why did the trilogy always feel big? Because the story was always progressing to new horizons, creating lores and more interesting decisions regarding how the characters worked their goals in that world. Davy Jones, the Kraken, Calypso, the East India Trading Company, the Pirate Lords. Every single movie added more lore, culture and locations. That's why the trilogy always feels fresh, big and new in every single new film. 4th and 5th, don't have that. The Blackbeard story was a good idea, but such a bad execution. Was lackluster in how they bring the most notorious Pirate of real life. 5th was a rehearsal of everything we've seen already. Dead pirates back to life, the compass is again a story point, Jack again is free, the black pearl again, Barbossa dead again, magic, fantasy. We already seen that. If they had kept 4th and 5th more grounded, apply to the nature of how the Pirates world is actually ending, that would've been so much interesting. Maybe a civil war between the Pirates lords, some want to be out of that life, some still wanna be pirates. The Spanish, the British and the Portuguese wants to end Piracy once and for all. Of course the 3rd film was already the breaking point of the Armada ending Piracy, but again, was just the British. 4th movie was cleaver enough to bring the Spanish to the picture, but didn't fully embraced the idea. Maybe even also the Americans were down to end Piracy. So you have Americans, British, Spanish and Portuguese joining in their last attend to end Piracy. What are the Pirate Lords gonna do? That's far better than the fantasy things they put out on 4th and 5th.

[@cricketben6742]

I could imagine a version of Salazar who is not cursed and just hates pirates with a passion and shows no mercy at all. Add the actually incredible cool design of his ship (pre curse) with the literal guntowers and you wouldve had yourself quite an amazing pirate hunting villain without all the poorly built in supernatural stuff. (In my opinion poseidons Trident was a terrible and very poorly thought out idea. It creates so many unresolved questions and plotholes around the functioning of curses and espacially Wills. Like did his heart grow back now...? Where do the dead go now that he doesnt have to do it anymore... and so on)

[@delix787]

9:51 I rewatch dead man’s chest the most out of the Triology! The camera work and how this movie looks it’s just breathtaking. Both Elizabeth and will have so much more to work with as characters compared to the first movie. William meeting his father and challenging Davy Jones to liars dance, was so amazing! And the dialogue in this movie is just great!! Will, talks about he wants the key, Davy Jones then says how do you know about it? Will replies and says that’s not part of the game is it? You can still walk away! 😈 Davy Jones then looks at him like you MF! 🫠 Elizabeth is such a better character in the second movie. She knows how to fight, she pulled a gun to Beckette’s head. She went on her own journey without anyone by her side. She’s definitely better than being the damsel in stress for me. Jack sparrow taking advantage of Elizabeth’s feelings was mind blowing. They left on good terms in the first movie so she had every good reason to trust Jack! Jack didn’t know what he wanted between the second movie. So the compass could not help them out. So Jack took advantage of Elizabeth wanting to find Will, Jack told her if you want to find Will, you must want to desire to find the chest Of Davy Jones!! Jack is using her feelings for his advantage to find the chest in order to stab Davy Jones. The original plan was Jack sacrificing Will to Davy Jones as a hostage… After Jack found the chest of Davy Jones he would return back to him to threaten him in order to save Will later on into the movie. At the same time to save himself from the fate of Davy Jones. But Jack was not expecting to see Will at the end of the movie on the same island. Now he has nothing to work with, will now wants to stab the heart himself in order to save his father. But Jack Sparrow whipped out his sword to tell him, just because we kill Davy Jones now what’s going to stop the kraken on hunting us? Jack knew he couldn’t just get rid of Davy Jones immediately without dealing with the Cracken first.

[@stevenanderson808]

Dead mans chest is my favorite for sure

[@Megatron_95]

Agreed. I have seen Dead Man's Chest over hundreds of times when I got the dvd

[@samshannahan8116]

Regarding calypso’s lackluster impact to the final fight in the third movie. I’ve always believed that she is the only reason it was a 1v1. Both sides throughout the movie convinced her that the other side was at fault, the pirates for imprisoning her and Davy Jones for showing them how. Because of that she didn’t want to help 1 side win so she created a storm, a storm that only those 2 groups would dare enter forcing a 1v1 instead of the one sided slaughter that would have happened with all those navy ships. At least that’s how I’ve always seen it

[@andychiu860311]

Second this. It's almost like she's testing the mettle of men and whoever comes out on top gets to rule the seas.

[@Jayrojo115]

Honestly I’m in the same boat as you. The first three were masterpiece stories. Only for the last 2 movies to completely ruin it. Every time I rewatch the first one, I end up watching 2 & 3.

[@aceofspadesguy4913]

Will getting all barnacle covered doesn’t even make sense. Jones was distorted because he refused to do the job assigned to him, Will didn’t, so why is Will like that? 5 just didn’t work. Also I remember going into 5 the main thing I was anticipating was the _Revenge_ fighting the _Silent Mary_ in a big magic ship battle, and that didn’t happen.

