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Summary: Wow!
Review: While Disney makes great films, it's unusual that two Disney releases are my top picks for Best Picture. Between Finding Nemo and Pirates of the Caribbean, Disney has really outdone themself this year. While I don't normally go to the theatre much, I saw Nemo three times and Pirates once, but I'm planning to go back for more Pirates...Pirates of the Caribbean has got to be the best film I've seen all year, with super acting and special effects and excellent script. Johnny Depp kept me in stitches throughout the whole film as the slightly mad captain Jack Sparrow, who makes you think he's completely insane but always knows exactly what he's doing. I wasn't expecting to like Orlando Bloom outside of his Legolas persona, but while he fell in Depp's shadow, he was still excellent alongside Keira Knightly as a blacksmith-gone-pirate in love with an aristocrat's daughter. Definitely a must-see for everyone! The PG-13 rating is for a little blood and some scary scenes, but this a great film for the whole family--no sex or language and just plain hilarious. Intriguing movie quote: "You seem somewhat familiar. Have I threatened you before?"
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Summary: A Keeper!
Review: Every once in a while you run across a film that makes you glad you went to see it. And if it is truly exceptional, you see it more than once. I learned about this film during a browse on the web and made a note to see it when it came out. It did not surprise me that the Critics were not overly impressed with the movie. It didn't surprise me that the audience was. Upon first viewing, the comedy, adventure, excitement, beautiful photography will catch you. When you go back to see it again, you will start to see how complex and interesting the story is and what an amazing job the cast and crew did to create this keeper. And - mark this - This film is a keeper. Johnny Depp's daring and outrageous performance makes this film more than just another pirate film. Geoffrey Rush's layered portrayal of Barbossa may just make you feel a bit sorry for the bad guys. Orlando Bloom has turned in an amazing alternative to Legolass and Kiera Knightley has been blessed with a role with more to do than stand back and scream. Add this to your "Must Get" list when it comes to DVD - and don't forget to pick up a copy of the soundtrack, too.
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Summary: terrific movie!
Review: This movie was as good as it looked in the trailers. Depp plays a great pirate and Bloom plays a great potential romantic for the heroine. The ending was slightly cheesy and implausible, but not so much so that it ruined the outcome. The music was awesome, though I heard the CD soundtrack is missing some of the music and is rather short. I recommend seeing this movie on the big screen because there were some pretty cool special effects. All in all, a wonderful movie. Loved it.
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Summary: Pirates of the Caribbean - Review
Review: It was a great adventure movie. The music was good, and the director knows exactly the right amount of comedy belongs in an adventure movie. Although, they could have done with a little less of the background story, I think. Maybe it was nesessary for the story to make sense though. Ponder... Well, in my opinion, it was the best movie I saw this summer so far. Peace Out 'Yall!!!
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Summary: Definitely Worth It's Salt!
Review: Admittedly, when I first heard about this movie half of me was nothing if not insanely giddy with the thought of yet another film starring the splendiferous Johnny Depp. The other half, having been fascinated with the raiding, pillaging, plundering lot called pirates since childhood, just wanted to soak up some piratical adventure. I saw it the first evening it hit the big screen, and if I told how many more times since, you'd think I was completely off my onion. Despite a few historical errors and oversights, I found this movie quite riveting for it's own sake, not because of some gorgeously tipsy pirate captain or childlike glee. In my opinion I think Disney did a great thing when they decided on a project as different for them as this. It has a delightful mix of comedy, thrills, romance and drama to satisfy a widespread variety of ages and cinematic preference. Geoffery Rush was wonderful in Les Miserables, and he gave the perfect image of the type of pirate villian we all know and love. Move over Captain Hook! Kiera Knightly gave a promising performance as a fairly new actress, which left me pleasantly surprised. Orlando Bloom gave us a cutie character to grow attached to, however, I don't think this was a role for him. Shows of buccaneers and bravado just aren't his speed. And lastly, Captain Jack Sparrow. . .hilarious, beauteous, & a bit androgynous. Need I say more except I love it and would gladly see it fifteen more times to bring the tally up to thirty??
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Summary: Hands down the best!!!!!!!!!!!
Review: 5 stars is not enough! If this movie does not completely rule the Oscars I will be stunned!!! From the actors, to the costumes, to the special effects it is the best movie I have seen in a long time!! And to top it all off I am completely wooed by Captain Jack Sparrow!!! Obsessed is probably a better description!!! I have seen this movie multiple times and I can not wait for it to come out on DVD! I do not think I will ever grow tired of it!
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Summary: This is this year's Gangs of New York!
Review: Everything about this movie was on a grandeur scale. The battle scenes were spectacular and the acting was flawless. I dub this the Gangs of New York for the younger generation! It was artisticly done in some ways, especially the shots over the islands. And the CGI skeletons were great. The reason I'm not ellaborating as much as I do on other reviews is because I don't need to. It can all be descriped in one sentence: Bottom Line: This is the teenager's Gangs of New York, full of beauty, action, great acting and fun! (I give it five stars and an A)
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Summary: Argh, Maties!!!
