So a funny thing happened on the way to the quadrilogy – the third movie turned out terrible. Tremendously terrible. After a disappointing middle chapter, the PIRATES film needed a wallop of a third act and instead gave us a gentle nudge.
The series seemed lost…wrecked at sea…devoured by that maelstrom…never to be heard from again.
But then this week, we were handed this trailer for a fourth PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN film; ON STRANGER TIDES. Knightley and Bloom are gone, so too is director Gore Verbinski. Curiously it actually seems to have potential. I for one, believe it’s that epic theme music ratcheting up the excitement, but we’ll have to wait and see. For now, let’s just say that foresee possibilities…