[@Hammer693]

At Stranger Tides is still super good imo. The worst one is Dead Men Tells No Tales. It completely ruined the character of Jack ):

[@neilmendrico5262]

second that.

[@awmsquare-a4621]

How

[@boboboy8189]

@@awmsquare-a4621 it's already explained in this video. they change him into weak and dumb person for cheap laugh

[@abrahammunzar5927]

And Barbossa!

[@Thepredator233xbox]

@@boboboy8189 that was done intentionally here's the thing Jack Sparrow is not a healthy person by any means he's been suffering from severe dehydration for most of his life that's why he walks the way he does that's why he has a third voice he's also drunk all the time that attributes to it film Theory explained it all but that is his greatest superpower also out of all the movies and this is probably the most woke it's not really about Jack Sparrow it's about Karina because remember this what's made in the time when will Society was starting up so and explains a lot they were also playing to do a Pirates of the Caribbean movie where it was in all female crew because you know Disney

[@Brawnsta]

I remember watching these movies a while ago, personally I think that Dead Mans Chest is the best one but I remember doing a marathon with these movies and my cousin said that On Stanger Tides is the worst one, I think that Dead Men Tell No Tales is the worst one, but all are great movies and some are better than others but its awesome to see people talk about these movies, because I love these movies a lot and I have a lot of Nostalgia for these movies, great video, Tex.

[@lxrd_vxdr]

As much as I love the first 3 movies and Johnny Depp as Jack Sparrow they really should've just left the franchise after AWE

[@Trash2000s]

No cuz at the end Jack’s sailing in a dingy and Barbossa has taken the pearl lol. Can’t end there.

[@CaptainRockoBD]

Salazar wasn’t released because somebody else used the compass. He was released because Jack pawned/sold the compass for some run, AKA betraying it. Every other time somebody used the compass, Jack had the intention of getting it back, but this time he just got rid of it, didn’t care if he’d get it back or not. That is what caused Salazar to be released, not just simply letting somebody use it. It makes perfect sense.

[@TheBlond49]

Jack Sparrow's character is not a good lead as proven by the later movies, the engament of the trilogy was because of Will and Elizabeth, and their arc finished At World's End, also the change of writers and directors, Gore Verbinski knew what he made unlike new teams.

[@Gotham_bat759]

I can’t watch the last film ever again. The amount of character/world assassination is sickening. The first three were built beautifully. They felt like films that had dedicated care put into each department. You could tell it felt like a whole other world. Each one got better and better but 5 is the pits of Tartarus. You could just see the cheap modern Disney throughout the film from lazy atmosphere, poor characters and horrible jokes. Barbossa is my favorite character from the franchise and you know you did something wrong when I didn’t feel anything for his death in the fifth movie.

[@joeyk107]

My ranking of the movies worst to best (in my opinion) *5. Dead Men Tell No Tales* - easily the weakest one, the thing I hate about it the most which you didn't really mention are the plotholes it creates. But, there are some parts I enjoy. *4/10* *4. On Stranger Tides* - people say it sucks, but I still really like this one. Jack is still a good character, and I think Barbossa was really good in this movie. The story is ok and I really enjoy it. *7/10* *3. The Curse of the Black Pearl* - this might be controversial but I have this here. I understand why people think this is the best one and I love it, but I personally just love the 2nd and 3rd ones more. *8/10* *2. Dead Man's Chest* - this used to be my number one, and it's still one of my favorite movies of all time. The plot and characters are great, the GGI is amazing, and the whole thing is very well thought out. I'd argue the side plot with the trading ship is even better thought out than the main plot of the 5th movie. *10/10* *1. At World's End* - take everything good I said about Dead Man's Chest and magnify it by 10. I just love everything about this movie so much. One part that I think gets overlooked a lot about this movie is the music (my personal favorite soundtrack of any movie ever). Sure, there may be flaws, but I love this movie too much to be deterred by them. *10/10*

[@AnonyBoiii]

The biggest crime of DMTNT was that Barbossa didn’t use Black Beard’s magical sword, like, at all. AST, as bad as it was, established that Black Beard’s power came from his sword. It’s what made him a threat. And now that Barbossa has it, he does just about nothing with it.

[@StorytellerStudios]

I love the first 3 in the series. In "Dead Men Tell No Tales", Jack doesn't drive the plot- he just responds apathetically to events. Nevertheless, I would go to a new release with Jonny Depp in a heartbeat!

[@MyWifesHusband]

I personally found Philip and seryna very interesting characters. It also made me realise how powerful plot amor is cause I love Jack but I know he can’t die cause he’s the main character but when Philip was in any battle I was on edge 😭

[@justmoody5797]

For me the first 3 are the best it has ever been specially at world's end I was so hyped about this movie and after watching it it was something to behold , I miss the old times really we had Harry potter Lord of the rings Pirates of the Caribbean , Star wars prequels all at almost the same times so non stop every year for movies, and twilight for teen girls I remember in my high school it they were crazy about it. But yea I miss the old things variety not all super heroes all trying to do something good etc.

