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Summary: FABULOUS! CANT GET ANY BETTER THANT HIS!
Review: This is my favorite movie ever. Its the best! The acting is incredible from Johnny Depp to Orlando Bloom (so hot!) The special effects are great the music is wonderful (i have the soundtrack!) Best movie of the year! *****!
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Summary: Pirates of the Carribean
Review: This is suuuuch a good movie, Johnny Depp is like sooo different in this really good movie. its fun, its full of action, it is really good, definitly one of the top 10 movies.
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Summary: Surprised at what a fun movie this was.
Review: This movie was incredibly fun and Depp carried his role out with stunning success as he does with roles he seems to enjoy. Some of the movie comes off as being a tad cheesy, but then cheese is good when it's mixed with the right stuff. Rarely do I purchase a movie, but this is one that is on my X-Mas wish list. The ending is very reminiscent of "Nate and Hayes" another pirate movie I would recommend.
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Summary: Johnny Depp was MADE to play Captain Jack Sparrow!
Review: This is one of those movies that I anticipated for nearly a year before it came out. The cast was right, the plot sounded exciting, and the special effects promised to be exceptional. And I wasn't disappointed. It succeeded on so many levels. As an action adventure, as a romance, and as a very funny comedy.First of all, the acting by Orlando Bloom and Geoffrey Rush were quite good. I especially liked Rush's evil pirate captain. Very convincing, very evil, and still very funny at times. But it was Johnny Depp who stole the movie. The very first scene that he appears is perhaps one of the funniest in the movie, and it sets the stage for everything to come later. If I didn't already know Johnny Depp, I would have believed him to be a true pirate who was just selected to play a role. And then, of course, there's the storyline which is none to shabby on its own. A cursed pirate crew in search of the treasure that cursed them so they can be made whole again. By day, they look like normal men, but they can neither eat nor drink. Even so, they're always hungry and always thirsty. And when the moonlight shines on them, they appear as the undead. Those scenes are, perhaps, the most exciting since the special effects magic takes over. I was blown away by the quality of the work. Especially toward the end where a sword duel was taking place (won't say more than that) and the two combatants were stepping in and out of the moonlight and switching back and forth from zombie to human form. Very well done, indeed. The zombie scenes are meant to be a bit frightening, though my 10 year old loved it (my 8 year old refused to see it because she thought it would be too frightening). So you might exercise some caution before showing it to younger children. Overall, however, this movie is for everyone. It's a great swashbuckling romance with plenty of action and humor sprinkled throughout. And it's been so successful, all the principle actors have already signed up to make the sequel. Buy this movie. You won't regret it. I know my copy is going to be worn out very soon after I get it. If I'm right, we'll be watching it every day for awhile.
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Summary: Savvy
Review: I held off writing this review for a long time, since I knew so many other people would leap at the chance to praise "Pirates of the Caribbean" up one side and down the other. It's not that the film doesn't deserve praise -- it does. It's the best swashbuckler to come out in fifty years. I saw it four times in the cinema, which for someone who has to drive sixty miles one-way to reach a theatre, is second only to my "Lord of the Rings" trips. The movie satisfies on a lot of levels. It has humor, romance, horror, and comedy. There's also a very unique, intelligent scriptwriter at work behind the scenes. The dialogue is (almost) all first-rate, though a couple of recent terms were thrown in for comical purposes. As a connoisseur of period films, I can tell you the historical accurately is fairly first-rate (with the minor exception of blush-worthy plot mistakes such as having Port Royal situated on the cliffs). The cinematography on this film is what makes it outstanding. Whether it's Elizabeth Swann preparing to faint from a too-tight-corset on a parapet, or the tattered Black Pearl sailing in the moonlight, there's always something wondrous to gaze at on the screen. One fantastic underwater shot peruses a school of hammerheads as they drift endlessly through an underwater cove of sunken, ghostly ships. The introductory scene is also stunning, one of the most spell-casting experiences I've ever had the pleasure of witnessing. The Interceptor creeping through a mist-shrouded sea, the umbrella floating by, the magnificent horror of seeing a burning merchant ship, and our first glimpse of the Black Pearl as it sails into the fog. This scene alone makes the movie ticket price well worth it... and that's only the first four minutes. As many profession and personal critics have observed, the film belongs to Johnny Depp's memorable performance as "Captain" Jack Sparrow, the single pirate able to elude the curse thanks to his crew mutinying before the gold could be spent. But the other performers shouldn't be overlooked in his hilariously likable wake. In the role of a very strong, independent heroine, Kiera Knightley manages to be both beautiful and spirited without escaping into cliché. Orlando Bloom is more likable here than as the aloof Legolas he's become so well known for; with some excellent action scenes, he shows his unique skill with a blade as well as has the opportunity to carry off a romantic lead with a keen flair. Geoffrey Rush is at his best; being a fan of his endeavors, it was a pleasure to watch him on screen in a very different, very misunderstood role. He manages to make Barbossa both fascinating, horrible, and yet have a shred of sorrow at the end for his passing. Two extremely underrated actors, Britain's Jack Davenport and Jonathan Pryce, are given the respective roles of Commodore Norrington, Elizabeth's unfortunate fiancée, and her governor father. For once, scriptwriters haven't copped out and given us an easy decision. While being slightly arrogant and something of an egotist, Norrington is also extremely likable, a perfect gentleman, and one might even go so far as to say, the most noble character by the closing credits. Davenport plays him with just the right amount of lethargic enthusiasm and irritation; his scenes with Depp, always wrought with blatant humor, are some of the film's finest moments. Pryce doesn't have a lot to work with, but the audience cannot help but chuckle over some of his humorous traits, such as fighting a skeletal hand for his magnanimous wig. The music is also first-rate, very mood-setting with a certain sense of dramatic tension even in romantic scenes. The film is well worth a PG13 rating, but is never inappropriate for younger audiences. The mild innuendo will go over children's heads (and most parents as well, for that matter -- only literature history-lovers will pick up some of the sly historical jests), the violence is all quite bloodless, and there's virtually no profanity. The pirates are properly frightening and in various stages of decay, extremely cool from a CGI perspective. A movie well worth its praise, and one you simply MUST own on DVD for all its subtleties.
