Pirates of the Carribean 4

[NewRight]

Well the speculation for this new movie has been around since the third movie was released and I think we are finally beginning to see a firmly planted foundation for a new PotC movie!

There was information released about it at ComicCon (regarding the movie and possible future LEGO line) and I thought a thread to discuss, predict, anticipate would be in order. Most of what I know about the movie can be found at:

MovieWeb.com

Most of which seems also pretty legitimate including a release date which is supposedly set for May 20th, 2011.

Personal thoughts tell me that this movie may be pushing it, but I also thought that before the third movie and I thought that movie turned out okay. Usually I end up watching the movies just for piratical inspiration, but I'm definitely looking forward to what may come up in this movie.

All the new actors being brought on board certainly give a new element, especially the female ones which is a little more rare in the piratical realm. Such as Penélope Cruz.

Anyway let there be discussion! (I'm thinking this should be strictly limited to the movie and probably not the possible new LEGO PotC line.)

[Ratbat]

The first one was great, the second, awesome, the third... OK. Just finding out about this myself, I'm really excited.

[Sisco]

Meh, I have to agree with you that this movie may be pushing it. I think that they should have stopped at three. Too many movie series have been ruined by too many sequels (or prequels). The Rocky series and Star Wars, to name a few. The only good thing coming from this movie is the supposed Lego line.

[Dunjohn]

I also think that four may be pushing it - heck, I thought two was pushing it - but so far, they don't seem to have made many mistakes. At least they're starting an entirely new storyline rather than trying to wring something more out of the Elizabeth/Will plotline.

I thought the first movie was great. I didn't like the second movie, I thought it was extremely messy and overly complicated, with twists every couple of minutes that were a pain to keep track of, and too much focus on ridiculous set pieces. And Barbarossa came back? His death in the first movie was terrific, but that completely ruined it. The whole thing put me off watching the third movie for a couple of years even though my sister had the DVD. When I did eventually watch it, it was more of the same garbled mess of implausible developments and pointless action.

Hopefully a fresh start will mean they'll have to devote too much time to scene-setting to be able to clutter it up with nonsense.

[Sirius Black]

I also think that four may be pushing it - heck, I thought two was pushing it - but so far, they don't seem to have made many mistakes. At least they're starting an entirely new storyline rather than trying to wring something more out of the Elizabeth/Will plotline.

I thought the first movie was great. I didn't like the second movie, I thought it was extremely messy and overly complicated, with twists every couple of minutes that were a pain to keep track of, and too much focus on ridiculous set pieces. And Barbarossa came back? His death in the first movie was terrific, but that completely ruined it. The whole thing put me off watching the third movie for a couple of years even though my sister had the DVD. When I did eventually watch it, it was more of the same garbled mess of implausible developments and pointless action.

Hopefully a fresh start will mean they'll have to devote too much time to scene-setting to be able to clutter it up with nonsense.

I have to say that i completely agree with you, except i didnt even finish the third one .

But the sets should be interesting.