June 12, 2010 @ 4:20 PM

http://youtu.be/KR_9A-cUEJc

The Story:

Captain Jack Sparrow escapes from a British prison to find his ship the “Black Pearl”.  The “Black Pearl” has been sunk by Captain Blackbeard, another pirate and his arch-enemy.  Sparrow is kidnapped by Blackbeard to serve on his ship, the “Queen Anne’s Revenge”, in his search for the Fountain of Youth.  Only Captain Sparrow knows where it is.  The English, lead by Captain Barbossa, a pirate in the service of the Crown as a privateer, is also looking for the Fountain of Youth (Barbossa actually wants to kill Blackbeard).  It turns out Sparrow’s lady love, Angelica, is Blackbeard’s daughter and has just recently realized it.  Also competing against the British for the Fountain of Youth is the Spanish Crown.  The Spaniards are in possession of a journal that can lead to the Fountain.

All set-off to find the Fountain of Youth at nearly the same time.  They are all driven to find the Fountain at all cost.  The ritual for activating the Fountain’s age-reversing water includes a mermaid’s tear, Ponce de Leon’s two silver chalices, a sacrificial person, and the Fountain’s water.  The searchers converge at the Fountain and have a big battle.

Spoiler Alert: the Spanish want to destroy the Fountain, Blackbeard wants the age-reversing waters, Sparrow wants his ship back, Angelica wants her father (Blackbeard) to be her father and Barbossa wants to kill Blackbeard.

The Spanish destroy most of the Fountain, Barbossa kills Blackbeard, Angelica gets the years of Blackbeard’s life (and gets exiled to an island), and Sparrow gets the “Black Pearl” back.

Like:

The stunts, the costumes, and the humor.  The story was so-so.

Dislike:

Not enough action, there were some unclosed subplots like what happened to the Preacher and the mermaid, Sirena.  I also did not like the constant arguing between Sparrow and Blackbeard.  But the most annoying thing is that Will (the beautiful Orlando Bloom) and Elizabeth Swan were not in the movie.  Boohoo!