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| Bill ?Kargel in: It's My Life |
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| PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: |
| On this page, I will give my analysis of recent movies that I have seen at the box office. More to follow...! |
| CURRENT REVIEW |
| Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl Genre: Crime/Gangster, Kids/Family and Action/Adventure Duration: 2 hrs. 23 min Release Date: July 9th, 2003 Starring: Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Geoffrey Rush, Jack Davenport, Keira Knightley Directed by: Gore Verbinski Produced by: Jerry Bruckheimer MPAA Rating: PG-13 for action/adventure violence Distributor: Walt Disney Synopsis: Set in the Caribbean Sea in the 17th century, this is the story of a gentleman rogue of a pirate, "Captain" Jack Sparrow (Depp), who teams up with with a blacksmith's apprentice (Bloom) and the daughter (Knightley) of a colonial governor (Pryce) to stop the evil plan of a ship of dangerous pirates (led by Rush) who are trying to reverse an ancient curse that leaves them stuck between life and death, with the light of the moon revealing their skeletons, like some kind of undead monsters. |
| I thought that it was unusual for Disney to release this film under their own name, since there is a considerable amount of violence throughout the story. I would have expected the film to be relased under Disney's Orion Pictures subsidiary. At any rate, I found the story to be highly entertaining. Johnny Depp has always been known for taking offbeat roles and he doesn't dissapoint here, either. His portrayal of the rogue pirate with a conscience is outstanding. Both Orlando Bloom and the lovely Kiera Knightley also turn in stellar performances. Adding to the story line is a good dose of humour. For comic relief we have two pairs of bumbling fools, one pair are cursed pirates and the other a pair of "redcoat" British soldiers. The special effects for the cursed undead pirates is amazing! I give "Pirates" 7 out of 10 stars. |
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| THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL |
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