User blog comment:WillTurner101/On Stranger Tides Question/@comment-1984959-20120407075635

Now this is difficult for me, as I'm one of the few majority who liked On Stranger Tides the best. I liked many parts, but I guess I'll try and narrow it down as much as possible with the big pros and cons of the film(to me at least):

Favorite
 * London scenes - From Gibbs' trail to the scenes in the Captain's Daughter, this portion of the film was great in the return of Pirates...to me at least.
 * QAR scenes - Particularly during the portion involving Jack's mutiny(from Jack's meeting with the crew to the scene in Blackbeard's cabin). The mutiny itself was great, especially with Blackbeard's first scene...possibly one of THE best moments of OST. I also did like the tango aboard the QAR, as it was the "seed" of the film(according to Terry Rossio)...although, IMO what was on that "Extended Tango" scene was far better than what was on the final cut, especially in terms of backstory.
 * Barbossa's scenes - Barbossa was simply brilliant in this movie. The Providence crew wouldn't have been as entertaining without Barbossa in command(well, maybe they'd still be if Groves was; but let's not get there lol).
 * Jungle scenes - Ok, many may disagree by saying "they should have had more scenes on the sea", but I personally like the journey on land. Not that I don't want sea scenes, but a "too many scenes on land" should have been expected(they were finding the Fountain of Youth, not something that can be found in some underwater world). The quest itself was magnificent, especially with the jungle view...and of course the scene in Palm Tree Grove.
 * Battle for the Fountain of Youth - I probably would consider this my favorite battle, or maybe the Maelstrom battle from AWE(it's a difficult decision). I like that Barbossa and Jack have their own battles to fight, and of course the twist when the Spanish came in, revealing their intention to destroy the Fountain.

Non-Favorite
 * Ok, I like to go on record and say these are not "scenes in the film" type parts, but they are what kinda took away the mood for me.


 * Music - No, I'm not saying I hate this film's music...my complaint on this film is that there weren't too many new themes. I'm all for repetitive themes(which I could go on about), but to where there are only one or two new themes? Wow. But obviously that didn't really stop me from liking this film.
 * Jack's hat - The one thing that ruined the ending of OST for me...WHAT HAPPENED TO JACK'S HAT?! Even in DMC, where the hat was eaten by the Kraken for the majority of the film, that Jack had his hat return to him. I'm hoping they will have a stylish way of returning the hat...or at least have some sort of explanation for finding the hat.