Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

Brian Nallick wrote, "The first half of the movie is VERY heavy on action with little bits of dialog in between the chaos." This is the part I don't understand. I must have purchased a different movie that had been mislabeled with the same title. The version that I bought was completely different. True there was action enough to sate the action lovers among us but my version was heavy on dialog in the first half. The dialog, in fact, was so prevalent and convoluted that I said to myself several times that I was going to have to watch this movie several times to understand exactly what was going on. Maybe that says something about my level of intelligence - I hope not. I read Mr. Nallick's review before I purchased the movie and was expecting 75 to 90 percent action. I was dreading watching the movie because my favorite of the three original POTC movies was the third. (At World's End) I know, this is not a very popular opinion because most critics seem to dislike the amount of dialog. But how about the fourth movie (On Stranger Tides) for which this review is being written? Was it good enough for a lover of the series (as I am) to enjoy it? Did it fall flat on it's face like most sequels seem to do? Was it worth the price of admission? I loved it! Hands down, no hesitation, no argument. I'll admit that I was, at first, a little disappointed that some of the characters from the other three movies were not present but like some of the other reviewers I forgot them completely soon after the first few minutes. No, I'm not talking about Orlando Bloom or Keira Knightley but some of the more colorful characters like Lee Arenberg and Mackenzie Cook as Pintel and Ragetti. As far as I am concerned these two stole the show every time they appeared on screen. Also. I absolutely loved Bill Nighy as Davy Jones and Martin Klebba as Marty was great for making me laugh many times. As far as the dialog/action ratio, I feel that this movie was done right. I was never bored and always had my intellect stroked. I got caught up in the story and was glued to the screen throughout the movie. I always judge a movie by the way it makes me feel when it is over. When the credits started I immediately checked my feeling and emotions and gave this movie a thumbs up. I wanted it to continue. I had not had enough. If you are reading this review in order to make a decision about purchasing this movie let me admonish you to buy it. You will not be disappointed. Well, I'm going to go and put this DVD in the player right now and watch it again tonight. Does that tell you something?

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ORIGINAL REVIEW: 1/5: "Rating is for Disney, not the movie itself. While other studios are generous with digital copies being of HD quality, Disney continues to be unbelievably cheap with SD quality digital copies (as was the case with the digital code for this movie). Unless a Disney movie states clearly that the digital code is HD, I will not purchase it. Also, in protest, I will NEVER purchase a digital copy of a Disney movie on iTunes or anywhere else. Disney is obviously hoping you will buy the same movie in several different formats just to make their cash register ring. How greedy can you get. Good thing Disney lags almost all major studios these days on the quality of their movie offerings. If it wasn't for Marvel movies, Disney would be stone dead in the business world of quality movie production." UPDATED REVIEW AS OF FEB. 25, 2014: 5/5: "Today, Disney launched DisneyMoviesAnywhere. When I registered at that site and linked that site with my iTunes account, it not only gave me "The Incredibles" in HD for free, but it also upgraded to HD the following Disney digital movies which I had in my iTunes account in SD format: (1) this movie, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides; (2) Marvel's Iron Man 2; and (3) Marvel's The Avengers. Also, when I entered the Disney Movie Rewards codes for Alice in Wonderland, Tron: Legacy and the Lone Ranger on Disney's new site, it automatically gave me the HD versions of those movies, whereas, before, I was unable to redeem such codes using iTunes (the digital codes for the first two movies had expired long ago and the digital code for The Lone Ranger was redeemed on vudu.com and did not work on iTunes). The bottom line is that Ultraviolet has really taken off and UV digital codes very frequently redeem in full HD, not SD like Disney previously did through iTunes. Disney and Apple apparently have teamed up and have decided to jointly promote an aggressive alternative to UV. We customers are the beneficiaries of this competition. Since I now have this Disney movie in HD in iTunes, I am once again a happy customer and, for that reason, revised my rating accordingly. HINT: You may need to "sign out" of your iTunes account on your iPad and then sign back in for your linked "SD" Disney movies to appear in iTunes in an upgraded HD format."

Pirates of the Caribbean stranger tides. Hard to find DVD, excellent condition.

