5 Things Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales Can Learn From Its Predecessors

DisneyThough the next installment of Disney€™s juggernaut franchise has been pushed back until 2016 €” for now, at least €” Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales is inevitably going to sail into theaters and make a boatload of cash. Despite the fact that critics have continued to fall out of love with the series with each passing film, 2011's On Stranger Tides proved that audiences are still willing to dole out money for an undercooked product, even if many of them walked out unsatisfied. With the incoming sequel, there€™s (hopefully) bound to be those at the studio who have evaluated how far the series has fallen critically and considered how to improve upon the complaints many have with what the series has become, full of bloated, needless narrative threads, a lack of creative energy and the overexposure of Jack Sparrow. As we wait for cameras to finally roll on the fifth entry, let's take the opportunity to look ahead at five lessons it can learn from its predecessors in order to hopefully steer the ship back on course to what audiences fell in love with in 2003.