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Summary: Swashbuckling
Review: This is definatly one of the most enjoyable movies ever made, i watch as much as i can and it keeps getting better each time. Johnny Depp Orlando Bloom and Kiera Knightly are an amazing tyrio but it is Johnny Depp who brings "Pirates" to life. I was hesitant to see this movie because i thought it would be a stupid kiddy movie but it turned out to be fun for people of all ages. watch it once and you'll be obsessed
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Summary: A lot funnier than you'd think
Review: At first, I had no interest in seeing this movie. The reviews I read weren't exactly shining. But when you're at the theatre with a bunch of people who can't decide on what to see and two of them can't even get in to a R rated movie, somtimes you just make the sacrafice. And you know what? It was worth it. I've always liked Johnny Depp, and honestly, this is one of his best performances. The movie was constantly making me laugh, usually because of Depp. Really, it's like they wrote the movie around him, then threw in some other people and a few more story twists. And there is the major (although not too major) fault of the movie. When Depp isn't on screen, you kind of stop caring about the movie and where the story is going. It's a good thing he's on screen a lot, or I might have fallen asleep. It's not that the acting is bad, it's just that none of the other characters have the charisma or the comedy like Depp's character. But hey, you can't complain. In the end, there is enough to keep you interested, and thankfully Depp's Jack Sparrow keeps delivering until the credits roll. It's worth a rental, and definetly a buy for those who like a fun, none-too-serious story.
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Summary: A Disney Delight
Review: Who would have known that Disney could step past the world of animation so well? Though they have put out many "real" films before, none can possibly compare to this particular piece of art. A tad bit roguish, with just a dash of vulgarity, yet a simple classic tale make this the best pirate movie to ever appear on the market, despite the doubts that a pirate movie could ever amount to anything. Johnny Depp leads the cast, of course, with Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley making stunning performances as well. After seeing this movie in the theater, I rented it the day it came out and bought it a mere week later. Great fun and entertainment, no matter what age or genre.
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Summary: Awesome film!!
Review: Buy this DVD!! This is an excellent movie. Good clean fun for all. Beautiful locations, excellent acting and top notch effects, along with an exciting story make for a fun (and often funny) movie. The DVD extras are great fun too!! Enjoy!!
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Summary: Best movie of the new millenium
Review: "Pirates of the Caribbean" is genius. Really. Unlike Lord of the Rings, which attempted to be a serious movie, but really wasn't, "Pirates" go through the whole story with laughter, originality, and best of all - Johnny Depp. It's not a movie that's good because it's made good by an actor. No. It's just that Johnny Depp performs so well and blends into the story that he makes the story. I can't imagine "Pirates" without Depp.But even without Depp, it's impressive. The movie is just lovable. And it isn't really because of the action (personally, I hate movies that are "good" because of the action and graphics - Matrix, for example), the movie is good because of the plot and the words and it's very capturing. Can't really say too much about this movie. Just go and watch it. I watched it like 5 times already and I'm definitely gonna see it a few more times. Go and watch it, you won't regret it.
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Summary: To sum up: Johnny Depp
Review: It's astounding really. The thing about this movie is that it's truly awful, really, and I do mean that in all sincerity despite the fact that I recommend it and think it's just plain terrific fun. As anyone will tell you, Johnny Depp is worth the price of admission and the movie deserves some credit, if only because it allows Depp the improbable yet workable platform to take the logic defying leap he does with his character Captain Jack Sparrow. It's hard to recall another character so singularly engaging...perhaps Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka? Aside from Depp, there's not much else left. Keira Knightly is hardly the toothsome heroine men would go chasing vengeful undead pirates to save and Orlando Bloom, playing the gallant suitor, is as dry and crusty as week old bread (it's difficult to discern if this dry and crustiness is the fault of the script or the actor). The movie is silly and pleasing. Think Indiana Jones meets the Goonies, minus Stephen Spielberg's expert direction. I'll sum up this movie in two words: Johnny Depp.
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Summary: I absolutely loved this movie
Review: I loved this movie! I have watched it three times now. Johnny Depp steals the show! I didn't even recognize him when I saw the movie in the theatre. The movie was fast moving and just like the Disney ride. I am hoping for a sequel to come out soon.
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Summary: Dead man tell great takes
Review: The plucky daughter of a British governor and a local blacksmith take on the blackest of black-hearted pirates in this Disney action flick that's inspired by (and riffs on) the famous Disney ride. William Turner (Orlando Bloom) is just a boy when he's fished out of the sea, his ship blown to pieces after an attack by the cruel crew of the accursed "Black Pearl". Thought an innocent victim when first spotted that day by young Elizabeth Swann (eventually played by Keira Knightley), Turner wears a curious pendant - a skull-marked dubloon. Elizabeth hides the dubloon, sure that the officious Captain Norrington will hang the boy as a pirate if the coin is found on his neck. Years later, Elizabeth is beautiful young woman still obsessed with piracy, while Turner has become a blacksmith on the tropical royal colony they both call home. As a lowly blacksmith, Turner can only pine silently for Elizabeth and work his frustrations out by practicing swordplay (3 hours daily). Then the pirates, led by the thoroughly evil Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush) appear. They sack Port Royale, fixated on Turner's dubloon, and carry away both it and Elizabeth. As the Royal Navy prepares a rescue mission, Elizabeth learns the dark secret of the Black Pearl's crew - how it was cursed by its plunder of Aztec gold to an existence of life-in-death (gorily rendered in CGI). At this point, this sounds like another lame-brained idea for a Disney movie, or a misfire attempt to reinvigorate the swashbuckler movie thought lost at sea after two film adaptations of "Pirates of Penzance" in the early 1980's, a Roman Polanski flick from 1986, and "Cutthroat Island" all flopped. Instead, the script tosses in Jack Sparrow - a sun-fried pirate driven slightly loopy after being marooned on a remote island years earlier by Barbossa. Played by Johnny Depp (wearing more eye-shadow than Boy George), Sparrow is a wonder - part hero, part comic relief. We never know what he's going to do next (neither does he), nor whether he will prove to be the worst pirate you've ever seen or the greatest pirate you ever will know. Depp gives Sparrow some great mannerisms and a vicious accent (like Mr. Scott from Star Trek after one-too many Saurian Brandies) to go with his fun lines. The joke is that his tropical-madness makes him the clearest-minded character in the whole movie. Also great is Rush who makes Barbossa both formidable and laughable at the same time. BUT IS IT FOR KIDS? My 6 year-older was dying to see it, though it's borderline appropriate. There's a heavy atmosphere of violence (reaching heights during several action sequences spaced throughout the movie). The CGI that turns the crew of the Pearl into spectral wraiths is scary - though a fast and deft scene in which Elizabeth first sees them in their moonlit glory is actually quite funny (and reminds you of the movie's roots as a ride). The overt violence (slashing and strangling) actually happens off the edge of the screen (just like in "Holes") though kids will know what's going on. (The producers were probably afraid that they were verging into territory of the "A-Team" and figured that they needed to make a point that vicious pirates actually hurt people.) That aside, this was a rollicking good film, and a reminder for his fans that there's less and less that Depp can't do.
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Summary: Can I give it 10 stars?
Review: I loved this movie! The special effects were incredible. One of the best movies of the year and well worth buying!!!
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Summary: Love it
Review: I didn't see this movie until just now after all my friends kept telling me to see it. Everyone i talk to says they love this movie and i can see why! Jack is hilarous and totally steals the show! i can't wait for the second one!
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