Pirates Of The Caribbean - The Curse Of The Black Pearl (DVD) > Reviews

Advantages: Great fun, great setting, Johnny Depp
Disadvantages: A little long

...until this years Disney epic, Pirates of the Caribbean. Based on the theme park ride of the same name, Captain Jack Sparrow launches onto the big screen in a blaze of yo-ho-hos and the occasional bottle of rum. ------------------------------------------------------------- Main cast Johnny Depp .... Jack Sparrow Geoffrey Rush .... Barbossa Orlando Bloom .... Will Turner Keira Knightley .... Elizabeth Swann Jack Davenport .... Norrington Jonathan ... Read review

Advantages: Pirates! Skellingtons!
Disadvantages: None!

...in the Peter Pan movie. Pirates just don’t seem to be anyplace in the wacky world of Hollywoodland. Thankfully, someone else has noticed this. All your murky maritime (and hence wet) dreams may come true* when you witness the only good movie ever to be based on a theme park ride. EVER!!! Avast ye, it’s The Pirates Of The Caribbean. ***ARRR! HERE BE THE PLOT!*** It’s pirate years – who cares what period of history? An English military ship ... Read review

Advantages: Yo! Ho! Ho!
Disadvantages: Bit long

...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 ... Read review

Advantages: Humorous, extremely watchable
Disadvantages: I really can't think of any

...Turner, who is an ex pirates son, but only Elizabeth knows that as she took the only evidence which pointed to the link. The film moves on eight years, and we see that Elizabeth has blossomed into a beautiful young woman, who has caught the eye of the recently promoted Commodore Norrington, but Will also seems to be trying to cover up the feelings he has for Elizabeth out of respect for her standing within the community, of which he has become ... Read review

Advantages: duh... Johnny Depp and Orlando Bloom
Disadvantages: Too much eyeliner for a man!

What else is there to do on a Sunday afternoon when you’re a bit strap for cash and bored out of your head? Go to the cinema of course! As we stood in line at the cash desk, we scanned the film board for what was on offer. To say its summer I have found the latest films to fall very short of the "Summer Blockbuster" hype they accumulated in the weeks leading up to their release. It was my husbands choice to see "Pirates of the Caribbean ... Read review

Advantages: Brilliant performance from Johnny Depp, great action, geniune pirate movie, funny.
Disadvantages: Nothing in my opinion.

I had wanted to see Pirates of the Caribbean ever since I heard they were making it. Being a fan of Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley, I honestly thought this film was not one to be missed, and it turns out I was right. I went in with very low expectations as I’ve learnt to do, what’s the point of having high expectations? Nothing lives up to it. Anyway I figured I would be staring at Orlando and Johnny just because of their looks but ... Read review

Advantages: funny, light hearted adventure
Disadvantages: overly long, dodgy cgi

I still hadn't seen Gore Verbinski's (The Ring) 'Pirates of the Caribbean- the Curse of the Black Pearl' in its entirety this until last night, and the film has been out since last August. Yet, because it was the last week of term, and I couldn't be bothered to teach an annoying lesson of PSHE, I decided to let my year 8 tutor group watch this, and finished it off over the next few days. They all loved it, most of them had seen it before, and because ... Read review

Advantages: Fabulous extravagant piece of film
Disadvantages: Orlando Bloom keeps all his clothes on

...in breeches. I heard about Pirates of the Caribbean – The Curse of the Black Pearl (or PoC from here on in) ages ago in Empire magazine – mainly because they seem to have almost as much of a thing for Orlando Bloom as I do. There was much raving about how fabulous it was going to be – a visual feast and aural spectacular based on an, admittedly not good, Disney Land ride. Bit of an odd one that – basing an entire film on ... Read review

Advantages: Hilarious, silly, well acted fun
Disadvantages: What disadvantages?

...if you’ve ever ridden on Pirates Of The Caribbean, perhaps not one of Disney’s most thrilling rides (I’m a wuss), but definitely one of the most imaginative and enjoyable. So naturally, the only way to beat sailing through a storm to reach an island full of marauding pirates is to see someone else do it on a much bigger and better scale! CAST (Captain) Jack Sparrow JOHNNY DEPP Will Turner ORLANDO BLOOM Elizabeth Swann KEIRA KNIGHTLEY Captain ... Read review

Advantages: Orlando Bloom, Johnny Depp
Disadvantages: I cant honestly think of one

...Monday I went to see Pirates of the Caribbean. My entire usual crowd of cinemagoers rushed to see this on its release date but unfortunately I was on holiday and I was gutted. I later arranged to go with another group of friends and I was so excited. For months I have watched the trailers on websites and it looked amazing, plus if the film wasn't up to much there was still Orlando Bloom to stare at so I wasn't too worried. I was extremely surprised ... Read review

Advantages: very entertaining
Disadvantages: not too original

...I find a card with pirates as the motive, I think how he would love to have this. But, since that period, a years past by and I assume, the children I’m talking about, do not believe in Pirate Jack* no more. Legendary pirate Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) is left to die on an uninhabited island when his ship, The Black Pearl, is stolen by Captain Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush). He survives months on a deserted island without food or water, ... Read review

Advantages: Orlando Bloom(for his looks), Johnny Depp - great actor, funny
Disadvantages: some wooden acting from orlando and keira

...the boys identity - A pirates medallion!! To cut the story short,a few years later, Jack(Depp) arrives at the island( a great sequence - his boat sinking lower and lower until he is at the dock and is able to simply walk off the boat's mast), looking to commandeer a ship, to reclaim his precious ship , 'The Black Pearl' which was taken from him. Along the way he finds Will, the son of one of his former Shipmates, 'Bootstrap Bill'. Will needs a ... Read review