[@g.o.s.t]

I was pleasantly surprised at you mentioning Chainsaw Man. I have been LOVING that show.

[@Rileyw239]

I had Covid and spent my quarantine watching the pirates movie. By the time I got to the 5th movie I had been stuck inside by myself for days and I felt terrible. When I finished the movie I called my dad and cried about how bad it was. Just one problem I had was how much retconning they did. Like making Will turn into a weird sea creature like Davy Jones. The only reason Jones ended up like that was because he stopped caring souls to the locker. You are telling me honorable Will Turner for no reason just stopped ferrying the souls to the locker? NO I refuse to accept it.

[@legoobi-wankenobi]

Could be that since he never ferried Salazar’s crew into the underworld, he starting getting deformed but idk

[@MuxMaxmou]

There’s also a point to be made for non English speaking audiences, to be specific: the German audience was really let down after the third movie when Disney and the german voice actor for johnny depp couldn’t settle financial disputes (waging). Disney went on and hired a new voice actor, which now after many years sounds familiar again, but back in the days (for the first three movies) we, the German audience, got introduced to jack sparrow and his foolishness with the OG voice actor, so after they changed him it was a really big change for the franchise back in the day, and I bet that also got disney a major set back in terms of the likeability of the franchise, at least for the german speaking community.

[@gibsonhreviews1005]

I may be the only one but I actually quite like the fourth movie. I know it’s not that good but I just find myself watching it the most. The actings great, direction is great, the music is really underrated I love it and the action is entertaining. However yes the story is really flawed but I just think it gets way more hate than it should

[@joeyk107]

I agree. My favorite part about the movie is what they did with Barbossa's character. Any scene he is in is great, and any scene that he and Jack are together is just amazing.

[@indiana47]

I also like the 4th. It is pretty underrated in my opinion.

[@tyrellthiel2201]

My two gripes with Stranger Tides are Blackbeard being so flat as a villain (hard to follow Barbossa and Davy Jones, certainly, but Ian McShane seems wasted in the role) and the completely unnecessary love interest with the mermaid. Otherwise I really enjoy it, Jack and Barbossa escaping the Spanish camp is so much fun and the addition of a little flamenco flair to the main musical theme? Perfect

[@indiana47]

@@tyrellthiel2201 fair enough.

[@Piplup288]

They did Barbosa dirty by making him part of the Royal Army. His character became super dull once they switched him. Also: super glad you brought up the compass cause that drove me nuts!! Made me so mad that they just flat out ignored previous lore!

[@joeprice999]

Bro everytime you post I get hype everytime I watch your content I always forget you’re not some huge youtuber you deserve so much more bro! I’m very proud of you

[@LaQuack306]

Fun fact the battle of the maelstrom for the most part was actually water and ten weeks of per hell for the actors

[@ciphernine7824]

Disney and Bruckheimer are too prideful and arrogant to ever admit they were wrong and apologize to Depp. They've burned that bridge, and Depp has stated that he will never work with either of them again. There is no PotC without JD's Capt. Jack, and the FB series is a sinking ship.

[@ion_force]

I actually liked Stranger Tides. The showdown between the colonial powers at the end was really well done and I somehow enjoyed the mermaid subplot, even though it had a really awful payoff. And to this day, I have never seen the fifth movie and I have no intention of watching it.

[@kieriencrabtree]

I'm under the opinion Dead Man's Chest is the best movie. 1-3 are just incredible movies. Considering it's based off of a theme park ride they were way better than they had any right to be

[@DangeistYT]

Ive only watched the first film ,im about to binge the rest right now ill come back and give my thoughts .

[@Onezy05]

Dead Man's Chest was the original Infinity War

[@altshell977]

Pirates of the Caribbean and Toy Story were my two favorite movies as a kid, I saw each one in theaters with my mom as they came out. Out of some weird obligation, I still feeel the need to watch whichever new entry comes out next for either of them.

[@christonadams9046]

My personal thoughts because I love these films. Literally my favorite film series. • Curse Of The Black Pearl - Great movie, absolutely iconic. The writing, directing, acting and score are just great. • Dead Man's Chest - Imo, the best film of the franchise. It's one of those sequels that's better than the original, like Empire Strikes Back, Shrek 2, Spider-Man 2, Super Mario Galaxy 2, etc. The writing is great, the score is fantastic, the directing and visuals are perfect. Absolutely love it. • At World's End - Literally my favorite film of all time. Do I need to say more? • On Stranger Tides - Kinda underrated, honestly. The stuff focused on Jack and the main plot were good and the music is still pretty good. Some of the other stuff isn't, though. • Dead Men Tells No Tales - it's the worst film in the series. I don't have much to say other than they ruined my boy Jack

[@Gotham_bat759]

Best way to describe the last one. “It’s the biggest piece of dogshit” It was the equivalent to the bs from the near end of Game of Thrones

[@samvsmedia8680]

@@Gotham_bat759 It wasnt that bad. The ending wasn't the writers circle jerking each other with the fucking be king cuz you have the best story shit.

