Why Pirates Of The Caribbean 5 Got Johnny Depp's Jack Sparrow So Wrong
Johnny Depp's iconic Captain Jack Sparrow felt like a shell of his former self in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales. The fifth entry into the Pirates franchise was met with middling reviews, with many critics noting that Depp's once-iconic performance felt stale and lifeless. While Depp's personal life seemed to get in the way of his fifth turn as Captain Jack, there were several factors that made the infamous pirate seem so far removed from his previous appearances.
Captain Jack Sparrow was down on his luck by the time of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales. With his crew absent and his ship, the Black Pearl, magically confined to a bottle, Jack had hit rock bottom. He even traded his enchanted compass for a drink, unwittingly releasing the undead Captain Salazar back onto the waters. Jack teamed up with his old frenemy and far more successful pirate, Hector Barbossa, to restore the Black Pearl to its former glory and defeat the villainous Salazar. He also met William Turner and Elizabeth Swann's son, Henry Turner, and helped him break the Flying Dutchman's curse, which had plagued his father since the events of Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End.
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Jack Sparrow was completely out of character in Dead Men Tell No Tales and was frustratingly inconsistent with his previous portrayals. In the first four films, Jack was established to be clever, cunning, and a (relatively) good person at heart. He pretended to be a dim-witted fool to trick others like James Norrington into underestimating him. In Dead Men Tell No Tales, this facade was completely gone and Jack is written as a complete fool and a purely comedic character,
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