User blog comment:Uskok/Dead Men Tell No Tales Review/@comment-1742432-20170618134925

As others have pointed out, this film was merely a summary of the previous 4 films. Here are my gripes with it:


 * The contrived nature of the curses: There's a curse that an area reanimates only one set of people after they die there, who aren't allowed to leave, who can't walk on land, and who break free the moment a compass is "betrayed" only because it unleashes the fears of someone who doesn't even remember fearing anything like the people inside. Nothing was explained about the Triangle. All the curses being trapped in the Trident didn't make much sense either.


 * The Navy: They served literally no purpose other than bringing the characters together in the first half. The next scenes involving them were utterly useless. They meet Shansa, go after the Trident, capture some pirates who promptly flee, and then get eaten up by a ship. What a pointless arc.


 * Rehashing: Yep, this movie took after The Force Awaken's formula of rehashing parts of the original trilogy, as I'd expected.


 * Continuity errors: Will still suffering and the compass deal. It would have been nice if they decided to respect the established canon, and the intelligence of the audiences.


 * Forced elements: The love story was forced, Carina/Barbossa's familial relationship and the latter's death was forced and unnecessary, and a humour was for the most part. The bank chase scene and sharks were also clearly intended to woo audiences.

The movie was a blatant cash-grab with no heart to it. There were some great elements like Salazar and the soundtrack. I'm divided on the finale. It looked great and I liked that Henry was possessed, but I was drawn out of it when Salazar didn't just destroy the whole bloody world with all that power in his hands. With its relatively dismal performance, I wonder how there's going to be a sixth film, but the post credits scene has me hopeful at least.