[@mattmetschan1652]

All right man the POTC theme remix song at the very beginning of the video was awesome! Can you give me a link to it?

[@delix787]

Me forever defending gore verbinski’s amazing trilogy! 🎥 ☠️☠️☠️ (Part 1) For anybody who is always praising the first movie to be the best. I have been studying 1-3 and I constantly re-watch them. Pirates of the Caribbean does not go downhill in writing after the first movie. That is your business to believe that opinion everyone else goes with. Dead man’s chest gave the characters more depth! Elizabeth and William barely have anything to work with in the first movie. William’s relationship with his father that was hinted in the first movie of his father‘s existence. Paid off wonderfully. William’s character had way more in depth now and you have something to truly care about him for. You get both perspectives when you understand their Reunion! Bootstrap didn’t want Will to become a pirate like him, he wanted him to have a free life from the pirate life. William had a hard time accepting he was half Pirate but when he accepted his life and his father… He has a new journey to stab the heart of Davy Jones to set his father free. And you’re implying William is better in the first movie just because he wanted to save the girl he loved? William in the second movie now has Elizabeth as a lover. And now a new journey to rescue his father someone else he cares about. And this became a difficult situation when bootstrap told Elizabeth at world‘s end. William has to make a decision. Either don’t kill Davy Jones so he can be with you. Or he does kill Davy Jones and set me free, but he won’t be able to be on land for 10 years. If I were him I wouldn’t pick me! 😕 The emotional weight on William’s character gets better and better. Elizabeth in the first movie was just a damsel in distress girl. She wasn’t useless in the first movie but you get the point. In the second movie, Elizabeth learned to wield a sword and she used it in the battle. She pulled a gun to Beckett‘s head.. went on her own journey to save will. She has grown a lot since the first movie who was just an innocent girl! Elizabeth got better as a character in 2 and 3! As for Jack sparrow. He does not become a joke at all in all 3 movies. Jack sparrow is at his best in the second movie and in the third movie. There was a moment in dead men’s chest… Where Jack didn’t know what he truly wanted so the compass couldn’t locate what he desired. So when Elizabeth went on her journey and then found Jack.. Jack used her for his advantage! He took advantage of Elizabeth’s feelings by telling her if you want to save Will you have to want to find the chest of Davy Jones! In order to get will back.. That’s why Jack gave her the compass. Jack knew if he couldn’t figure what he wanted out he was going to get it out of Elizabeth. Since Elizabeth now wants to find the chest of Davy Jones to save will. This gives Jack the huge opportunity to find the chest to stab the heart in it. But instead he wants to control DavyJones before killing him. Jack sparrow is not stupid! When will was trying to stab the heart towards the end of the second movie. Jack knows just because Davy Jones is dead, does not mean the Kraken will be stopped as well. And you’re telling me Jack is dumb after part 1?? As for Beckett. He was a well executed villain who uses dialogue and negotiation to control people. The Reason why Beckett didn’t fire his cannons at worlds end. Was because it would be totally out of his character to use weapons. Beckett uses certain words to get through people and how to control them behind the scenes. Beckett at the end of the movie had nothing left to negotiate with. Davy Jones was dead, Jack sparrow is alive and well. Will Turner is now the new captain of the Flying Dutchman. Beckett had literally nothing to use against on people. He was caught in shocked and he decided to die.. Anyways I could defend the Gore Verbinski’s Trilogy all night. His trilogy is an underrated trilogy. It had great character writing and amazing detail of its depth. Also Will vs Davy Jones!!! 😈😈😈 when Will challenging Davy Jones. Davy Jones asks him how do you know about the key? Will replies and says, that's NOT part of the game is it? 😏 You can STILL walk away!! 😏 As for pirates 4/5 they are not even Canon they are filler movies. The story ended at worlds end! ☠️ (Part 2) Dead man’s chest has a very simple plot.. Jack sparrow is the master at controlling peoples hearts to get what he wants and out of a situation. He screwed over Will so Jack can save himself… But it worked in his favor for his reunion to meet his father.. William even told Jack you screwed me over but because of you I was reunited with my father after such a long time.. Elizabeth was caught in Jack’s illusion of trusting him to get Will back that had nothing to do with him which was a lie. Will being on Davy Jones ship had everything to do with Jack lol. Jack left on good terms with Elizabeth and William in the first movie. Elizabeth had every right to believe Jack…. It was Jack who took advantage of her feelings to find the chest by telling her if you want to find will you need to find the chest of Davy Jones! But it was an illusion so Jack can get closer to find the chest of Davy Jones to control him. But to also go back and save will after Jack got what he wanted. If people don’t understand these movies that’s their problem. But I understand every movie! That’s why I rank 2>3>1 ☠️☠️☠️ (Part 3) I’m sorry to break it to you but the curse of the Black Pearl is my least favorite in the trilogy. I rewatch the trilogy every few months. And to me I just don’t find it as deep or as interesting compared to dead man’s chest or at worlds end. Curse of the Black Pearl is still a well written amazing film. It’s just I’d rather choose having William struggle on trying to save his father from Davy Jones along side using very clever strategy and dialogue during the dice liar game on Davy Jones to get key from him.. VS William in the first movie who just wants to save Elizabeth…. I love darker storytelling and when steaks are becoming higher! Dead man’s chest gave me everything.. Elizabeth was a useful damsel in stress female lead in the first movie. But I would rather choose her character development in the second movie compared to her in the first movie. Elizabeth pulled a gun on Beckett’s face. She went on her own journey to save William. Who also taught her how to defend herself with swords. And that paid off well at the end of the movie! Her development is miles better in (Dead mens chest) compared to herself in the first movie who just takes the fall for William to protect him from Barbosa. Jack sparrow’s dialog and clever intelligence grew (MORE) in (dead men’s chest) and (at worlds end) and you cannot convince me otherwise. If people think he became a joke after the first movie that sounds like a (YOU PROBLEM) Jack sparrow is pretty intelligent in the second movie on being a master at manipulation and taking advantage of people around him to get himself out of a situation in order to save his life and possibly everyone else’s. He just knows how to play the game like that….. You can’t trust Jack sparrow on making the right decisions because he’s supposed to be ahead of the game on everyone’s perspective on him. If Jack was easy to follow with answers he wouldn’t be Jack sparrow lol. Not to mention what’s with this opinion on people saying Jack sparrow was someone you should not mess with?? Jack sparrow literally wants you to mess with him so he can use that to his advantage to pull you in under his string, for you to doubt him in order to rise up above everyone else. You were caught in his illusion the entire time so he can be superior at the end of the situation and screw you over. If Jack sparrow was someone to NOT mess with, just like Davy Jones.. Then you wouldn’t be caught in Jack sparrow’s illusion on being the worst pirate in the world.. No seriously if Jack had the same fear approach as Davy Jones…. Then all you would have to do were to look at Jack sparrow for a few seconds and be so scared of him, Everyone would just run away.. literally what’s the fun in that for Jack Sparrow?! If he was someone to not mess like people claim. Then (WHY) do people keep on assisting 100% on messing with Jack Sparrow?? Please answer that man lol. That literally makes no sense… 😂

