With a global box office of $4.5 billion, why can't Disney replicate the success of Pirates of the Caribbean?

There are many blockbuster series of Disney movies.

But like "Pirates of the Caribbean", each with a global box office of more than $600 million is relatively small.

The birth of "Pirates of the Caribbean" has also created a group of pirate fans comparable to Star Wars fans, Superman fanaticism and loyalty, so what is the good thing about the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series?

The story of "Pirates of the Caribbean 1: The Curse of the Black Pearl" is flat and straightforward, without too many ups and downs, and there are no big scenes.

The script continues the classic routines of Hollywood's golden age, face-painted characters, closed-loop narrative structure, and happy endings.

Steal treasure, abandon the captain, be cursed, find gold coins, seize the ghost ship, fail, take the ghost ship again, lift the curse, finally become a dependent, and sail to the sea.

But why can such a simple story make people watch with relish? Because Pirates of the Caribbean 1 does it make simple and good-looking.

The first is the witty and humorous plot, almost every few minutes a burden landed, with laughter to dissolve the terrifying and eerie atmosphere, and the attributes of electronic vegetables are full.

Although "Pirates of the Caribbean 1" is a classicist one-line narrative, under the director's scheduling, the pace of the film is particularly comfortable and will not let the audience have a boring time.

Adventure, magic, the sea, funny, all fascinated and ridiculous at the same time, even the ending clip of Jack Sparrow's righteousness is full of romanticism and absurdity, how a love word.

The second is Johnny Depp who gives Jerke Sparrow an extraordinary character charm.

Jack seems confused, looking out of tune, but in fact, he knows everything, courage and funny coexist, wild and confident.

His image is a pirate symbolizing freedom, thick eye shadow, pirate hat, smooth speech, feminine and cunning, swaying walking, lazy eyes always firmly looking at the horizon.

With Cliff Sparrow here, no matter how difficult the danger is, you can also talk and laugh at the end of the road, such a character is difficult not to be attracted to him, who does not want to get on the Black Pearl and go with him to conquer the sea of stars.

Finally, there is the construction of a pirate worldview.

"Pirates of the Caribbean 1" has the role of inheriting the classic elements of the previous pirate movies, and creating a complete pirate type movie template for the latecomers.

Mysterious treasures, skeleton curses, righteous navies, magical adventures, handsome men and beautiful women, legends, and crew members of the living dead, at night, ride the moonlight and turn into undead skeletons.

These mysterious pirate elements come together in one place, coupled with personal heroism and nonsensical comedy, the formula of commercial blockbusters is formed, and it is logical that a sequel is put on the agenda.

After three years, "Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Gathering Souls" met as promised.

Compared with the previous work, the second part increased in volume and price, with 8 minutes more in length, and the global box office exceeded the $1 billion mark for the first time.

This box office result made "Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Gathering Souls" the world box office champion in 2006 and the highest-grossing film in the Pirates of the Caribbean series.

It is also the second film in the series to have the best box office result, and it is the third film in the history of world cinema to reach a box office score of $1 billion.

Unfortunately, this is the only film in the series that has not been introduced to the mainland.

Originally, "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" was originally scheduled to be released in August, but because the film involved undead, skeletons and other content, it was not suitable for teenagers to watch, and the initial review failed to pass, and its schedule was given to the Disney animated "Cars".

But the flaws are not hidden, which unfortunately cannot cover up the wonderfulness of the film itself.

Due to the increase in investment, "Soul Gathering Coffin" is far better than "The Curse of Black Pearl" in terms of scene and story.

The soul of the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series, Jack Sparrow, who is also good and evil, the powerful villain David Jones, and the Cthulhu mythical North Sea giant Kraken.

As well as the integration of Jackie Chan-style action comedy, Disney does not cater to children without losing its rational funny bridges, realistic CG special effects and the legend of the flying Dutchman.

Coupled with the interaction of the three main lines led by Jack, Will and Norrington, "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" is extremely grand and detailed.

Such as the "Cat and Mouse"-style nonsense in Cannibal, the pub scuffle and the irony of Jack, Will and Norrington fighting for the soul gathering coffin, all highlight Disney's whimsy.

There are also undead monkeys coquettish to Bigfoot at the witch, David Jones has the same music box as the witch, Will frees his father, these unnoticed grass snake gray lines or foreshadowing at the end of the film or hints of the next film.

In the end, Jack is devoured by Kraken, and everyone is able to escape.

In the witch's house, the crew mourns the captain who "sacrificed his life for righteousness", and the witch tells them that Jack is not dead, that the Black Pearl has not been destroyed, and that they are waiting for rescue at the end of the world.

But the crew needs a new captain with a bit of intelligence to lead them through the plan, and this new captain is Barbosa, who betrayed Jack in the first part, and he is resurrected by the witch to continue the story of the third part.

Since the second and third parts are set shots, the two are particularly closely related in the story, and many of the clips that are not explained clearly or abruptly in the second part are presented in the third part, which also makes the third part highly anticipated.

The applause and applause of the sequel to "Pirates of the Caribbean" is very emotional.

In the past, Disney was imaginary, the script was solid and interesting, and today's Disney, including Hollywood, the so-called correct flood, not to mention good movies, even normal handsome men and beautiful women are difficult to see.

As far as the eye can see, it is dark, and the more I watch "Pirates of the Caribbean", the more embarrassed I am, but the beautiful national commercial film that has looked at the world has become an ugly work that people hate dogs.

In "Pirates of the Caribbean 3: World's End", all the characters of the first and second parts are gathered, and the story pattern is larger, so that each character has an explanation.

