The Curse of the Black Pearl was and still is one of my favourite films of all time. The trouble with sequels is they try and be bigger and better, more funny and witty, and try to expand the character too much! The Black Pearl was a great film because it did the simple things well; it had the action, the comedy, the tragedy and the ghosts! This made it a perfectly rounded film. The difficulty with sequels is there is always that deep burning desire from the director to better his last project; this is usually why they never compare as they just try too hard. The second pirates film was arguably the best of the 3 sequels, with the introduction of a great new character in Davy Jones. However Stranger tides had a brilliant opportunity to be the best. They had pretty much a new cast, only leaving the best characters from the last films, they had a new director to bring his own scope to the franchise and they also had a potentially good story line in the search for the fountain of youth. I'm not saying this was a massive flop because there were some good elements to the film. Jack Sparrow was still his camp weird and wonderful self, and Geoffrey Rush was great once again, this time as Commodore. This is all well and good but when so many other stars fail to make an impact it brings down even the work of two greats like themselves. Where was the passion in this film? The Black Pearl was great because it fully immersed itself within the pirate world and got every part right. It's not that there was no effort made in stranger tides, but it was always missing the spark that made many fall for the first instalment of the franchise. If there is another one made, and i hope they do because i do love the films, i really hope they find and passion and flair which came with the Black Pearl.