[@Gobbo_RedRoger]

If I had to explain the roles of the films I’d explain it as: COTBP: An amazing watch and fun stand-alone film. DMC: A good story with a lack of action for the majority of the film (although this is due to DMC being more of a setup for the next film). AWE: a really good end to the trilogy, amazing action scenes, and although understanding the story requires you to watch DMC, odds are you would’ve done that already, as who watches the sequel before the film to which it continues the story of. OST: A decent film, arguably not the best, but it has charm, since it is not connected to the others, it feels as if it could’ve been slotted anywhere in the story, if it weren’t for some conditions in the film (such as Barbossa being a privateer). SR (DMTNT): Probably the worst, it’s not terrible but, it is a major drop in quality. I can see why some enjoy it, but it wasn’t really needed. The story of Will and Elizabeth ended in AWE, and Jack and Hectors more or less ended in OST, and not to forget Salazar although entertaining, isn’t as good as, Hector Barbossa, James Norrington, Davy Jones, Cutler Becket, or Blackbeard. He isn’t terrible, it’s more of the fact that, Jack and Hector, fall into the position of mentors to the new characters introduced in this film. Nothing wrong with the idea of a previous protagonist becoming the mentor of the new one, I just hoped Disney would’ve learned from Star Wars and avoided that. Overall, the franchise is good. Some films could be taken out, or even just slotted into different points in the story, if certain elements were changed. But overall I’m glad Disney decided not to continue this franchise. Don’t fix what’s not broken.

[@TheFawse]

Curse of the Black Pearl has been my favourite movie since it came out, it’s just so much fun. I find it to be a masterpiece

[@Showman_87]

I always loved the first Pirates movie but was underwhelmed by 2 and 3. I never liked that they had connected stories instead of each being stand-alone and the tone shift you mentioned did not work for me. It's an unpopular opinion but I found On Stranger Tides the best sequel overall, unlike the previous two it recaptured the perfect balance of action, humor, and dark material that made the first movie great. I like how they went back to basics for that one because 2 and 3 felt overreaching most of the time with how convoluted and weird the plots were. 1 and 4 are the only entries in the series I thoroughly enjoy and seemed like they fit into the world of the Pirates ride. The fifth was the most forgettable to me, it started getting too weird again and I agree Jack wasn't great in it while Carina was annoying as hell. The only thing I liked was Will and Elizabeth getting the ending they deserved but it's a shame the Davy Jones cliffhanger will never be explored nor will what happened to Angelica. There was surely at least one more story to tell, had they made 5 sooner we probably could've seen a 6th that led to an incredible and more satisfying conclusion that tied up everything throughout the franchise. There is no Pirates without Depp, any reboot without him is destined to flop. Awesome video and thanks for sharing your thoughts :)

[@chrisnewman3681]

I've always really enjoy all the pirates films.

