12 Dumbest Movie Plot Twists Of 2017

10. Barbossa Is Carina's Dad - Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales

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The Twist: Captain Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush) turns out to be the father of the series' new female lead, plucky astronomer Carina Smyth (Kaya Scodelario)...for some reason.

Why It's Dumb: Because big-budget Hollywood franchises (especially Disney-owned ones) just can't resist making everyone related to everyone else, Carina can't just be a cool new character, and has to be needlessly related to Barbossa even though it makes little sense and comes totally out of nowhere.

More to the point, it's clearly intended to make Barbossa's sacrificial death at the end of the film more emotional, but when he refers to Carina as "treasure" moments before dying, it rings totally hollow and feels completely unearned.

If Barbossa does actually stay dead this time (unlikely), hopefully fans can just forget about this one.

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