Against all reasonable expectations, I’m more and more interested to see how — and if — a new director’s imprint might help a spike of excitement emerge from overly familiar material. Is it my imagination, or wishful thinking, that this clip forecasts less sunnier skies in the Caribbean? Ian McShane looks to be an inspired choice, giving Blackbeard’s villainy a darker edge. (oh, how I wish this franchise could be rated R for pervasive strong sexual content, crude humor, nudity, language, drinking and some drug use, though somehow McShane’s presence packs a bit of that unspoken roughness between the lines.)