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Author Topic: Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011) Sam Graham AKA: "The Evil Sam Graham". Wackiness ensues. Posts: 1431 From: Waukee, IA Registered: Dec 2004 posted 05-22-2011 12:08 AM                        CINEMA: Valle Drive-In Theatre, Newton, IA AUDITORIUM: 1 PRESENTATION: 35mm/DTS 2.0 (via FM radio) PRESENTATION PROBLEMS: Rain through half of movie, nearby lightning strike disrupted power briefly RATING: Two and one half stars (out of four) BEFORE THE SHOW: I swear I'm the only adult on the lot not smoking. And the guy in the next vehicle over is drinking beer. THE PLOT: A quest for the Fountain of Youth. Wackiness ensues. The good news is that it isn't over-bloated like the second and third movies were. It's fun and mindless, yet not exactly memorable. It's a good time, but it probably won't make my home video collection. There's a scene after the credits, supposedly. I didn't bother staying for it.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 05-24-2011 06:18 PM                        I haven't watched it yet but that ending scene is apparently VERY important or revealing. More and more people are staying every night to see it, and there is always a collective "WHOA" from the crowd during the scene.  |  IP: Logged John Wilson Film God Posts: 5438 From: Sydney, Australia. Registered: Dec 1999 posted 05-24-2011 06:34 PM                     For Sam... The extra bit.  |  IP: Logged Jonathan Goeldner Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1360 From: Washington, District of Columbia Registered: Jun 2008 posted 05-27-2011 10:23 AM                     I love the Pirate movies, but they should have quit while they were ahead - this one was just... dull. It's also too long, I fell asleep midway through. The 3D effects were okay, but alot of scenes were underlit or in the dark making the effect pointless - for a movie shot in 4K, why set alot of the movie in darkness?? There's also no action-set piece, the second one had the Kraken attack, the third one, the maelstorm - this one... a mermaid attack? oh please... 'lame' and the end 'extra' bit: ho hum, yeah yeah, a setup for yet another Pirates movie - forget it: over, out, done!  |  IP: Logged

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