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Production Year: 2003 - Action/Adventure - Director: Gore Verbinski - Original Language: English - Classification: 12 years and over - Starring:Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Geoffrey Rush, Jonathan Pryce, Jack Davenport, Mackenzie Crook, Zoe Saldana, Lee Arenberg more

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I be Jack Sparrow, welcome aboard the black pearl!
A review by AimeeLouise18 on Pirates Of The Caribbean - The Curse Of The Black Pearl (DVD)
January 5th, 2004


Author's product rating:   

Did you enjoy it? Loved it 
Story Outstanding 
Characters / Performances Outstanding 
Special Effects Good 
Soundtrack Average 

Advantages: enjoyable,quite humourous and great cast
Disadvantages: none that I can think of

Recommend to potential buyers: yes 

Full review

Seem as though I’m getting used to writing film opinions now I decided that it was about time to try my luck at a fairly recent one I have seen. I’m sure you’ve all heard of it, as there have been many TV advertisements and hype about it that it would be difficult not to have heard of it. It is of course, Pirates of the Caribbean.

*** A little about the film ***

With it’s strong cast and fantastic crew, Pirates of the Caribbean was destined to be a major hit within the UK. There has been a lot of hype about the film and it’s made by no other than ‘Walt Disney’. Walt Disney have of course brought us films such as ‘Cinderella’, ‘Beauty and the Beast’, ‘Bambi’, and ‘The Hunchback of Notre Dame’. Their films are mainly aimed at children but with this one it seems they have expanded their target age group to suit a wider audience.

My god I just read that back to myself and I think I sounded like an expert reviewer lol. It’s amazing what you can say when you think about it! But don’t worry I’m sure this little bit of maturity will quickly dissapear again into my usual dense self-lol.

*** Cast and Crew ***

The most important people I should talk about first are the crew. The people that actually put the work into getting the film as we see it on our screens. Obviously it would take too long to mention everyone but the main people that have worked on the film are:

** Director **

Gore Verbinski is the man that we should thank if we enjoyed this film because he is the wonderful man that directed it. Now he hasn’t had the longest of careers yet but he still has movies such as ‘The Mexican’ and ‘The Ring’ to be proud of. An interesting fact about him is that he used to be the guitarist in a punk band called the ‘Daredevils’…I bet you never knew that!

** Producer **

This film was produced by Jerry Bruckheimer who has an impressive film history including ‘Bad Boys II’, ‘Kangaroo Jack’, ‘Pearl Harbour’ and ‘Armageddon’. He is respected in his field and with all the award winning films he has produced, it comes as no surprise that this film has become as big as it has with him on the team.
So there you have it, two of the people you should thank for the film. Now onto the cast and a little about the parts that they play:
  • Johnny Depp : Jack Sparrow
  • Orlando Bloom : Will Turner
  • Geoffrey Rush : Barbossa
  • Kiera Knightley : Elizabeth Swann
  • Jack Davenport : Norrington
  • Jonathan Pryce : Governor Weatherby Swann
  • Lee ArenBerg : Pintel
  • Mackenzie Crook : Ragetti
  • Damien O’Hare : Lt. Gillette
  • Giles New : Murtogg
  • Angus Barnett : Mullroy
  • David Bailie : Cotton
  • Michael Berry Jr : Twigg
  • Isaac C. Singleton Jr : Bo’sun
  • Kevin McNally : Joshamee Gibbs

Now I don’t usually list the whole cast because I find it’s too long if I do that but this time I made an exception because it was quite a large cast throughout the film. The main actors however as you can probably guess are Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Geoffrey Rush and Kiera Knightley. Usually I would now tell you a little about the cast’s characters, but because the cast list was a little longer I thought it would be best if I just describe them a little in the film’s plot description. So if you’re ready, let’s move onto what the film is all about, after all that is what you’re here for.*** The Plot ***

The film starts off with Elizabeth Swann as a little girl on a ship out with her father and his crew. They find a boy floating on a piece of wood and immediately pull him ashore unconscious. Elizabeth is around the same age as the boy and so she takes it upon herself to look after him until he gains consciousness. When she sees him she notices that he has a necklace around his neck. It is like a medallion with a pirate sign engraved in it. She quickly takes it off him before he gains consciousness because she feels that he will be treated badly if he is found out to be a pirate.

This however she later learned was a big mistake. The next part of the film goes on to show Elizabeth grown up as a young woman and she wakes up from a nightmare. The story goes on to reveal that her father is trying to get her married to a highflying guy called Norrington. It’s one of those classic things where the father/mother wants their daughter to marry a rich, successful man and the daughter doesn’t really have much say in the matter. Anyway Norrington’s plan to marry Elizabeth goes pear shaped when Jack Sparrow comes along.

