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Summary: Great Movie! Best of the Year!
Review: Just a great movie. Great script, great casting, great special effects, and above all great acting. Johnny Depp gives a fantastic performance as Captain Jack Sparrow. I'm not giving out the details, just buy the DVD and you won't be disappointed. I haven't meet somebody who has an unkind word for this masterpiece.
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Summary: FINALLY! it took the world THIS long to appreciate JOHNNY
Review: it's a great movie, considering:
- it was directed by a guy who directed beer commercials
- it was after a disney ride
- it was disney's first pg-13 movie and most of you've probably already watched the movie, so go buy it already. i scorn anyone who doesn't get a sense of how good johnny depp is, even an actor at best, after at LEAST watching this movie.
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Summary: Great DVD for Best Movie of the Year
Review: Very few DVDs come with so many great special features. I am truly amazed. The "fly on the set" feature is great: it consists of someone taping the taping of the movie. Also, there are THREE commentaries. That alone would've sold the movie for me. The DVD is 5 stars, but the movie itself is off the charts. This was truly the best movie of 2003.
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Summary: as advertised
Review: It's a good movie and like we did, a cozy and humorous way to spend an evening. Surprising part was the underlying humor and how the scenes from the Disney ride popped up. I almost shouted to my wife several times---"hey remember that scene, its in the ride!!" Excellent performances, decent plot, but the spectacular special effects really, really, are the icing on a tasty cake. the scenes as the skeletons move from moonlight to people in the dark are very well done. I look forward to the 2nd disk of extras for tomorrow night's diversion, if they have anything on how the SFX were accomplished or pieces of them actually doing it, i would watch as carefully as i did the movie. I'm surprised it went to dvd so fast, i hadn't even had the chance to see it in our local cheapseats movie. But i don't mind, even on the smallest screen it is worth while and a good flick.
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Summary: OHHHH...HELLO JOHNNY!!!
Review: I must say, any movie with Johnny Depp is certainly a treat. Better yet when I originally went to see the movie in the theater, there were quite a few kids filling the seats...so it's a good movie to watch with children. (Good babysitter material.) I think Depp truly embraced the character of Captain Jack Sparrow, and Orlando Bloom was great as well. The only reason I gave the movie 4 stars was because I wanted to see Depp hook up with Keira Knightley by the end of it.
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Summary: Popcorn Movie
Review: Pirates of the Caribbean was a surprisingly good movie considering it was based on a Disney theme park ride. The plot wasn't captivating as I'd hoped (clearly too predictable), but it was still entertaining. The best part of this movie was the extra DVD with bonus material that includes deleted scenes (some of them really should have been left in), bloopers, behind the scenes, diary of a ship (which I found incredibly fascinating), etc. But do yourself a favor and WATCH THE MOVIE BEFORE YOU WATCH THE BONUS MATERIAL, otherwise you'll be let down by the movie.
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Summary: More Like Improbable
Review: I saw this for the first time on DVD upon its release, so I have a relatively fresh view of the movie. I missed it this summer because I was living on an island and sailing, so the nautical theme really appealed to me. In fact the lack of theatres made me a bit annoyed. In terms of story and direction, this is just an average (not bad) summer Hollywood popcorn flick. It has all the set pieces to put you on the edge of your seat, and plenty of bang for your buck. The undead pirates becoming skeletons as they walk though beams of moonlight was a particularly inspired touch. What puts this over the top to become a great summer flick, however, is the acting. Kira Knightly and Orlando Bloom put on fine performances, but as many have already noted Johnny Depp and Geoffrey Rush own this picture. If the Oscars gave awards for spectacularly over-the-top performances, these guys would be in like flint. Rush just oozes with the amusing sort of evil; the kind of evil that you don't take too seriously, but adds that needed element of danger to the movie. It really is a long way from "Shine." Johnny Depp apparently found a great mass outlet for his surreal character acting style (as a friend of mine noted, he's sort of a charater actor in a leading man's body). He's supposedly channeling Keith Richards, and it shows. I also detected some residual elements left over from Depp's mindbogglingly good portrayal of Hunter S. Thompson a few years back. Check out some of Captain Jack Sparrow's hand motions and running stances if you need some proof. Depp also gets some great one-liners, and gives them the best delivery this side of Bill Murray. The disc is technically superior too. If the picture isn't what the film geeks (so I'm one too; just not a particularly technical-minded one) call "reference quality," I don't know what is. I played the DTS track and it was going wild in all of the speakers of my living room. As far as extras go, the 1968 special about the opening of the Pirates ride is particularly amusing. Walt himself makes an appearance, and the female hosts come across as ther Stepford Wives. Very creepy. The featurette give the audience a run through of the ride itself too. I remember totally digging it as a kid at Disney World, but I think the room full of animatronics would be a bit creepy these days (imagine being theguy or gal that has to clean them at night after the park is closed... spooky!). There is a documentary on real life pirates present on the disc too. It's geared towards a younger audience (well, at least attention span wise), but still manages to get some good information across. This is the sort of film that puts brainless entertainment in the best possible light, and threatens to make a good name for it. A solid movie and a solid DVD. And if you're of age, I would heartily recommend taking in this movie with a bottle of Carribean rum. It'll get you screaming along with all of the "Ahrrrs!"
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Summary: Awesome Movie! Depp Shines!!!
Review: This is one of the best movies of 2003! Johhny Depp was awesome in this movie, as well as Orlando Bloom! The action, effects, everything about it was very entertaining!! Thumbs up to Disney for this non-animated winner!
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Summary: GREAT MOVIE!!!!!
Review: Oh my gosh!! This is one of the best movies i have ever seen!!! And Orlando Bloom, Kiera Knightley, and Johnny Depp is in it! The DVD is GREAT because you can wath the actors go through sword training, get into makeup and so much more. Plus you get commentaries, behind the scenes stuff, pictures, and SOOOOOO much more! I would defenitely bye it if I were you! There was one part in the second disk that skipped a bit, but that's it.
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Summary: Johnny Depp Steals the Show
Review: Johnny Depp is a riot and the centerpiece of this film. He adds an almost rock star quality to his character of Captain Jack Sparrow. Just think Keith Richards only younger. Depp is sarcastic, witty, calm, playful and comical. He's also intelligent and manipulative in a good sense. Captain Jack Sparrow is determined to seize his mutinied ship the Black Pearl from the mutineer himself Captain Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush). A ghost ship the Black Pearl's crew is seeking the last piece of gold and the son of a late pirate in order to reverse the curse they brought upon themselves and one that brings new meaning to the term "skeleton crew". The curse is eternal damnation as neither living nor dead. Along for the adventure are Will Turner (Orlando Bloom), the son of the late pirate Boot Straps Bill, and Elizabeth Swann (Keira Knightley), the governor's daughter.
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