In the very likely event that you saw this movie once almost a decade ago and don’t remember a single moment from it, allow me to remind you what happens: In On Stranger Tides, which actually adapts a 1987 novel by Tim Powers into a Pirates of the Caribbean sequel, King George II hires Jack Sparrow to find the Fountain of Youth, who fills the navigator role on an expedition led by rival pirate captain Hector Barbossa. But not even the glossy mediocrity of Rob Marshall could stop Ian McShane’s Blackbeard from achieving legend status.
So it’s no surprise that his Pirates of the Caribbean movie is far and away the low point of the series. The director didn’t find much magic in a musical adaptation of 8 1/2 starring Daniel Day-Lewis, cast half of Hollywood in a stiff version of Into the Woods, and for some reason tried to direct a sequel to Mary Poppins. No one would ever accuse Rob Marshall of being a great, or even mildly interesting filmmaker. Grab your cutlass and hoist the colors: here be Polygon’s take on all things PotC.
With the Pirates of the Caribbean movies more accessible than ever, and a summer season void of blockbusters, this month we’re diving deep into Disney’s swashbuckling series.
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