[@justahobby5893]

You enjoy a lot of mid stuff

[@chrisnewman3681]

@@justahobby5893 u too

[@sunnyray4760]

@@justahobby5893 L comment

[@rumson1958]

The first 3 are GOATED, the other 2 not so much

[@peli-nota5504]

I love all of them and they are very fun hope they continue and end the story with Davy Jones coming back for one more battle

[@meeeeep483]

I think it would’ve been cool if they let the kraken live after Dead Man’s Chest and after they release Calypso, we see the Kraken go loose on the rest of Beckett’s armada

[@alensufli]

“for a 20 years old movie the cgi is not bad at all” it’s better than the whole mcu combined.(minus first iron man suit)

[@adamaziz8995]

Can you do game reviews too like ac and cod? Just the story mode tho

[@TexYT]

I promise nothing

[@euanstokes2828]

This series should have stayed a trillogy. Worlds End was a fitting, cthartic and amazing ending which they should have left. Successive films should have been spin-offs, perhaps for example a more adult film about Jack refusing to carry Beckett's slaves?

[@President.GeorgeWashington]

The first two were great, but the third one felt like I was watching a confusing cartoon. I don't even consider the other ones as POTC.

[@victorwallec2534]

my childhooow consited out of the big 3 franchises. LotR, Star Wars and Harry Potter. But when i was a bit older 10-12 Pirates of the Carabean 1-3 crushed this Holy Trinity and made it the unbeatable Quartet. Sadly i have to admit, that if you look at the whole franchise Pirates suffered the most ... screwed it, they didnt suffer as much as Star Wars but both is produced by Disney so what a funny coincident.

[@lollybirdy]

Dmc and awe were both filmed while the scripts were being written. So for a good chunk of the movie they did not have a complete script and its impressive that even with the script setbacks the movies still ended up so good.

[@snupietherat6814]

My favorite PotC is dead mans chest, the book based on the movie. It was the first book I ever chose to read by myself, and I couldn't put it down. I read curse of the black pearl later after watching the movies, but it couldn't compare to the masterpiece of the dead mans chest book. (It's also my favorite movie if I had to pick)

[@drstevenbrule4406]

In the 5th one they completely changed and ignored why Davy jones turned into a fish crew it was bc he didnt ferrt the souls lost at sea and then Will wasnt going to do that but then they ended up just making him like davy jones for nostalgia. sad

[@loganbennett2488]

Just did a marathon of the first three, saw there was 2 newer movies I'd never seen but the descriptions/cover art gave me pause. Your video helped me decide to just not watch them.

[@gos_7079]

When they announce the fifth Pirates I was very excited! The trailer seems promising the remote and everything is about to be cool then when we came in well I was a kid then I thought I liked it but then I might only watch it a little bit Kinda I was like yeah I just movie sucks.

[@chris.shamblin]

While not perfect, I absolutely love all five films. I actually thought the conclusion of DMTNT was pretty brilliant, too, as a way to explain why magical elements no longer exist in the world...plus I loved the happy ending. To me, it fixed an issue I had with the trilogy's ending.

[@matthiasnagorski8411]

I don't care what anybody says. The interaction in PotC 4 where the British sailor starts claiming the fountain of youth and gets shot is the funniest moment in that movie and it literally made the entire film better than 5. "Someone make a note of that man's bravery." Pure comedy gold, delivered perfectly.

[@callumdrage5889]

The first film is a lightning in a bottle film! Everything perfectly fit together and was a feature film masterpiece. The sequel is likewise incredible, with stunning camera work, visuals and a funny entertaining script with an Empire Strikes Back type ending. The third film was a fun, whacky and emotional / hilarious closure to the franchise! The fourth film is just a fun mess whilst the fifth film is a disaster. Nothing can take away those first three films though! They ruled!

[@Shiro-bj2fc]

Imo the prequel trilogy would have been a way better call instead of 4 and 5... let the ppl see how jack got the black pearl, the role of jacks father and the old days of piracy... how jack lost the black pearl and davy jones bring back the ship and the mutiny... it writes itself

[@Hepheat75]

This franchise holds a special place in my heart. It's one of the first pieces of media that inspired me to make my own stories.

