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Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)

Directed by Gore Verbinski

Fantasy | Action | Adventure

Most recently watched by CaptainBigTime, lordofthemovies, mousterpiece, SIxBORG, seanCduregger, TheRealGigi

Overview

After Port Royal is attacked and pillaged by a mysterious pirate crew, capturing the governor’s daughter Elizabeth Swann in the process, William Turner asks free-willing pirate Jack Sparrow to help him locate the crew’s ship—The Black Pearl—so that he can rescue the woman he loves.

Rated PG-13 | Length 143 minutes

Actors

Johnny Depp | Orlando Bloom | Keira Knightley | Geoffrey Rush | Jack Davenport | Jonathan Pryce | Lee Arenberg | Mackenzie Crook | Damian O'Hare | Giles New | Angus Barnett | David Bailie | Michael Berry Jr. | Isaac C. Singleton Jr. | Kevin McNally | Treva Etienne | Zoe Saldana | Guy Siner | Ralph P. Martin | Paula J. Newman | Paul Keith | Dylan Smith | Lucinda Dryzek | Luke de Woolfson | Michael Sean Tighe | Greg Ellis | Dustin Seavey | Christian Martin | Israel Aduramo | Trevor Goddard | Vince Lozano | Ben Wilson | Antonio Valentino | Lauren Maher | Matthew Bowyer | Brye Cooper | Mike Babcock | Owen Finnegan | Ian McIntyre | Vanessa Branch | Sam Roberts | Ben Roberts | Martin Klebba | Félix Castro | Mike Haberecht | Rudolph McCollum | Gerard J. Reyes | M. Scott Shields | Christopher Sullivan | Craig Thomson | Fred Toft | D.P. FitzGerald | Jerry Gauny | Maxie J. Santillan Jr. | Michael Earl Lane | Tobias McKinney | David Patykewich | Tommy Schooler | Michael A. Thompson | Michael W. Williams | Jose Zelaya | Finneus Egan | Don LaDaga | LeJon | Christopher S. Capp | Gregory Alosio | Jordi Caballero | Tamara Castle | Paul Gagné | Joe Grisaffi | James McAuley

Viewing History (seen 3 times)

Viewing Notes

I don’t recall the pearl-(no pun intended)-clutching when this movie was released in 2003 and features a horrific army of skeleton pirates that slaughter nearly an entire ship of naval soldiers. Seriously.

Anyways, the revisit that Liam O’Donnell has been doing w/the PotC flicks definitely inspired me to want to revisit them. I was never crazy about this movie but 13 years since my last viewing has changed my opinion. This really is a fun bigtime blockbuster popcorn flick. Depp really built a career out of this franchise and deservingly so. He’s excellent and knows the assignment. The other MVP is Geoffrey Rush; my god is he great in this. Top tier performance. Of course I love Kiera which I’ve noted before.

What I really noticed the most on this long overdue revisit is the extraordinary setpieces and set design. This really feels like a lived in world and some of the sets are spectacular. The entire siege on the town by the Black Pearl is terrifically orchestrated. Also worth noting that the digital FX hold up marvelously. The skeleton work is excellent and I love how they transform in and out of the moonlight in the same shot so seamlessly.

Yeah this is a cool flick and it only took me 19 years to figure that out. hahaha

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