When Nez Runz Thingz

Dear Hollywood.

Please stop making shitty sequels to really good movies.

If you're going to make a trilogy, then make a trilogy. Don't make a single, stand-alone movie and then decide later to make two more sub-standard ones to go with it.

Now, I loved Pirates 1; it's still one of my favorites. But Pirates 3 (while still better than Pirates 2) was, to me, nothing more than milking a franchise for all it was worth. And now you've ruined it for me.

What I would have liked to see were several movies involving the same characters but with a different adventure each time. Take James Bond for example (not the new ones, the old ones); there are so many good Bond films, and why? Because it's a new story each time! It's always Bond, and there's always Q (or R) and M and Moneypenny, but it's always a new villan and a new adventure.

That's what I would have loved to see from Pirates. The ongoing adventures of Captain Jack Sparrow, Will Turner and Elizabeth Swan. Adventure on the high seas! Swashbuckling, treasure, pirates... Steve! Keith Richards! There is so much potential for good characters and good pirate-y tales. Done properly, the Pirates stories could have a good long run in our theatres.

But no... you had to make it into a trilogy and drag the one story right into the ground for more than 5 1/2 hours total. Guh.

And don't even get me started on the blatant overuse of CGI.

So shame on you Hollywood! Shame!

Next time, maybe try hiring someone with an original idea who can tell a good story.