- The subtitle of the new Pirates of the Caribbean movie is 'Dead Men Tell No Tales.' The moral of the movie, alas, is that the same cannot be said of dead franchises.
- If being dull, gruesome and obnoxiously loud weren't enough, Dead Men Tell No Tales makes sure to get in a blast of sexism, too.
- The bounty of bawdy bits feel borrowed from Benny Hill ('No woman's ever handled my Herschel before!' says a stunned telescope operator), while the slapstick violence skews toward the Three Stooges.
- Is this really only the fifth entry in the Pirates film franchise? It feels like the 50th. Except for Javier Bardem, who brings a dollop of fresh mischief to this paycheck party, Dead Men has all the flavor of rotting leftovers.
Christian Science Monitor
5/26/2017 by Peter Rainer
Directors Joachim Rnning and Espen Sandberg work up a stormy sea-parting finale that is better than anything in The Ten Commandments. Again, the trick to enjoying this film is to expect nothing.- I daresay it is the very best fourth sequel ever made to a movie based on a 50-year-old theme park ride.
- There are no new treasures to be found in this installment, which is dragged down by the anchor of a prescribed franchise blueprint.
- Now in its fifth outing and trying to press reset after an unnecessary fourth movie, Depp's campy performance in that role is losing crucial energy and humour.
- It's fast paced but goes nowhere new and the film's 'bigness' makes it hard to remember what an amazingly unexpected treasure The Curse of the Black Pearl was.
- We had zero hope for the fifth chapter in the waterlogged Pirates of The Caribbean franchise. And we were wrong. This thing is terrific.
- Productions like this come and go, crumbling tentpoles to be replaced by new timber, but they are self-fulfilling prophecies, and dire ones, about the future of the theatrical movie business. They're accomplices in a soul heist.
- Popcorn munchers and franchise fans will find plenty to like.
- Its pleasures are so meager, its delight in its own inventions so forced and false, that it becomes almost the perfect opposite of entertainment.
- [It] tries to turn back time, seeking to replicate the first 2003 film's chemistry. That attempt to swim against the tide doesn't entirely work, but at least delivers moments that fleetingly jolt this... fifth installment to sporadic life.
- I found Dead Men Tell No Tales to be passably fun and certainly no harder to watch than any of the better-pedigreed blockbusters this year.
- 'Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales' remains true to its Disney theme park roots. Loud, overstimulating and hard to take in all in one sitting, it feels like the vacation that you'll need a vacation from.
Minneapolis Star Tribune
5/25/2017 by Colin Covert
Padding out its muddled 129 minutes with the sluggish pace of a funeral barge, it marks the ignominious low of a once great series. It lacks yo-ho-ho.St. Louis Post-Dispatch
5/25/2017 by Calvin Wilson
Depp, who once was among the most risk-taking actors in film, seems to be merely going through the motions.New York Magazine/Vulture
5/25/2017 by David Edelstein
It's stuffed to the gills with effects executed by the highest-paid artists and technicians in the business. But it's still a sorry spectacle.- Been there, plundered that.
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Superstar Johnny Depp has been dropped from the Pirates of the Caribbean film franchise as Disney Studios plans a major reboot, DailyMailTV can reveal.
Depp was the major lead in five Pirates movies over the past 15 years - but it appears Captain Jack Sparrow has made his final voyage on the Black Pearl.
Original Pirates script writer Stuart Beattie is the first to publicly confirm that Disney Studios appears to be ditching the star as they rework the entire franchise.
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Depp, 55, who has been dogged by personal dramas over the past four years, saw his last outing as Sparrow in Dead Men Tell No Tales, which became the lowest performing movie of the films.
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Johnny Depp will not appear in any more Pirates of the Caribbean films as Disney Studios plans a major reboot, DailyMailTV can reveal
Depp has been dogged by personal dramas over the past four years, including money issues, his high profile split from Amber Heard and drinking problems. Over the summer he sparked concern over his frail and gaunt appearance (pictured in June)
Speaking exclusively to DailyMailTV at a red carpet event in Hollywood, Beattie confirmed on camera the reboot means Depp is out as Sparrow.