It turns out that Barbossa, captain of the black pearl, stole the ship from Jack and now Jack wants to get it back. He goes to Elizabeth’s town to steal a ship so that he can go and find the black pearl. He gets found out as a pirate though and he ends up saving Elizabeth’s life when she falls into the sea during a pretty funny scene with her and Norrington. There is a big joke with Elizabeth about the corset she has to wear, she apparently can’t breathe while wearing it and she keeps passing out every time she does wear it.

Shortly after he has saved her life however, Jack threatens her life in order to escape. He succeeds for a moment and hides away in an old looking blacksmiths building. Will turner turns up though and gives an impressive swordfight with him and, thanks to him, Jack is captured. Jack is put in a cell but not for long as the black pearl is coming, only not for him. It is coming for Elizabeth because she has the gold medallion and as we find out later the pirates need that medallion in order to break a curse on them. You see the black pearl isn’t any ordinary ship. It is a ship that can’t be seen, a ghost ship.

I won’t spoil it and say how the curse came about but I will say that the pirates need the blood of the person who took the medallion. They manage to eventually get it from Elizabeth only to find that it isn’t her blood they need, it’s actually Will’s because he is the guy that she took the gold from.

There’s another twist in the story because it wasn’t actually Will that took the gold it’s his father who was once a well known pirate and because he is now dead, the blood has now got to come from his only son…Will. But will they get the blood and lift the curse?

Now I aren’t going to give away any more of the plot apart from my favourite scenes. I will say however that Jack sparrow plays a big part, well actually he plays the biggest part and although I didn’t mention him much above, he does have some amazingly good scenes. It is hard to tell during the film whether or not Jack is actually helping Will or whether he is against him and Elizabeth. He does surprise us though at the end and there’s a big twist with him near the end, which I will not give away in case some people haven’t seen it.

*** My favourite scenes ***

I thought to make it more interesting I would add some of my favourite scenes for you just to see why I enjoyed it so much.

One of my favourites has to be when Elizabeth fell off a high building while chatting to Norrington. He was telling her how beautiful she was and how he wanted someone like her as a wife. He turned around to face her and she’d gone. It really was quite funny and definitely worth putting on my favourites list.

Another good scene I thought was when Elizabeth was on the pirate ship on her way to give blood, and she found out that all the pirates on the ship were actually ghosts and they appeared in their true form at night under the moonlight. Even the monkey was a ghost and rotten to the core.

My last favourite scene is when Jack Sparrow was introduced. He was pretty funny and played the part of a cheeky pirate really well. He just made me laugh from start to finish.

*** Extra Features on the DVD***

The advantages of owning the DVD are that you get extra features with the film. You get two dvd’s with this film. One being the film itself and the other being the features. The features you get are as follows:
  • Epic at sea
  • Diaries
  • Fly on the set
  • Blooper Reel
  • Pirates in the park
  • Below Deck
  • 19 deleted scenes
  • Moonlight serenade
  • Image Gallery
  • DVD Rom (enhanced computer features)

I haven’t watched a lot of them because quite frankly I never do. I did find that the deleted scenes were quite good in comparison to some other films. Most of the other features though are apparently a lot like documentaries. So from what I have seen I can say that they are average in terms of how features go.

*** Runtime and certificate ***

This film runs for a whole of 143 minutes which I have to say are really worth it. It is classed as a 12 in the UK and I’d say that is a good age to have it at as it has a lot more humour in it than anything else.

*** My overall opinion ***

I really enjoyed this film, as it wasn’t at all like I was expecting it to be. I thought it would be scary and gory like ‘Ghost Ship’ but it was nothing like that. It had a lot of humour in it and it had a lot of twists and turns keeping me on the edge of my seat all the way through. I loved the ending and I’d say this is one of my favourite films along with ‘Bringing down the house’ and ‘Terminator 3’.

So would I recommend it to potential buyers? Definitely! This is one I am going to keep in my collection for a long time to come and one I will be able to watch over and over again.

