2003: a year that turned two Disney rides into feature films with popular leading men: the highly unsuccessful "Haunted Mansion" with Eddie Murphy, and this film "The Pirates of the Caribbean" with Johnny Depp. The ride tells the story of a band of pirates who drink and pillage...and chase attractive women. If you are familiar with the ride, look for little touches throughout the film that mimic characters from the ride.
Elizabeth Swann (Knightley) the governors daughter is kidnapped by pirates. But these aren't ordinary pirates...Captain Barbossa and his men are cursed. They cannot die and when they step into the moonlight they look like skeleton's with rotting flesh (See the picture above).
Meanwhile two different parties seek to rescue her. The first is Will Turner (Bloom), the handsome blacksmith who is in love with her, and Captain Jack Sparrow (Depp), a pirate. Jack is the original captain of the Black Pearl, but Barbossa and the rest of the crew mutinied and took the ship from him, and Jack wants his ship back! Together Will and Jack assemble a rag-tag crew of pirates, in a ship they stole...I mean commandeered (Nautical term) from the British Navy. The second group is led by Commodore Norrington (Davenport), who is also interested in Elizabeth (although she has no interest in him), and her father Governor Swann (Pryce).
Overall this is a fun film to watch, and the actors are obviously having a good time as well. There are many little quotes, plus you get to watch Johnny Depp's Sparrow steal every scene he is in...although Geoffrey Rush's Barbossa is also a strong character. This is the best of the POTC films. It is visually stunning...the sword fights are excellent...and it's the Caribbean, what is there to not love?
Dude, it's quotable: It is incredibly quotable...just looking at the things Jack says it is amazing, but the other characters have good quotes as well.
Rent it multiple times: It is always a crowd pleaser!!
Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) 143 minutes
Rating: PG-13 for action/adventure violence.
Director: Gore Verbinski
Starring: Johnny Depp as Jack Sparrow
Geoffrey Rush as Barbossa
Orlando Bloom as Will Turner
Keira Knightley as Elizabeth Swann
Jack Davenport as Norrington
Jonathan Pryce as Governor Swann
Elizabeth Swann (Knightley) the governors daughter is kidnapped by pirates. But these aren't ordinary pirates...Captain Barbossa and his men are cursed. They cannot die and when they step into the moonlight they look like skeleton's with rotting flesh (See the picture above).
Meanwhile two different parties seek to rescue her. The first is Will Turner (Bloom), the handsome blacksmith who is in love with her, and Captain Jack Sparrow (Depp), a pirate. Jack is the original captain of the Black Pearl, but Barbossa and the rest of the crew mutinied and took the ship from him, and Jack wants his ship back! Together Will and Jack assemble a rag-tag crew of pirates, in a ship they stole...I mean commandeered (Nautical term) from the British Navy. The second group is led by Commodore Norrington (Davenport), who is also interested in Elizabeth (although she has no interest in him), and her father Governor Swann (Pryce).
Overall this is a fun film to watch, and the actors are obviously having a good time as well. There are many little quotes, plus you get to watch Johnny Depp's Sparrow steal every scene he is in...although Geoffrey Rush's Barbossa is also a strong character. This is the best of the POTC films. It is visually stunning...the sword fights are excellent...and it's the Caribbean, what is there to not love?
Dude, it's quotable: It is incredibly quotable...just looking at the things Jack says it is amazing, but the other characters have good quotes as well.
Rent it multiple times: It is always a crowd pleaser!!
Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) 143 minutes
Rating: PG-13 for action/adventure violence.
Director: Gore Verbinski
Starring: Johnny Depp as Jack Sparrow
Geoffrey Rush as Barbossa
Orlando Bloom as Will Turner
Keira Knightley as Elizabeth Swann
Jack Davenport as Norrington
Jonathan Pryce as Governor Swann
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