Pirates of the Caribbean 4: On Stranger Tides

I know it has been a few days. So sue me. I went and saw Pirates of the Caribbean 4: On Stranger Tides Thursday night at the Orem theater and even though most of you have probably already seen it, I decided to do my review.

Overall I gave the movie an 8.5. I struggled with how I should grade this movie because it was not very good as a sequel but it was entertaining as a stand alone movie. Even though I hate Penelope Cruz I think she did an excellent job and so did most of the other actors. For some reason I was mostly just annoyed with the priest. There were very few things which harked back to the first trilogy. I think that was a smart move. This movie was funny without needing to take everything from the first movie and reusing it. I think that Jack should have "lied by telling the truth" at the end of the movie with the two cups simply because it would have been a funny joke considering that Cruz's character had done that to him earlier in the movie. I don't know why the writers didn't take that easy joke but whatever. Overall, I would buy it and watch it multiple times which is much more than I can say for the 2nd installment in this trilogy.

Thor

Yesterday I decided to go see Thor after work. I was pretty tired because I had only slept four hours the night before and just worked a ten hour shift but I wanted to see it anyway so that nobody would ruin it for me. Surprisingly, I had no trouble at all staying awake. The movie was hilarious and and the casting was great, even for the supporting characters. The story pulled me in and made me almost forget about the upcoming Avengers movie. It was so good that I would want to watch it over and over even if the other Avengers movies hadn't been made. Natalie Portman was gorgeous as usual. I thought the acting was pretty good. Loki was fantastic at the end when he is battling Thor. One thing that bothered me was the opening scene. I was okay with how it started but the cut to the opening credits came at an odd moment I thought. Other than that I mostly loved the movie. I gave the movie a 9.