Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
| Action,Adventure,Comedy,Fantasy
USA / English
"Prepare to be blown out of the water. " Blacksmith Will Turner teams up with eccentric pirate "Captain" Jack Sparrow to save his love, the governor's daughter, from Jack's former pirate allies, who are now undead.
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A Pirate For Our Times
What lifts this film above typical Disney fluff is Johnny Depp's
humorous performance as pirate Jack Sparrow, the eccentric,
individualistic anti-hero, who confronts other pirates, and outwits a
humorless, incompetent bureaucratic establishment. Sparrow looks more
like Cher than Johnny Depp, and talks more like William F. Buckley than
a pirate. Geoffrey Rush is a worthy foil as the main rival pirate,
Barbossa, a character who vaguely resembles Margaret Hamilton in "The
Wizard Of Oz".
Most of the plot is silly. There's lots of fighting, shouting, and
general mayhem, all accompanied by a frantic score. It's a cinematic
slight of hand that conveys an illusion of substance. Or to say it a
little differently, this is your typical popcorn flick aimed at the
eyes and ears, but not the brain.
Still, I'm glad I watched it. Depp's deft performance gives us a
memorable character, one that is perhaps unique in cinema history.
Personal| Seen it: | Ja |
| Nr of disks/tapes: | 1 |
| Storage device: | DVD |
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