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Da sich viele hier bereits mehr oder weniger umfangreich über den Inhalt von "Fluch der Karibik 4" ausgelassen haben, möchte ich mich hauptsächlich zur technischen Seite der 2D-Blu Ray äußern. Bildqualität: Fluch der Karibik 4 bietet ein knackig scharfes und sehr plastisches Bild. Da Disney das 3D-Master für die Produktion der 2D-Blu Ray verwendet hat, verfügt das Bild auch über eine hohe Räumlichkeit und Tiefenwirkung (z. B. in den Dschungel-Szenen). Das Ergebnis ist zwar nicht ganz so beeindruckend wie Avatar - Aufbruch nach Pandora, kann sich aber allemal sehen lassen. Die Bildschärfe ist vor allem in den Close Ups sehr hoch. Hier lassen sich z. B. kleinste Poren und Hautunreinheiten auf Johnny Depps Gesicht ausmachen. Die Eröffnungsszene zeigt bereits, dass auch der Schwarzwert sehr gut ist, das die zahlreichen Dunkel-Szenen ebenfalls gut ausgeleuchtet sind und über eine sehr gute Bildschärfe verfügen. Hier werden keinerlei Details verschluckt. Die Farbgebung des Films reicht von tristen Grau- und Brauntönen (London) bis hin zu kräftigen, leuchtenden Farben (Speisesaal des königlichen Palastes, Tropeninsel). Das Bild wirkt zu keiner Zeit übersättigt. Bildfehler, Verunreinigungen oder digitales Rauschen sucht man vergebens. Hier hat Disney wirklich sehr gute Arbeit geleistet. Da aber Fluch der Karibik 4 an Referenz-Titel wie Avatar - Aufbruch nach Pandora oder Peter Jackson's King Kong nicht ganz heran kommt, würde ich der sehr guten Bildqualität 9 von 10 Punkten geben (Abspielgeräte Player: Philips BDP7200, TV: Samsung UE40 B6000). Der sehr räumlich und dynamisch abgemischte 5.1-Digital-Sound ist zwar nicht sonderlich spektakulär, kann sich aber dennoch ohne Weiteres hören lassen. Die center-lastigen Dialoge sind alle klar und zu jeder Zeit verständlich. Die zahlreichen Surround-Effekte kommen aus den Richtungen, aus denen man sie auch vermuten/bestimmen würde. Der wuchtige Soundtrack kommt je nach Situation aus den vorderen oder allen 4 Satelliten-Boxen und auch der Subwoover wird bei den zahlreichen Action-Szenen ordentlich gefüttert. Was Johnny Depp's "anderen" Synchronsprecher David Nathan angeht, so fällt dies, wie ich finde, nicht so sehr ins Gewicht, da sich beide Synchronsprecher (Marcus Off von "Fluch der Karibik 1-3" und David Nathan von "Fluch der Karibik 4") von der Stimmlage her sehr ähneln. Außerdem hat David Nathan, der Jack Sparrow in Teil 4 seine Stimme leiht, Johnny Depp u. a. in "Rango", "Alice im Wunderland" und "Public Enemies" synchronisiert. Also gibt es hier keine vollkommen fremde oder unpassende Stimme. Im übrigen hat Disney auf Marcus Off nicht zurück gegriffen, da seine Gehaltsforderungen angeblich zu hoch gewesen sein sollen. Nach wenigen Minuten hat man sich sowieso hieran gewöhnt. Alles in allem würde ich dem Sound gute 8 von 10 Punkten geben. Fazit: Ich fand "Fluch der Karibik 4 - Fremde Gezeiten" sehr unterhaltsam. Das humorvolle und abgedrehte Piratenabenteuer ist, meiner Meinung nach, keinen Deut schlechter als seine 3 Vorgänger. Sparrows Suche nach der Quelle der ewigen Jungend knüpft quasi nahtlos an das Ende der ersten Trilogie an. Man muss sich vielleicht erstmal daran gewöhnen, dass es keine Kiera Knightley und keinen Orlando Bloom mehr gibt aber Ian McShane ("Die Säulen der Erde") als Captain Blackbeard und Penelope Cruz als Blackbeard's Tochter Angelica können auf jeden Fall überzeugen. Da noch 2 weitere Teile geplant sind, werden wir und wohl noch öfters an Penelope Cruz erfreuen können. Ich bin auf jeden Fall gespannt was da noch kommen wird und bis dahin: "Trinkt aus Piraten, Jo-hoo!"

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"Pirates of the Caribbean" Sail into my home yet again, with so many 'BAD' Pirates of the many great Movies that steal the hard work of great Artist the likes of Johnny Deppit is important that we the buyer get the 'Real Thing'. This film ,now as a wonderful Blu-Ray edition IS worth every Dollar,Pound or Euro it costs!. An excelent Movie with breath taking locations ,a dlightfull story line and backed up by a fine line up of supporting cast. The arrival of the delicious Penelope Cruz who even looks fabulous when wearing a 'Moustache' was an added bonus.The wonderfull Geoffery Rush is as ever at his best . In all this is a story well written and directed and I have already viewed it twice,just loved every minute of it !!. Eric.Frith , Malta .