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Summary: Great movie!
Review: I LOVE Pirates of the Carribean! It is a great movie. As soon as I saw it I knew I needed to own it. At first I wasn't really sure how they were going to make a movie from a ride at Disney World. I have been on that ride and I really had some doubts. But I saw it anyway and I'm so glad I did. Johnny Depp and Orlando Bloom are great together. Johnny is histerical and Orlando is just extremely good looking! I absolutely recommend this movie. I'm not really sure if your going to want to watch it with very young children though. Keep in mind that the pirates on the Black Pearl are cursed. Some of the scenes when they are ghosts might scare the little ones. But anyway, this is a great movie with a great cast. I suggest you watch it, right now!
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Summary: Wonderful Movie crappy format
Review: There is only one reason that I didn't rate this movie 5 stars is because it is only available in WideScreen. Just because the people that make DVD's get more profit from Widescreen is clearly a sign that they don't care what the public wants and I personally find that notion distasteful plus the fact that I want to see all of my screen and not just the middle of it!
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Summary: A surprising treat for adults, Pirates is a very good film
Review: In this very entertaining film Walt Disney shows Steven Speilberg that you can have attractive young actors and still make a good film. I've never been a Johnny Depp fan, but in the role of Jack Sparrow, pirate captain, Depp's bizarre, over the top acting style fits perfectly and brings the film to life. He is fantastic, and I actually found myself hoping he would win when he was nominated for the academy award (he lost). Orlando Bloom - who made his name as the Legolas the teenage heart-throb, extreme sports elf in The Lord of the Rings - is another pretty face who does his role justice. His job is easier - playing the straight-man daring young hero - but he does it admirably. Too bad Spielberg didn't cast Bloom or Depp in Catch me If You Can, it would have been a much better movie. Another real treat in Pirates of The Caribbean is Keri Knightly, who I had never heard of and have never seen since. She is an absolute stunner and she gives a strong performance too boot. Overall a very fun, entertaining movie. It has a good pace, it isn't too predictable (even if it is a pirate move based on a Walt Disney ride) and some of the characters will break formula and surprise you from time to time. One note to parents, we bought the movie on the advice of our neighbors who have a three-year-old girl who loves it. Our son Elias, also three, watched the movie incessantly for about a month then suddenly decided one of the scenes was too scary to watch (explaining its appearance in our lending library). I still think Finding Nemo is scarier, and so does he.
Rating: 
Summary: Very Good
Review: Pirates of the Caribbean is a great movie based off a famous attraction at the California based DisneyLand. I remember being intrigued by this attraction as a kid, but the movie held me entralled. There were some slow parts and some elements of the movie could have been expounded upon. But, as it is, the feature is a little over two hours long. Had they gone into depth on everything then we would have never left the theater. The story begins with the finding of a young boy, floating amongst some ruble in the ocean. He is found by the daughter of the current governor of an English Province located somewhere in the Caribbean. Will Turner can remember nothing of his rescue, but he does remember the face of Elizabeth, the governor's daughter. Over the years, his fascination grows to love. Yet, as a poor Blacksmith he knows that there will never be fruition to his desire. That is until the Black Pearl comes to coast causing death and destruction. Along this perilous journey, you meet a very drunken, and extremely hilarious, pirate by the name of Captain Jack Sparrow played by Johnny Depp. Who also recieved an Oscar nomination for the role. The pirate ship, the Black Pearl, is hell bent, and the crew seem almost unholy in their power. What comes next is raucous, rolling adventure produced by Jerry Buckheimer. If you are familiar with the name then you should know what to expect. Purchase this movie as entertainment for the whole family. You will not be disappointed.
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Summary: What's not to love?
Review: Orlando Bloom and Johnny Depp are in this. I'd give this movie 3 stars for that alone! It gets another 2 stars just for being an excellent, enjoyable, highly entertaining movie the whole family can watch. Lot's of adventure, not too much blood and guts.
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Summary: Shiver me timbers
Review: Hidden behind thick black eye-liner and is a braided, double-horned goatee is one of the best actors of this generation. Johnny Depp plays pirate captain Jack Sparrow in PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN, and he's a wonder to behold. It's hard to tell whether he's doing a fey take on Keith Richards or he's imitating John Belushi imitating Joe Cocker, but whatever it is he steals this one. Honorable mention should be paid to Geoffrey Rush, who plays Barbossa, Swallow's mutinous ex-first mate and current captain of the cursed Black Pearl with great panache and brio without playing up the camp elements.
I really enjoyed PIRATES up until the time when the governor's daughter (Keira Knightley) is captured by the mutinous crew. Maybe it was the CG animation of the skeleton crew in the moonlight that made me lose interest, but my attention took a long walk off a short gangplank right about then. The interminable fight and heroine-in-peril scenes that followed didn't help any, either.
I kind of doubt I was the intended audience for this one, and I imagine most people are going to enjoy the last half of PIRATES a lot more than I did.
Rating:
Summary: Great!
Review: Fun, exciting, energetic, Johnny Depp at his best. Must see!
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Summary: Swashbuckling adventure
Review: Johnny Depp plays Captain Jack Sparrow the ex-captain of the pirate ship the Black Pearl which has been taken over by mutinous Captain Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush) and the crew. The crew of the Black Pearl has been cursed and each memeber of the crew turns into a skeletal type figure during the full moon. This was due to their stealing the gold coins of Cortes. To escape this curse they must return all the Cortes gold coins that they stole together with the drop of blood of an ex crew member, Bootsrap Bill Turner. However, Bill Turner is now dead and Captain Barbossa must find his child. Will Turner (Orlando Bloom) is found by the Royal Navy with one of coins strapped around his neck. The Governor's daughter Elizabeth Swann (Keira Knightley) takes the coin from Will thinking that he's a pirate, so that he is not arrested. Elizabeth keeps the coins for 8 years, until one day she is kidnapped by Captain Barbossa. Will Turner who is now a blacksmith and in love with Elizabeth hires Captain Jack Sparrow to find Elizabeth and they commandeer a ship from the Royal Navy and set sail to find Elizabeth. This was a fun film to watch with lots of swashbuckling sword fights and chases. The plot keeps the film ticking along at a fast pace. The actors are brilliant especially Johnny Depp whose character is larger than life. I did find his "Keith Richards" accent a bit annoying and it sounded too modern for the film. The scenery of the high seas and the great sailing boats are impressive. The special effect creating the skeletal like figures are very real and you can imagine them fighting the Royal Navy. An action adventure packed film highly recommended. Lealing
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Summary: Great entertainment!
Review: I will echo other reviews here and will just reiterate that it's a very easy, relaxing entertainment. It's very difficult to make a movie on pirates subject without being silly but the movie definitely succeed in that. It doesn't take itself serious, has humor, great special effects, etc. I am wondering if I would like this movie so much if Johnny Depp wasn't there. I don't know the answer but the fact is that this is one of the best Johnny Depp roles in many years (and totally different).
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Summary: This movie's got it all.
Review: Adventure, romance, comedy and a bit of horror thrown in, yet this film brings all of those elements together in a highly entertaining package. Johnny Depp is outrageous as Capt. Jack Sparrow an audacious and skilled pirate who has the most bizarre mannerisms. His performance pretty much steals the show although the rest of the cast are all very strong. The scenery and the costumes are wonderful and some of the scenes replicate the Disneyland ride in a very amusing way.
The biggest risk the film takes is with respect to plot.Trying to create a story from the premise of a 10 minute ride was probably quite a challenge. However the writers pull it off and the story keeps us interested until the very end.
This is a great family entertainment that offers something for everyone. One of the best Disney films overall.
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