The Pirates of the Caribbean, Curse of the Black Pearl is both action / adventure film and a comedy film. It’s fair to say that, when Pirates of the Caribbean was announced, nobody was all that excited about it. For one thing, it was ‘based on the popular Disneyland ride’. So it’s something of a surprise then that Pirates of the Caribbean has surpassed all expectations and turned out to be a fantastically enjoyable action-adventure film. Produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and directed by Gore Verbinski, Pirates of the Caribbean stars Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow. Left for dead after a mutiny by the villainous Captain Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush), Sparrow arrives in the town of Port Royal intending to give chase to his ship, The Black Pearl. Unfortunately, the officious Commodore Norrington (Jack Davenport) scuppers his plans by having him arrested as a notorious pirate. When Barbossa’s men attack Port Royal and kidnap the Governor’s beautiful daughter Elizabeth Swann, (Keira Knightley) Sparrow joins forces with Elizabeth’s childhood friend, sword-smith Will Turner (Orlando Bloom) and they set off to rescue her, pursued by the Navy. However, they get their timbers shivered when they discover The Curse of the Black Pearl – an enchanted treasure has condemned Barbossa and his men to live for eternity as the undead, meaning that they are, in fact, Zombie Pirates.
Pirates of the Caribbean basically delivers everything you could possibly want from a pirate movie: sword-fights, romance, plank-walking, rope-swinging, cannons, treasure, parrots plus jaw-dropping special effects, a superb script and a show-stealing performance from Johnny Depp.. The acting is excellent. The background music is awesome. Bloom makes a splendid swashbuckling hero and Knightley is the perfect heroine achingly beautiful, feisty and funny and Rush makes a good, hiss-able villain. The effects work is superlative. The set pieces are incredible, too - the fight between the two ships is stunning.
One of the funniest moments in the film is when Captain Jack is confronted by a small monkey who is also named Jack. But, be assured that the Pirates of Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl is an engaging movie with non-stop action that is sure to entertain buccaneers and landlubbers alike.
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