The witch (the goddess of the sea) and David Jones were originally lovers, but due to their respective betrayals, one was unsealed and became an unbiased sea god, and the other became an ugly sea monster, and finally suffered the consequences.

Will rescued his father and continued his father's career as a pirate, replacing Davy Jones as the new captain of the flying Dutchman, following the agreement of the goddess of the sea to extradite the undead, sailing with Elizabeth for ten years, and landing once.

No longer threatened by David, Jack regains his freedom and heads toward the horizon.

The pirate world unites and defeats the navy, the flying Dutchman is at the helm of Will, not like David, the sea changes back to its original form, pirates hunt for treasure, dashing and free.

Norrington is the beginning of love, because of the end of love, although with a little pathos, but it is still the work of the eldest husband, and even the small characters Wolong and Phoenix in the navy and pirates have given follow-up, and they become one.

This ending allows the third part to continue the unfinished story of the second part, and it is more closely related to the first two.

Jack Sparrow's appearances are all in the same way as the first film, the only difference is that "The Curse of the Black Pearl" is on the sea, and "The End of the World" is in the sand, but the same way.

And Barbosa's betrayal of Jack in the first part is also transplanted into the third part, and Jack becomes a loner again, leaving the first mate on the island and starting over as he did at the beginning.

So strictly speaking, although the third part also leaves the possibility of a continuation of the fourth part, "The End of the World" can be regarded as the final chapter of the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series.

However, Disney is a commercial company after all, everything is mainly profit-oriented, and seeing the trilogy selling, it is natural that it will not easily let go of this cash cow, and it is bound to squeeze its residual value.

No wonder the director of the first three films, Gore Verbinski, refused to direct the fourth part, the fixed team changed, and the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series embarked on the road of assembly line, and the style was very different.

In the face of Vibinsky's almost perfect "Pirates of the Caribbean" trilogy, Disney does not know how to continue the sequel, but it is reluctant to give up this IP.

So the director was changed to Rob Marshall, retaining the soul of the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series Jack, Barbosa, Gibbs, and the content adaptation novel "Strange Waves", and the fourth part was formed.

But in this way, the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series lost its originality, and became less like a pirate adventure, but became a 007-style agent movie.

Jack is Bond, the people around him can be changed casually, and a beautiful heroine with white skin and a beautiful body can be added, and the use of this mode can make "Pirates of the Caribbean" a formula and last.

But Cheng is also the same, the global box office of the fourth part also broke 1 billion US dollars, the defeat is also the same, the reputation of the fourth part has declined, not as simple and good as the first part, the details and logic of the second part, the complexity and reasonableness of the third part.

In the fourth part, Jack is reduced to a gag, more often just to increase the laugh.

Unlike the first three films, even if Jack is not the absolute protagonist, it is also the core, and when it comes to the critical moment, you have to rely on his advice.

However, director Rob Marshall does not seem to have figured out the main order, and for a large part of the film, Jack was not brilliant, and only the essence of the first trilogy was about to end at the end.

Of course, this is nothing, and the irony is that this is a Disney product, the work of Rob Marshall.

As we all know, in "Pirates of the Caribbean 4: Strange Waves", if you want to get the immortal spring water, you must use the tears of mermaids, and there is a group of supermodel mermaids, all of whom look like fairies, which shows that the director and Disney understand aesthetics.

But 12 years later, "The Little Mermaid" is also produced by Disney, and the director is also Rob Marshall.

However, they have activated a strangely ugly little black fish, and it is difficult to say that they did not mean it for the sake of the so-called correct disgust of the global audience.

Fortunately, the aesthetic of more than ten years ago has not been downgraded, and the audience can still see the normal appearance, even if the fourth film is not satisfactory, it is still full of expectations for Cliff Sparrow's adventure.

By the fifth part, "Pirates of the Caribbean" was nothing new.

The setting is still the same as before, starting with Jack falling into a dilemma of having nothing, playing lip service to amuse, then making a villain for Jack, then letting Barbosa reverse, and finally reuniting.

Without Gore Verbinski, the director of the first trilogy, "Pirates of the Caribbean 5: Death Without Proof" is difficult to innovate.

Just continued the path of the first part, but did not learn the essence, became Dongshi Xiaoying, unlike the second and third parts that do not play nothing, it is still wonderful.

The compact plot is gone, the interesting fights are gone, the funny group portraits are gone, the powerful villains are gone, and the rest are all the people with the tool attribute.

The appearances of everyone in Pirates of the Caribbean 5: Death Without Proof are full of deliberate and unnatural.

Jack became a loner because he had no money, but he could avoid this problem by closing the door of the vault when he robbed the bank.

The undead pirates led by Salazar in Devil's Delta were originally more brilliant villains, but every time they forcibly let Jack escape because of their bad words.

Henry Turner is like a tool man, without him he has no impact on the advancement of the main plot, his only role is to memorize a spell, but breaking the curse is to cut off the trident, which Barbosa's daughter also thought.

Although the characters can't stand and the setting is not new, the overall story is above the passing line, which is not a bad film.

It's just that turning the pirate adventure into a special agent film will inevitably waste the IP of "Pirates of the Caribbean", depending on whether David Jones who appears in the Easter egg can save the aesthetically tired "Pirates of the Caribbean".

However, Disney's cutting behavior of Johnny Depp's domestic violence lawsuit "Pirates of the Caribbean 6" has cast a shadow.

First, the "Pirates of the Caribbean 6" crew fired him before the lawsuit was over, and then Disney invited him again after Depp was paid off, and he clearly refused.

If "Pirates of the Caribbean" does not have Johnny Depp's Jack Sparrow, it will be greatly discounted, after all, he is the irreplaceable soul of this series.