Pirates of The Caribbean on Stranger Tides movie review

Read if you dare, but be warned this review may contain spoilers!

I watched the 4th installment of the Pirates of the Caribbean movies and I must say it was different or the movie had a different feel to it. The basic plot is that everyone is after the Fountain of Youth, pirates, The British, as well as the Spaniards! And word is getting around that Captain Jack Sparrow is recruiting a crew for a quest to the Fountain of Youth! But as it turns out there may be an impostor, who? Sorry, I can't spoil that for you :)

Can you guess who that shadowy figure Jack Sparrow is fighting with?

Also did you ever wonder if Jack Sparrow plans it all out or makes it up as he goes along? .... He answers this in the movie.

I guess the absence of Will Turner and Elizabeth Swan-Turner gave it a different feel. But not having those characters back was probably for the best since their relationship seems overplayed and overused and it was refreshing to see new characters being introduced such as Blackbeard played by Ian McShane and Angelica played by Penelope Cruz.

I believe Johnny Depp played Captain Jack Sparrow beautifully. But compared to the previous films I thought his chacracter was fun but a bit more serious. But this subtle change in his character may have been brought by his encounter with Angelica, a former flame.

Blackbeard is regarded as a notorious pirate feared by many including pirates alike. The ship he captains The Queen Anne's Revenge is rather impressive as it packs a lot of firepower and is possibly under Blackbeards strange powers. He seems to be able to sail and captain the ship as though it were on "autocaptain". Blackbeard appears to be very intimidating but his character isn't as strong as Capt. Barbossa's in the 1st Pirates movie or Davey Jones. I think he could have been made to be more viscious!

The mermaids were a lovely addition to the story, they were beautiful monsters. The fight that ensued between the mermaids and pirates was great! They seemed more like piranhas with a woman's face!

Also, I wish that even though they're no longer in the story that The Flying Dutchman could've made a cameo appearance in the film. It would have been a nice surprise for fans of the movie to see.

Overall the movie was really good, it was nice to see Captain Jack Sparrow in action again. Speaking of action this movie is certainly not lacking in that. There are sword fights, gun fights, voodoo, coconut fights? and of course rum!

I enjoyed the film! And though it was rather strange, or should I say different because of the absence of certain characters it still is a movie about Pirates of the Caribbean!

Osama Bin Laden is Dead!

So I woke up early this morning and came across this news on the internet stating that Osama Bin Laden is dead! He died this Monday morning, May 2, 2011. It seems that after a long search, the man who became infamous for the September 11, 2011 attack on the US, who was able to evade the radar for years was finally killed in a firefight in his hideout.

"U.S. officials said the CIA tracked bin Laden to his location, then elite troops from Navy SEAL Team Six, a top military counter-terrorism unit, flew to the hideout in four helicopters. Bin Laden was shot in the head in an ensuing firefight, these officials said, adding that he and his guards had resisted his attackers. U.S. personnel identified him by facial recognition, the official said, declining to say whether DNA analysis had also been used." - This was taken from Yahoo News

Read more at these news links:
Yahoo News: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_bin_laden
Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/01/osama-bin-laden-dead-killed_n_856091.html
CNN: http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/05/01/bin.laden.obit/index.html

Here's a raw video of the aftermath of the fight: http://news.yahoo.com/video/world-15749633/25086643 - there are commercials in the vid, so just be patient!