The characters are flat, Jack is a drunk, and the plot is rushed. The writers didn’t make me want to invest any interest in the characters or care whatsoever about the story. The film is seemingly void of any themes or motifs that make the pirate life romantic let alone interesting. I feel underwhelmed by the writing and couldn’t wait for the story to be over. Overall the movie felt like a dimwitted slap-stick comedy that was more of a farce of the Pirates world than a contribution. I suppose, dead franchises tell no good sequels (after that main trilogy that is).