Aimee xxx
 
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...of late, and this - Pirates Of The Caribbean - The Curse of the Black Pearl. So is this film pants? Well, if those pants are the most smartly tailored, Saville Row type pants, then yes, yes it is. I am using the Northern definition of pants to mean trousers, not the Southern jessie definition of undies. I'd happily put these pants on again and again. Johnny Depp is the hard-drinking, morally suspect pirate, Jack Sparrow. Depp has created here a ...
...swordfighting. As I've ridden Pirates of the Caribbean in both Disney World in Florida and Disneyland in Paris (a number of times), I was actually delighted to see the amount of actual parts of the ride that make appearances into the movie. In the first shot of the film, a ghostly fog through which a young girl appears at the prow of a ship and is softly singing the song that the pirates sing on the ride. This song appears a couple of more times ... Read review

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National Treasure / Pirates Of The Caribbean - The Curse Of The Black Pearl (DVD)

Product details

Actor(s): Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Geoffrey Rush, Jonathan Pryce, Jonathan Pryce, Jack Davenport, Mackenzie Crook, Zoe Saldana, Lee Arenberg

Director(s): Gore Verbinski

Genre: Action & Adventure

Classification: 12 years and over

Production Year: 2003

Running Time: 2 hours 18 minutes

Franchise Name: Pirates Of The Caribbean

Video Category: Feature Film

Country Of Origin: United States of America

Plot: When the Governor's daughter, Elizabeth Swann, is kidnapped by Captain Barbosa, her childhood friend and admirer, Will Turner teams up with pirate Jack Sparrow to save her. However, Barbosa and the crew of his ship, the Black Pearl, are cursed. Trapped in skeletal forms that reveal themselves in moonlight, they intend to use Elizabeth's blood to remove the curse and return them to the land of the living.

Release details

DVD Region: DVD

Studio(s): WALT DISNEY HOME VIDEO; WALT DISNEY STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAINM

Release date: 01/12/2003

No of Discs: 2

Catalogue No: BED 888888

Barcode: 5017188888882

Screenwriter: Terry Rossio, Ted Elliott

Composer: Klaus Badelt

Executive Producer: Chad Oman, Jerry Bruckheimer, Michael Stenson

Music: Klaus Badelt

Producer: Jerry Bruckheimer, Chad Oman

Writer: Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio

Languages

Main Language: English

DVD Description

Loosely inspired by the a Disney theme-park ride, PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL is a swashbuckling high-seas tale directed by Gore Verbinski. When camp Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp), an eccentric rogue, arrives at Port Royal, he barely avoids going down with his ship. Soon enough, he's in the market for a new one, but not before he saves the life of Elizabeth Swann (Keira Knightley), the beautiful daughter of the governor (Jonathan Pryce). This act of bravery sets into motion a sweeping adventure involving Elizabeth's childhood friend, blacksmith Will Turner (Orlando Bloom); a mysterious medallion; and a legendary pirate ship, the Black Pearl. The Pearl's mottled Captain Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush) wants Elizabeth's doubloon necklace, and when she's kidnapped by the ol' salty dog and his crew, Sparrow and young Will must rescue her and find out the truth behind the ship's curse.
Verbinski's PIRATES is a welcome throwback to Hollywood offerings of yesteryear, filled with rope-swinging heroes, crusty villains, treasure hoards, swift swordplay, and even wittier wordplay. Screenwriters Terry Rossio and Ted Elliott have crafted one of the most clever action-movie scripts in many moons, and this gives the filmmakers and cast (especially Depp) plenty of room to cut loose. Although the skeletal pirates may be a bit frightening for small children, there's lots of humour to temper the scary moments, making PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL a nearly flawless fun film.

Technical information

Special Features: Commentary With Gore Verbinski Johnny Depp Jerry Bruckheimer Keira Knightley Jack Davenport And Screenwriters Stuart Beattie Ted Elliot Terry Rosario Jay Wolbert, An Epic At Sea, Fly On The Set, Diaries, Below Deck, Blooper Reel, Deleted Scenes, Moonlight Serenade Scene Progression, Image Gallery, Pirates In The Parks, Enhanced Computer Features

Sound: DTS

Dubbing Sound: DTS English

Professional reviews

Review: "...Depp casts a spell every bit as powerful as any demonic bullion..." (Box Office, p.124, 01/09/2003)

"...[Depp's] performance is original in every atom..." (Chicago Sun-Times, p.55, 09/07/2003)

"...It's ornate and breathless..." (Entertainment Weekly, p.53-4, 18/07/2003)

"...An often frenetic, colorful and enchanting comic adventure....The dazzling, high-flying silliness is quite an achievement..." (New York Times, p.E5, 09/07/2003)

"...Depp swans through this swashbuckler with a scene-stealing gusto unseen since Marlon Brando in MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY..." (Rolling Stone, p.78, 07/08/2003)

"..The most satisfying of this summer's blockbusters....Lively, humorous and well-cast..." (Sight and Sound, p.59-60, 01/09/2003)

"...A big-budget popcorn movie that delivers what moviegoers hunger for: humor, action, thrills and charismatic characters..." (USA Today, p.4D, 09/07/2003)

"...[With] disarming humor, engaging acting and colorful action bursts..." (Variety, p.22-32, 14/07/2003)

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