Pirates of the Caribbean 4: Trailer 2

The first trailer for this filmed, ahem, underwhelmed me to say the least; that being said, Yahoo has put up a substantially better (in ways that probably that first glimpse should have gone) trailer 2 . This cut hearkens back tonally to those first movies, and even reminds the audience of the story bridge: what the hell is that compass Jack has had in every movie truly meant for?

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides Trailer!

I hope it may just be a weak trailer, but Pirates 4 looks like more of an unfunny rehash of what has come before; or, I might just be cooling to Depp's Jack Sparrow. Sparrow was a stronger character with a full ensemble to riff with, but this movie very much represents a full solo adventure, so I am hoping they just threw in the stalest bits to get a trailer out there for the Tron audiences. Then again, the last two Pirates' sequels were muddled and maybe too dense with plot threads for their own good.

Gore Verbinski begged off this sequel (not a good sign), and Rob Marshall is at the helm. Verbinski had a strong cinematographic sense about incorporating the supernatural into the Caribbean setting, and Rob Marhsall did, uh...musicals? Marhsall's strongest efforts were Nine and Chicago, which are great genre films, but I don't know for the life of me how they prepared him for this type of summer fantasy action-adventure. God help us if Sparrow bursts into song...