[@tomatosoup1304]

I will admit I don't hate Stranger Tides. It's a decent film on it's own and more of a Jack Sparrow solo adventure spin-off than a sequel. The cast works and it freaked me out as a child but I do understand why it's unpopular since we don't have the main cast from the previous. Jack still has a lot of his main traits of being intelligent and eccentric plus Barbossa is still entertaining as hell. My least favourite has to be Dead Men Tell No Tales which is a shame because once again, the cast is good and so are the effects. Jack's character was super weird in that one. I think they were trying to showcase the end of the Golden Age of Piracy through him but they weren't clear enough about it. If they focused more on that through Jack it could have been decent. Also the fact we have Will and Elizabeth's son in this one should have meant a lot more references from the previous films through Jack but we didn't get that either. Overall, the writing and cinematography in that was awful. That being said, the wholesome ending was worth it

[@legoobi-wankenobi]

Unpopular opinion: both the 4th and 5th are decent movies, like you said, the 4th works as its own solo film, and I feel like people hate the 5th movie because they are missing the big points of the movie, from what I understand, the 5th movie is supposed to signify the end of pirates and we know this since we rarely see any pirates in the movie compared to the other movies and when that one witch tells Barbossa that he should consider retirement. another thing that people miss is how jack’s character is written here, sure there are some moments in which the way they wrote his character is stupid, but for the most part it adds to the plot of the 5th movie since it’s kind of supposed to show him at his lowest point in life, he lost his pearl, he lost most of his crew, and he lost the reputation that he had, so it would make sense for him to act like he did in the 5th movie, a drunk idiot (as people have said) that drinks his sadness and depression away since like I stated before, he lost the pearl, his crew abandoned him and he lost his reputation that he once had in the first three films. So with all of that said, I’d say that the 4th and 5th films aren’t terrible but aren’t at the same level as the first three movies since the 4th and 5th film have their moments that don’t make sense or they have plot holes (that can be fixed easily) but even then, when knowing what’s going on with each character, the movies can be enjoyable

[@OGbornsinnerz]

I use to be so obsessed with pirates Caribbeans luv 1 and 2 dearly

[@FoxtailCinematics]

I don't even remember On Stranger Tides. That says something lol

[@martijnklaassen3536]

How did the CGI went from top tier Davy Jones to cheap She-Hulk

[@lewishammett3271]

The bulk of the 5th films box office was made from Chinese box office sales. US box office only took in around 170m which is about what Indy 5 took in last year

[@andychiu860311]

For me a big reason why the trilogy worked was the chemistry between Jack, Will and Elizabeth. And the two sequels that lack two-thirds of the trio just lack the backbone that held up the franchise.

[@delix787]

13:58 that’s literally the main reason why I don’t love the first film compared to the other two. I prefer darker storytelling and way more risks than anything else! ☠️☠️☠️

[@real_Tyles]

I actually like 5 more than 4, the story just made more sense an at-least gave us more of Jack's past. Please forgive me for my sins.

[@sleepyghost6]

I love the original 3 and I've seen all 3 so many times I picked up on easter eggs from the first one and then the second one on the third so when the 4th and 5th came out I was looking for some and was disappointed to not see any. I have also only seen the 4th one rwice and the 5th one once. I felt like Jack needed similar characters to Will and Elizabeth to bounce off of because at times they can think on their feet as fast as Jack and I always viewed them as a trio. I also hated seeing Barbosa switch sides, it just felt out of character to me.

[@Yoursirareafish]

the On Stranger Tides is my guilty pleasure

[@maximusprime3459]

Honestly the first one was all they needed. Dead Man's Chest was good but then they had to finish the story. The last two were...meh. I wasnt a big fan of the time jump.

[@thegreenbaron6439]

I think more people are surprised to learn they made a 4th and 5th film and only found out recently

[@user-hv1fm4ug7e]

They threw JD under the bus over Hollywood candy, I threw Disney under the bus..

[@yoyopiraka2491]

In spite of their general irrelevance to the plot, I believe the Spanish are the best part of OST. Their force-of-nature attitude carries a lot of weight whenever it shows up, to such a degree that I found it far more memorable than any action setpiece in the film.

[@joshuanixon795]

I personally would like to see a prequel about how Jack was marooned on that island and " viciously mutinied upon" the deal he made with Davy Jones. Abd Barbosa's crew getting cursed and so on.

[@grmdaff7978]

I love the first 3 and honestly i would be okay with a reboot if thwy do it right

[@BigPapiCapone]

I don’t like dead men tell no tales either. But Salazar in my opinion is a good villain. Also I do like giving Will and Elizabeth a happy ending, but it doesn’t sit right with me that they do that without them having any role to play in it.

[@jennclough3108]

I feel like they couldve had Elizabeth and Turner in Stranger Tides. Turner lives forever while Elizabeth doesnt. Maybe elizabeth wanted the fountain of youth to stay with turner forever. So i thought elizabeth could be in the film.

[@euanstokes2828]

With On Stranger Tides, I think the whole thing with the English and the Spanish was going to form more of the story, but then they realised how complicated that dynamic would be to mimic so didn't. What I think they should have done was make clear the Spanish intention to destroy the fountain from the get go. The Pirates know they can't protect it from the most powerful Empire of the time, and the big plot-twist is that Barbossa knows the English can't either. Thus, the great rush is for Barbossa, Jack and Blackbeard to get to the fountain before the Spanish destroy it. Blackbeard to save his own life ans Jack to achieve his dream of immortality. As for Barbossa, I think a more interesting motivation for him would be to get the Pearl back from Blackbeard, knowing that if he dies he cant release the ship from the bottle. This setup would allow for more conflict between Characters within an enclosed story, a little more like the 2nd and 3rd film but in a self-contained, simpler story.

