P.O.C - 4

"Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides Captain Jack Sparrow (Depp) crosses paths with a woman from his past (Cruz), and he's not sure if it's love -- or if she's a ruthless con artist who's using him to find the fabled Fountain of Youth. When she forces him aboard the Queen Anne's Revenge, the ship of the formidable pirate Blackbeard (McShane), Jack finds himself on an unexpected adventure in which he doesn't know who to fear more: Blackbeard or the woman from his past".psst.......THIS STORY EXTRACT I HAVE LIFTED FROM ELSEWHERE- Pl dont tell anyone!

Jhonny Depp Ur simply amazing ! Ur one of the few actors i know of who can maintain the same body lamguage, accent and poise, sequel after sequel with aplomb. Jack Sparrow delivers only a frew "Punch" dialouges but it rarely misses the mark. I have taken the liberty of rechristening him the modern day equivalent of "MGR" - The heroines fall heads over heals overr him and our hero walks away into the sunset unscathed. Boy! how well he excecutes the actions sequences and once again walks away with the least bit of fuss or melodrama. The biggest asset Jhonny has - The entire viewer faternity love him - Boy! i would love to be in his shoes for a atleast a day.Coming back to POC 4, Penelope Cruz , Ian McShane and the rest really are an asset to this sequel.

The make up is adequate. I somehow felt that owing to budget constraints the film was found a bit wanting on the usual "spectacularism" ( excuse my misuse of the kings' language) associated with a disney production. The "Mermaid" special effect is  "swimmingly" amazing! The locations - Fajardo, Pureto-Rico simply stunning! The usual as far as the art direction is concerned and the camera work more than adequate. Last of all the director Rob Marshall has simply allowed Johnny and his fellow pirates to be themselves and  has made the older and the younger viewers feel like mere children as they travel through the mystical world of Jack Sparrow and his men and literrally taste the waters from the " fountain of youth". Go on guys forget the real world for 2 hours and travel through the fantasy land of the PIRATES OF THE CARRIBEAN. Untill next time HC Signing off saying " Pieces of eight. Pieces of eight, Pieces of eight" as the parrot in the classic "Treasure Island".

P.S.

Pieces of eight were old Spanish coins which were in circulation between the late 16th and late 19th centuries. The coins were made of silver and known as a silver dollar.

Early coins were made of precious metals such as silver and gold so the weight of the coin - and hence the metal content - was key in determining value. This also meant that coins were sometimes physically cut into pieces. That was the origin of the term "pieces of eight".

A full silver dollar was worth eight reales in the currency of the time. Thus it waC  frequently cut into up to eight pieces, or bits, each worth one reale. Rather confusingly the term "piece of eight" is used to refer to a full dollar coin rather than the individual pieces into which it could be cut. Sixteen of these full silver pieces of eight - 16 * 8 = 128 reales - were equivalent to one gold doubloon.

 hC