I'm sorry, but this is one of those times I fall in the camp of "Bob has seen too many movies/It's hip today to hate on mainstream popular things."
Because this movie was FUN. In fact, it's probably the only thing out right now worth paying money to see (assuming you haven't seen THOR yet).
I think these days people forget how to just go have a good time watching a movie. Besides, who are we all kidding? Sure, we won't all go pay $10 bucks to see it in the theatre, but you can bet your ass we'll all watch it at some point because we KNOW it is entertainment. There just seems to be some sort of level of entertainment vs time worthiness based solely on PRICE. Go to the theater to see it? Pishaw! Wait, it's out on netflix or redbox? It's pirate movie night!
This is one of the few times I'd urge people to give Bob's REVIEW a pass instead of this movie. It's fun, it's entertaining, it sucks you into the world that they've created over the years with the pirates mythos. I didn't leave thinking I was suckered out of my money. I left thinking it was a great movie and me and my friends are still talking about our favorite scenes. What else could one ask for from a movie outing?!
But I'm sure Bob will come back and tell us to go see some contrived drivel of a movie made by some unknown, independent director with great raw talent and vision filming some wholly unique but ultimately disinteresting to everyone but people who like to be "different" movie that we should all be clamoring to see, but aren't because the movie didn't appeal to us the way HE and such people think it should. Like Soul Surfer or Everything Must Go or Kill The Irishman.. you know, obscure films like that.. mostly because they are obscure.