It wasn't good and evil for me, it was evil and evil. Where greed and selfishness is everywhere, totally like pirates. With occasional guilt and kindness here and there.I enjoyed all the movies, but the third one was grandiose and self-important to the point of being ridiculous. It was like they took Matrix-esque cheesy messages of freedom and Lord of the RIngs-esque themes of a huge war of good/evil, where you were supposed to sympathize with the pirates which, outside of Jack Sparrow, wasn't a particularly easy thing to do.
Believe it or not, I actually genuinely loved the fourth one more than any of the others. My favorites in order are 4, 2, 1, 3.
I'm not sure if they can/should bring back Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann into the story. The way their part of the story ended in 3 was almost a happy end. They aren't really friends with Jack so they would help Jack everytime he's in trouble.The writers just need to come up with an original idea.
The first movie was great because it had a simple story concept and a great balance of characters. Now, only 3 of the original characters are even in the series anymore, and two of them have been resurrected. The story of the fourth film was hardly inspired, and the second and third having an "End of the World" theme was just not fitting for a Pirate movie. I'm just hoping a fifth movie will bring the series back to it's roots.
I really like Pirates, mostly because of Jack Sparrow.
I'm not sure if they can/should bring back Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann into the story. The way their part of the story ended in 3 was almost a happy end. They aren't really friends with Jack so they would help Jack everytime he's in trouble.
Fourth one was a reboot so it started low, without any major plot or a grand quest.