[@Sumushis]

The original trilogy is great, but I dont agree with you about second one being too boring. For me the davy jones locker scene felt like 2hours of meh.. but also there were always plans for the 6th movie, but because of Depp and his ex wife scandal it might never happen, unless disney apologises to Depp.

[@Cosmic_Espeon]

PoTC: "You best start believing in ghost stories, Miss Turner. You're in one!" PoTC2: "So tell me, what's become of my ship?" PoTC3: "Brace Up Yards you cack handed deck apes! Dying is the Day worth Living For!" PoTC4: "The Crown Served me well, but now by the gods of sea and sky, make way for Tortuga!" Barbossa had the most iconic lines of every movie, I love how in the first movie I started out hating him but by the fourth he became one of my favorite characters. They did him dirty in the 5th one. Barbossa deserved his own spin off film.

[@KupiecKorzenny_EmhyrVarEmreis]

I love these movies. So glad I watched all 3 of them when I was a kid. I love the ending the most, it's a great comedy throwback to first movie which makes you wonder what happened later without having the need to make more movies that would probably ruin franchise. Such an awesome trilogy, deffinetly one of my favorites

[@gos_7079]

Today marks the fourth anniversary of Into the Spider Verse, one of the best animated least now only best Spider-Man film ever.

[@truboom6514]

I think the movies are some of the best action films. I do not think the 4th and 5th movies aren’t bad. I think they are fine. Although dead man tell no tales is my least favorite. But it is still an amazing movie.

[@tootriggered802]

The fifth movie is de best. Jack do de big funny

[@octogonSmuggler]

Even as a kid, I didn't think they needed a movie after the 3rd one. At World's End just felt like it had such a great, solid, bitter sweet ending. All the movies after the first 3 don't hold up as well and seem to undermine the 3rd movie...

[@anders554]

i forgot all about the last one XD

[@penelopesparrow]

I am absolutely passionate about the 1st movie and the whole Bruck trilogy. (though i agree Calypso was wasted). The 4th movie I like ok, it's a fun and light-hearted watch, though I argue the priest and the mermaid are absolutely unnecessary. He's only there to be a love interest, she could be more creature than 'human' and not speak a word of English and still serve the story fine. But the 5th movie I honestly consider to be one of if not the worst movie I've ever seen. I despise it. The villain has no feeling of threat and once again the romance pair are not needed or even likeable. But my two biggest gripes are the treatment of Jack and Barbossa. At the end of the 4th movie. Barbossa has Blackbeard's ship, sword and crew. He builds an armada with this and is now an even bigger power than Jones ever was. And they do nothing with this. Nothing. He should be insanely powerful, Salazar should fear him. Meanwhile Jack...yikes. Apparently the script went through a ton of changes, and you can see that in the final piece, there's scraps and rough edges and it's a patchwork with no flow. Shansa (the witch) was clearly the original villain with a bigger part to play, instead she barely featured despite hinting a bigger backstory. They could've really moved with the luck concept; it's been Gibb's fixation through the whole thing and they had a chance to show luck as an actual energetic 'magic' that could be granted or depleted. It'd be the reason why Jack is so useless, and would give him better stakes as he races for the trident against Barbossa, who is so powerful now only luck can defeat him; so it was him who had Shansa take Jack's luck. Oh and I was suuuuper disappointment that we didn't see Poseidon anywhere?? What a fantastic Big Boss he could've been,. the only thing more powerful than Barbossa, and what a perfect reason to convince Barbossa to return Jack's luck so they can defeat him together. What an epic movie it could've been. Sorry this was so long LOL I could write more. It not only sucks as a movie, it's a waste, and that's worse.

[@EvoDevo2004]

Seeing the "young" Jack was one of my favorite parts!

[@user-bt9yh8jn1q]

I just want a final 6th movie that ends the franchise. Same thing with Bayformers.

[@blutortuga4294]

I loved all but the last one where they fucked up the time line as to how jack got the compass.... and the entire movie just seamed rushed.

[@v-rex6262]

TCOTBP Is one of my favorite movies of all time. DMC I love, but does go for to long. And like you said it has a lot of set up with no real pay of. AWE I do like but was a step down. The tone kept changing from dark to light. Jack and Barbosa being pirate lords doesn't make sense and was just made up for this movie. That being said it is fun at times it looks great and the last battle is why you go to the movies. OST is fine. Johnny's great Though a bit over the top at times. (even for Captain Jack Sparrow). But like you said it's just going through the motions. Also the fountain of youth is to convoluted. Like you need 2 cups with a mermaids tear. But not just any teal it has to be a teal of joy. And 2 people have to drink from the cups, and the person who has the cup with the teal gets all the life from the other person JUST KEEP IT SIMPLE!!!! Fuck pirates 5. Why the hell did we need an origin for Jacks name. Why the hell do movies keep making stupid name origin's?