OK, I can suspend belief for a good entertaining story. Virtually no Hollywood movie is true to the history it proclaims. So why not in a rousing pirate tale. I've never heard anyone complain that Captain Jack Sparrow was not an actual pirate in the annals of piracy. Here, we have a good tale told in an action format that kept my interest throughout. A film using Blackbeard only as a pretext, what's wrong with that? Surely a story laden with good vs. Evil, love conquers. And good guys win is not passe. An enjoyable pastime; the writing is not so bad by Hollywood standards. And the sometimes over the top acting is perfectly suited to what the film pretends to be. I say watch and enjoy, maybe after a few beers to open your horizons to pure fantasy.
Review of Blackbeard