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Summary: Swinging with Johnny
Review: Since childhood, for many of us pirates have isnpired the imagination. This film is one of the best works to come out of Hollywood in years. Outstanding from every aspect. Johnny Depp's performance as Jack Sparrow is flawless. The acting level is remarkable, the set is magical. Adventures with pirates could have never been more exciting than swinging with Johnny across masts and dashing through thrilling scenery with this gorgeous captain. Heart goes racing from his first appearance on the screen. You won't be able to see "Pirates of the Caribbean" only once. Anyone would be mad to miss a voyage with The Black Pearl. Hail Captain Jack Sparrow!
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Summary: a real yo-ho-ho of amovie
Review: I havent seen the DVD. My comments are of the cinema version, which ive seen...wait for it... 8 times(^_^).
Like most, i was very impressed by Depps rock star performance as the loveable rogue Jack Sparrow, but i also like Geofreey Rushs nuanced pefoamance as Captain Barbosa and also the two sets of comic characters: the two pirates who confront Sparrow a he plans to pinch a ship, and the two pirates who capture Elizabeth.
To the person who was worried that Will Turner had killed his father, dont be. It was not clear to me whether he had been cursed or not. If he had been, then wills action lifted the curse. None of the pirates wanted to endure the curse another day.
But one problem. When jack surreptiously pinched a gold coin, he took the curse upon himself. Yet he becames a walking skeleton too, afte only a few days.
Scenes i liked: Depps opening scene; the pirates walking under water, Barbosa telling of the curse of the aztec gold, the scene with Jack and elizabeth on the island(welcome to the carribean lass!), of course, the fight scene in the cave.
Does anyone think the film shows a little of peter pan?(this is meant as a compliment)
For those who hate this movie, i suggest you take a short walk off a long plank.
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Summary: Great Movie
Review: Great movie, great cast, I was surprised to find out the film was based on a Disney Ride. But I heard good things about it and went to see it. I came out pleasently surprised. Keira Knightly was amazing as the female lead, Depp's performace was brilliant and Orlando Bloom's was the prefect straight man at his side.
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Summary: Go see the Pirates!
Review: This movie is a Great movie....... One of the best movies I've seen in a long time! Its about a Pirate Capt. Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) Will Turner (Orlando Bloom) Elizabeth Swan (Keira Knightley) Barboosa (Geoffrey Rush)The movie starts out showing Elizibeth Swan and Will Turner as younge chrildren then is shows them as adults, and Elizebth falls off a balcony and Jack sparrows come to the rescue, but they find out he is a pirate and are going to hang him, so he exscapes but is captured again and put in prison. And the Pirates come in on there ship The Black Pearl, and Kiddnap Elizabeth thinking she is the daugther of Capt Bootstraps Turner, they kidnaped her b/c the need the blood of a Turner to cure the curse put upon them.... A curse that in the moonlight They turn to skelatons. But Will Turner sees them take her and frees Jack Sparrows from the prison without permission of the guards and makes a deal w/ him to lead him to the Black Pearl. They finally reach the Black Pearl And The Pirates find out that Elizabeth is not a Turner, so Will Turner makes a deal w/ the Pirates that he lets go Elizabeth and Jack and he will not shoot himself (Knowing They need his blood and if he is killed the curse will remain forever W/ there not being another Turner) So they free Jack and Elizabeth on a deserted Island. Jack and Elizabeth are rescued. And they go after Will. They find him and then Jack reveals a secret.... (That the curse is on him too.) So the Pirates nor Jack Sparrows can be killed, then there is a fight seen and Will cuts himself and puts his blood on a coin and so the curse is broken and Barboosa is killed. Then they return home and Capt. Jack Sparrows is to be hung... Do you think he can get out of this one? Well you'll just have to see the movie and find out.... All in all this is a great movie. You must see it, I thought it was going to be a stuped movie and didn't want to see it except every one kept telling be it was a good movie, so I seen it and now it is one of my favorite movies! :)
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Summary: New Depp fan
Review: Not really a morally moving movie, nor does it teach you much about Pirates (except for their code)...but Depp does an awesome job in this half ghost story half treasure hunt, you gotta get it.
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