Review: The famous theme park ride comes to life, and it's one of the best films of the summer, neigh, for many, many summers past. The cursed Black Pearl is a pirate ship, once commanded by Capt. Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp). But as the Black Pearl was in route to steal some Aztec gold, the crew, led by Sparrow's first mate, Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush), mutinies and maroons Sparrow on a deserted island with intentions of taking the gold for themselves. In the end, they did Sparrow a favor, though, as the gold was cursed and anyone who took even one coin from the 887 in the chest would spend the rest of their lives as a living dead crew, skeletons in the moonlight, ever seeking the gold until every last coin is returned and the blood of every last crewman involved is spilled. As it were, the crew of the Black Pearl has spent ten years searching for the gold, and they are down to one coin and one crewman unaccounted for. It seems that Bootstrap Bill Turner was never comfortable with the mutiny, and so he took one coin and sent it to his son Will (Orlando Bloom) so the curse would endure. The rest of the Black Pearl crew tied him to a cannon and sunk him to the bottom of the ocean, unaware that they would need his blood (along with their own) to reverse the curse. Fastforward to this movie. Barbossa and the crew of the Black Pearl have traced the coin to the English colony of Port Royal, where it is in the hands of Elizabeth (Keira Knightley), the governor's daughter and childhood friend of Will Turner. Young Will had received the coin from his father, and unaware of his father's pirate life (Will's mother told him dad was a merchant seaman), he set out to be with his father after his mother died, only to have the ship he was on fall prey to the Black Pearl's search for gold. As a young girl, Elizabeth was there aboard the British warship that plucked Will from the sea after the attack, and she hid the coin from the world, afraid that if her father or any of the British naval officers saw it, they would assume Will to be a pirate himself and hang the young boy as such. Years later, though, Elizabeth was still in posession of the coin, and the crew of the Black Pearl kidnapped her assuming she was the daughter of Bootstrap Bill Turner and that her blood could take the place of his in ending the curse. Unable to get much support from the British navy in saving the woman he loves, even from Elizabeth's fiance the commodore, Will, now a blacksmith and expert swordsman, enlists the help of the only pirate he knows that seems to know the Black Pearl, Capt. Jack Sparrow, sitting in a Port Royal prison for attempting to commandere a British frigate for pursuit of the Black Pearl. Sparrow agrees to help Will, but in reality, he recognizes the son of his former crewmate could serve as a bargaining chip to get Barbossa to give him back the helm of the Black Pearl. And so the two men steal the fastest ship in the British fleet in pursuit of the Black Pearl, it's undead captain and crew, and Elizabeth. The standout element of this movie is the excellent casting. Johnny Depp's performance as Capt. Jack Sparrow is so over-the-top that he's easily the character most movie-goers wil remember from the movie. One reviewer noted that pirate characters are generally hammy, and Johnny Depp's performances are generally hammy (albeit well-chosen), so therefore Johnny Depp as Capt. Jack Sparrow was a perfect match. And Depp would easily overshadow actors of lesser calibre, but Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley put in equally strong performances playing not-so-flamboyant leads. Orlando Bloom's Will Turner is the truly pivitol character in this movie, and Erol Flynn for the 21st Century; his sword mastery is exceptional, and he delivers his lines with as much confidence as Depp, if not as much Bravado. Knightley brings a strength to her role as the governor's daughter ("If you like pain so much, try wearing a corset" is her best line), but it never feels out-of-place in the time period; she also never seems uncomfortable being onscreen with motion picture heavyweights the likes of Depp, Rush or Bloom, even though she is easily the least-known of the main leads in the movie. This movie is also nice because it avoids several easy cliches. Elizabeth's fiance, the commodore, for example, is neither a jerk nor incompetent; he's a good man simply trying to do his job of ridding the world of the pirate menace. And the special effects that bring the undead crew to life blend seamlessly with the old-fashioned stuntwork and pyrotechnics that constitute the swashbuckling and high-seas ship-to-ship battles. Parents should be forewarned, however, that although this movie does carry the Disney label (rather than Disney's other studio, Touchstone), that's mainly because of the strong link between the film and the theme park ride. Pirates of the Carribean earned it's PG-13 rating for violence, and it is not to be taken lightly. There are several shots in the movie that are quite gory, and a recurring character with a false eye is used frequently for grotesque humor. That's not a complaint -- the movie wouldn't work on the same level if they'd toned it down and went for a lesser rating. But it is fair warning that parents will want to review this movie first, before getting sucked in to the Disney name and assuming it's fit for young children.
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Summary: The acting punctuates the movie
Review: After I have seen the movie, I would say Johnny Depp has given his lifetime performance. Being silent in the big screen for a while, finally he has grasped another excellent role besides the one in Tim Burton's Sleepy Hollow. Perhaps, the role is not that great, but Johnny Depp decides to act the role in a camp way, which is absolutely fabulous to me. The role he has is a pirate who was betrayed by his shipmates long time ago, and his captain position was then taken over by Geoffery Rush. Stereotypically, a pirate is supposedly to be masculine (as Rush), but he adds a bit of femininity into the soul of the his role. Without Rush and Depp, the movie would not be as successful as it is now.
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Summary: Sparrow Rules
Review: Johnny Depp's dramatic and artistic portrayal of Jack Sparrow is the highlight of this film which otherwise would have been a collection of well-executed special effects. The Curse of the Black Pearl storyline was interesting and creative and kept me anxious to find out what would happen next.
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