The Inevitable Downfall Of Pirates Of The Caribbean

When Disney first announced it would be taking the famous Disneyland ride Pirates and adapting it into the major motion picture Pirates of the Caribbean, many fans had doubts the House of Mouse could pull it off. But when Pirates of the Caribbean Curse of the Black Pearl first debuted, it was instantly a classic. But as time went on, it seemed Disney was draining every ounce of prestige from the Pirates franchise. Eventually leading to a dramatic downfall of the Pirates of the Caribbean series.

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Written by Dave Baker
Edited by Brian Nappi

[juniormedina]

I don’t think the Pirates franchise was a downfall . The last two movies are dumb fun but the first three are a great trilogy. Dead Man’s Chest to me is still the best of the series and Davey Jones is one of the best movie villains ever.

[DreIsGoneFission]

I actually loved the Davey Jones arc. That scene where he’s playing the organ, and you realize that he had to literally give his heart to something, was crushing and thematically hopeless feeling. One of the best “villains” of all time. Great CG, too.

[charlesmaclellan]

I dont think Davy Jones CGI will ever look bad. Still one of my favorites

[jaimequintanar]

Have to disagree on your stand on the second and third film. Those were without a doubt amazing sequels that expanded on the universe, increased the stakes, and gave an epic finale.

[Housewarmin]

Making the movie into a triology would have been perfect. I loved the first 3 movies! The Davy jones/Flying Dutchman story line was great.

[hellboy]

Still my favorite trilogy ever. Call it nostalgia or whatever but nothing gives me the satisfaction like the pirates trilogy. The music, dialogues, soundtrack, jack and the world itself

[MikeMJPMUNCH]

I think they already had the perfect ending for Captain Jack Sparrow in At World's End in that he ended up where he began in the first film on small boat sailing out to sea looking for his next adventure.

[cedricfowler]

I think the filmmakers wanted to go bigger with each movie and bit off more than they could chew.
Black Pearl started simple with a cursed pirate crew looking for treasure with a loose code of parley.
When At World's End released there was now a whole pirate society with pirate lords for each part of the world.

[firelight]

I think Jack being made the focus of "Dead Man's Chest" and "At World's End" was fine, and even good. We had a story with Will and Elizabeth as the focus, so it made sense to give one to Jack. The issue for me is that every movie after also focused on Jack after he no longer needed it. Maybe the fourth movie could have focused more on Barbossa instead. I think that could have been interesting.

[alpharius]

Say what you will, the original trilogy was an amazing masterpiece that still holds up today. I rewatched it very recently with all the same emotions I've always had for the films. The last two movies are a different story for sure though...

[solortus]

The first three films were really good imo. Each character was memorable - even the side characters.

[HoboGaming]

I feel like you had the right idea but misplaced where the downfall happened. The first three are all very solid films that deliver. After that trilogy was where things started falling apart.

[nateds]

The original Pirates of the Caribbean is as close as you can ever get to a perfect adventure movie. Dead Man's chest and At World's end were a little too ambitious and long, but still really good and tied a great knot on the whole trilogy. On Stranger Tides was... Eh. But Johnny Depp still killed it and had a few great scenes. DMTNT was even more stupid and at this point Johnny Depp was phoning it in(but like come on who could blame him) and his writing just was not as good.

[Introvertsoul]

I think for all of us, pirates of the Caribbean IS johnny depp. It's tied together with nostalgia and his unbelievably great acting. No one remembers how DMTNT was bad because the focus shifted to Disney removing Depp.
I think no one would watch the movie if they dare to cast someone else as Jack Sparrow. Unless they reboot the whole thing and bring in all new characters completely living the last ones untouched

[hlumelomrali]

not sure if its just me but i really liked the first three

[octoberlassie]

I think 'downfall' is a very strong word. As insane as the movies became, they never stopped being entertaining. I can re-watch all five of them over and over again. The last two even had elements that got me pretty excited to see, and I wasn't disappointed. All five are not flawless masterpieces or anything, and some may be technically better than others, but they're all a hell of a lot of fun, and I think that's the point of them.

[krauser]

At World's End is a true masterpiece, I don't care what anyone says.

[Zombiesnyder]

Back when Disney used to think outside the box

[GoblinsAreReal]

Disney misunderstood what made the first pirates great. It was the swashbuckling action and the personable relationships between characters mixed with a bit of supernatural mystique. For all the other films they went too deep on the supernatural and lost the character. 2 & 3 aren’t awful but 4 & 5 just make me sad.

[donaldkochersperger]

Always wanted a prequel taking place before curse of the black pearl.