User blog comment:Captain Dashing/Why Pirates 5 will Benefit from these New Directors/@comment-1984959-20130531045653

As always, I agree with most of your points. The only thing I have to disagree with, or rather be neutral about, is the remarks about the humor. Admittedly, I may be one of the majority who doesn't want the slapstick humor to leave - it'll be like taking Depp himself away from the franchise. Then again, I do agree with having P5 be "more serious and mature", not counting the semi-adult stuff in OST. I'm not going to deny that CotBP was probably the best in the series so far, mainly because it is THE Pirates film to see, and to each his or her own regarding the sequels, since they were pretty much had mixed reception - despite the numbers. But I will say having a darker tone to the franchise, at least in comparison to CotBP, will be very interesting and enjoyable.

Lastly, I will give my opinion on the newcomers, and no matter what, everyone's opinions count(even yours)...as long as it's with good reason. I can't imagine if they'll make it as successful as the other films, especially since they had one film with a lackluster reception while their most recent one was critically acclaimed. And of course that they're new to the franchise; but then Rob Marshall was new, and OST made over $1 billion worldwide. Having said all that I'll get to the point as a fan: although they're not Gore - without a doubt the best director to handle Pirates - I do think this is a positive decision. It'll certainly help make this film as standalone as OST was...well, story-wise at least. Also, this will make Penelope Cruz's chances of returning are greater since this could be her second project with Rønning and Sandberg, the first being Bandidas.