Pirates des Caraïbes : La fontaine de jouvence

Dix minutes avant la fin, je me suis souvenu que je portais des lunettes 3D et que (probablement) c'était en 3D (il s'agissait d'une projection IMAX). Et la seule chose dont je me souviendrai du film dans un mois, c'est la scène avec les sirènes. Le reste n'est que du coton, porté par les marques, les acteurs et la musique de Zimmer. Je donne trois étoiles diplomatiques car c'est un film ludique et inoffensif. Mais en termes d'expérience, c'est deux heures d'ennui. Les créateurs de films de série B peuvent proposer des idées et de la fraîcheur, alors pourquoi pas l'élite hollywoodienne présente ici ? (19/05/2011)

Cela faisait bien longtemps que je n'étais pas revenu aux Pirates et le film ne m'a ni enthousiasmé, ni totalement déçu. Le quatrième volet m'a semblé manquer d'ancrage et il aurait mérité un dramaturge et un peu de sophistication. D'un autre côté, Barbossa et Barbe Noire sont toujours amusants. Et quand les sirènes franco-espagnoles commencent à se rassembler autour d'eux, ça met directement le spectateur dans une meilleure humeur. (17/06/2023)

Yes, after a noticeably over-the-top second film (and I didn’t have the strength see the third film), it's a fairly brisk and honest piece of adventure. Unfortunately, it's hard to shake the impression that rather than an action movie, Marshall made a little girlish historical fetish that made teeth disappear for all the ruffles and a nice design. When a movie pushes them out in a mermaid hunt scene, it's a very sympathetic dark fairy tale. Otherwise, it's more like a hanger for pretty scenery, sympathetic actors and ultra-stupid dialogues that even Depp's clown grins won't save. The more serious the film tries to be in places, the less the whiff of an old pirate farce fits into it (especially the opening London scene is rough). When I add it all up - nice costumes, eye pleasing design, an ever-more edible Penélope, a very edible mermaid and, on the other hand, a poor script, hackneyed choreography and a bunch of useless scenes. No, the fourth Pirates of the Caribbean cannot offend, but is unfortunately also cannot excite. (16/05/2011)

It's as if someone has fixed your once-upon-a-time favorite theme park attraction for the fourth time. You’ll be entertained by old friends, at times you will be delighted by new ones, your eye will get tired of the effects, your ear will endure the moments when someone speaks and somehow you will partly laugh through it, and partly suffer through it to the end. The most significant feeling it will leave in you after you get out is that you were quite bored. PS: Half a day after watching it, all I remember is the raucous music, the perpetually drunk Depp, and Penelope’s cleavage. An elegant quarter-billion-dollar experience. (20/09/2011)

This time the Pirates played the same trumps as once upon a time in part one, i.e. on the purely adventurous tone of the quest for treasure, instead of attempts at mythology or epicness. And it darn worked, even though it’s not so great. To hit the jackpot they needed someone in the director’s chair who can handle dynamic action and comedy timing and who knows how to present everything he has at his disposal. No blockbuster, but no disappointment; just perhaps the absence of chemistry (with one exception) between Depp and Penelope. (19/05/2011)