Nodding when it was suggested Depp was out, he said: 'I think he's had a great run. Obviously, he's made that character his own and it's become the character he's most famous for now.
'And kids all over the world love him as that character so I think it's been great for him, it's been great for us, so I'm just very, very happy about it.'
Beattie feels no matter what Depp does next in his career, his Hollywood career high point will be defined by Sparrow and amassing more than $4 billion from the movies.
Original Pirates script writer Stuart Beattie (pictured) is the first to confirm that Disney Studios appears to be ditching the star
The star, known for cult hits like Edward Scissorhands, was not expected to be a success with the release of The Curse of the Black Pearl in 2003.
Beattie added: 'I think Jack Sparrow will be his legacy. It's the only character he's played five times, it's the character he dresses up in to visit children in hospitals, it's what he'll be remembered for.
'Before Jack Sparrow came along, [Depp] was considered this kind of quirky, independent actor that made these really cool little Tim Burton films, but he was by no means a movie star and a lot of people thought we were crazy for casting him at the time.
'Because he wasn't a proven commodity; you know, a big movie star. And we were making a big movie and we were putting this quirky, independent actor in the middle of it and people thought we were crazy. The fact that it worked is a miracle.
'They were certainly nervous watching the rushes everyday but when it all came together, something just clicked and it was magic and connected with audiences. I'm proud to be a part of it.'
Beaming with pride, Beattie added that his first film was nominated both for best film and Depp was leading actor at the Oscars.
He said: 'For a big, commercial popcorn movie to get a Oscar nomination, for the actor, is incredible. So that was a lot of fun seeing that.'
Beattie added: 'I think Jack Sparrow will be his legacy. It's the only character he's played five times, it's the character he dresses up in to visit children in hospitals, it's what he'll be remembered for.' Pictured: Depp dressed up as Sparrow visiting children in Canada in 2017
Recent reports claimed Deadpool's writing team was working on the reboot and Beattie confirmed that Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick are indeed working on script drafts.
The pair penned the first two Deadpool blockbusters, Zombieland and 6 Underground, the action film,
Beattie reacted: 'Hopefully they'll bring a lot of the great comedic subversiveness. I was laughing out of my seat in the opening credits of Deadpool so I am a big fan of those guys and I hope they do something really special.'
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Even though Beattie carved the characters for the films, Disney have not yet asked him to return: 'That would be great. I would love to. I mean, I love that world and love the people that make those films so yeah, I would love to be involved.'
But he will not be upset if the call doesn't come: 'There's that saying, don't frown because it's over, smile because it happened.
'And the fact that they're rebooting something that you did, means that you did something that is worth rebooting. So I tend to look at it as the glass half full and it's an honor to be rebooted.'
Beattie revealed that the initial movie took 10 years to get made by Disney.
Beattie added: 'Before Jack Sparrow came along, [Depp] was considered this kind of quirky, independent actor that made these really cool little Tim Burton films, but he was by no means a movie star and a lot of people thought we were crazy for casting him at the time.' Pictured: Depp in London in July
'Firstly, it's extraordinarily validating to know I wasn't crazy; that there were people that wanted to see a pirate movie like I did. So that was fun.
'And look, it's just great to see there are Jack Sparrow costumes at Halloween now and it's great to know that you've created something that's become a part of the culture. It so rarely happens and I just feel very honored and blessed by it.'
Smiling he added that he hopes the reboot will hit the screens faster than his original idea in 1993.
His next project is likely to create huge news too.
'We just finished filming Danger Close, the Battle of Long Tan. So it's the true story of the biggest battle the Australian's fought in the Vietnam war.
'So it's a very big Australian independent film; a war film. And just beautiful performances, it's an incredible story, and that will be out sometime next year.'
The BAFTA winning screenwriter spoke at the Seventh Annual Australians in Film Awards (AiF) in Los Angeles.
Presented by the non-profit organization, Australians in Film, the annual star-studded Awards Show and Benefit Gala Dinner celebrates the achievements of Australian entertainment professionals and supports the foundation’s mission to usher Australian filmmakers into the international market.