Movies in the 21st Century: Why Another Pirates?

Hi, I'm hardcopy, and I have no problem eating at McDonald's.  It's not going to kill me.

I went to go see Tron Legacy last week and saw the trailer for the fourth Pirates of the Caribbean movie.  From what I understand the whole movie is going to be about Jack Sparrow and whoever the hell Penelope Cruz is going to play.  For once Jack will have a successful romance from what I gathered, and you won't see Turner or Swan so what's the point of seeing it. 

First of all I would like to point out the name of the fourth movie is On Stranger Tides which is probably the dumbest choice they have been offered for titles.  If the whole movie is about the Fountain of Youth, why couldn't they just call it Journey to the Fountain of Youth or something?  On Stranger Tides is a classic pirate tale by Tim Powers, but I highly doubt the entirety of the PC movie will be based strictly on that text.  I still think putting a title from the book you are making a base on in the subtitle of a movie franchise is pretty damn cheap, too.  And still, it leaves a weird taste in my mouth when I mention the title.  It sounds like I'm on some weird drug.

This whole fourth installment idea is making me think back to the franchise.  Well I remember in 2003 when the first movie came out, and oh boy, was it a hit.  I remember seeing it at least twice in theaters, which I rarely do.  But it was just so fresh with as much comedy and violence as I could take in a Disney film that the whole thing sunk into me within the first few seconds.  The story was fun and exciting, and everyone was going crazy over Jack Sparrow, one of the biggest characters Depp made girls fall in love with.  His character has the strangest flaws and the best part was that he ended up all loony because he was in the sun and on an island by himself for too long.  That's just hilarious.

When the sequel was announced, people were making such a big fuss over it.  I saw it when it came out on DVD, and the ending was such a cock tease that the third one HAD to come out sooner.  I only remember saying, "What?  Barbosa?!" and having to scream a the TV because it just cut off.  But Dead Man was the start of the insane storyline.  If you are not paying attention for at least a few minutes, you miss out on everything.  I can't tell you how many questions I asked to anyone who was watching with me.  "Who's that guy?"  "Why are they there?"  "What the hell is going on?"  "I'm pretty sure he's evil."  "He's probably not evil."  "That guy's tentacle face is creepy." 

Then At World's End.  Wow I have never seen a movie in English where I had to use subtitles because I couldn't understand what they were saying.  It was long and pretty good, but towards the second half I just wanted to stop watching this and let the movie wrap up.

So I have no idea where this next movie will be going besides a cheap sequel.  The Jack Sparrow character wasn't even around much in the last movie, and when it was there, he was tripping out of his gorge and wasn't taken as seriously.  Elizabeth Swan really had the best role, in my opinion, because she had the best character development plus was around more than Turner. 

In conclusion I think the next movie might be funny and will go back to the witty and adventure like state as the first PC movie, but all there is...is Jack so not as well developed.  And...Black Beard.  -shrug- I don't know; I wouldn't suggest not seeing or anything since it didn't come out yet, but judging from the trailer, it just looks like milking Jack Sparrow until he dies.