There were many things wrong with the second and third installments of Pirates of the Caribbean, including an increasing and unnecessary narrative complexity and an ill-conceived determination for all concerned to take the whole venture far too seriously.
All of which made Keith Richards’ cameo in At Worlds End (as Jack Sparrow’s father) such a welcome relief, puncturing the bloated mythology and bogged-down narrative convolutions with some much needed levity, which had been so significant an element in the first film’s appeal in the first place.
Good news ahoy, then, as Yahoo! drop the briefest of mentions into an article about Keith Richards’ new autobiography, that he will reprise his role as Sparrow’s dad in the upcoming POTC sequel, On Stranger Tides.
Whether On Stranger Tides will prove to match the first film’s more jaunty, enjoyable tone or will prefer to go for broke with set pieces and more plot twists and turns like the increasingly inferior sequels so far, we will see.
