Pirates On Stranger Tides

Have I expressed gratitude for this already? Does that matter?

Anyway, I finally, finally, got to see the fourth movie in the Pirates of the Caribbean series, On Stranger Tides, today. I like the Pirates movies (even the third one, despite a plot as twisted and convoluted as the giant whirlpool at the end), and I love the original Disneyland ride. I'm excited to see the fifth Pirates movie later this year, but I figured I needed to see the fourth one first.

It was a fun film, every bit as ridiculous, surprising, and entertaining as the ones before it. I especially appreciated this one scene with the skeleton on the bed looking at a map through a magnifying glass. The pose of that skeleton came straight from the Disneyland ride. I also remember that on the ride, the magnifying glass was positioned such that as you ride by on your boat, the skeleton's teeth look bigger through the glass. A really cool effect.

Anyway, I am grateful for Pirates of the Caribbean. All of it. Including the fourth movie.