Pirates of the Caribbean - The Curse of the Black Pearl (Three-Disc Special Edition)
by Gore Verbinski, Hamilton Luske
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Actor: Geoffrey Rush, Johnny Depp, Jonathan Pryce, Keira Knightley, Orlando BloomDirector: Gore Verbinski, Hamilton Luske
Producer: Bruce Hendricks
Writer: Jay Wolpert
Writer: Marty Sklar
Writer: Stuart Beattie
Writer: Ted Elliott
Writer: Terry Rossio
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; French (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Collector's Edition, Color, DVD, NTSC, Special Edition, Surround Sound, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 143 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-11-02
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Walt Disney Video
DVD Reviews of Pirates of the Caribbean - The Curse of the Black Pearl (Three-Disc Special Edition)
DVD Review: Review for Males: Highly Entertaining...that's what you want, right?
Summary: 4 Stars
I'll have to admit that I'm substance over style when it comes to movies. In fact, I didn't even hesitate refusing this one in theaters for two reasons:
1) It's a Disney flick, so there's always the threat of syrupy goodness through morals, bubbly yet not funny gags (which were prevalent in the previews that also made the movie seem a bit unoriginal), and characters who have a better chance of being remembered by infants, who have imaginations so vivid that poor CGI and a weak story is a stroke of genius(if you take into account Disney's other works that came out around this time, then you'd know that this reason is true, except Pixar, b-cuz those movies are Pixar productions through Disney distribution and therefore don't count).
2)Actors starring in POTC provoked suspicion: Johnny Depp= chick magnet/acceptable by males b-cuz they most likely haven't watched that teen-soap he starred in, but has seen his other performances that has earned him a cool actor pass (the coolness right below Deniro, Pacino, Hopkins, etc...) Orlando Bloom= chick magnet/unacceptable by males because he really hasn't paid any dues as far as showing any real talent and is only in this movie because he's a chick magnet before being a 1/3rd decent actor.
So I guess it's fair to say that my reasons are only from the outside looking in rather than looking into it and judging when I get outside.
It wasn't until I stumbled upon it while my relentlessly renting father rented a bunch of new movies and I caught him watching it. After watching it halfway through to the end, then watching from the beginning to the end, then watching it all over again, I realized I was almost a closed-minded fool. I won't be rushing to the next Johnny Depp/Orlando Bloom colaboration or anything, but if they're recurring the roles for another POTC, then I'm definitely down for it! This movie was a good peice of work. Screw the fact that this was "historically inaccurate and that pirates raped, killed, and stood as a symbol of selfishness" (which, in fact, isn't really historically accurate to all pirates, but that's another discussion)...this was a highly entertaining movie. It's an adventure as big as Indiana Jones with lush environments, situational action sequences and gags that are inventive, and small intriguing plot twists that both make sense and save a character at the same time. If that's not enough, Geoffrey Rush (probably the only reason I would see the movie, but wasn't enough to make me risk a night of debauchery to watch it) is the antagonist who retains that brash arrogance yet animalistic flair that makes him cool to watch. Orlando Bloom, while a chick magnet, is likeable in that he is treated like a newbie (synonymous with my statement of his acting experience) and is hazed, or punked, pretty regularly by Depp, who (here's the interesting part) uses a coherent variation of his character in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, which is infectious and captivating to the point where you forget about who plays the character and you instantly think he's a good antihero. It's also at a good length. I've always considered good movies at 120 minutes +, a decent expenditure. So yes, this movie is worth buying as long as you can accept that it's meant to be an excerise in entertaining everyone, then even the most hardcore of masculine movie-buffs will enjoy this as a guilty pleasure. I gave it four stars because, like I said, it attempts and succeeds to entertain everybody. So there is love and hope and rare sappy one-liners that are sooo not the reason why I enjoyed it that I'm sure any self-respecting man would be hesitant to suggest it as a viable selection to those among his brethren who haven't seen it without proving that he's borderline gay.
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Description of Pirates of the Caribbean - The Curse of the Black Pearl (Three-Disc Special Edition)
Just when the Black Pearl had sailed proudly towards the sunset ? the tide, it seems, has turned. Legend now tells of a lost disc. A buried treasure brimming with bonus material that has never seen the light of day. Untold stories, macabre mysteries. But this booty is not without peril ? for there is another curse ready to befall those who would plunder these riches. A heinous hex we?ve chosen to ignore so you can enjoy this rare bounty.You won't need a bottle of rum to enjoy Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, especially if you've experienced the Disneyland theme-park ride that inspired it. There's a galleon's worth of fun in watching Johnny Depp's androgynous performance as Captain Jack Sparrow, a roguish pirate who could pass for the illegitimate spawn of rockers Keith Richards and Chrissie Hynde. Depp gets all the good lines and steals the show, recruiting Orlando Bloom (a blacksmith and expert swordsman) and Keira Knightley (a lovely governor's daughter) on an adventurous quest to recapture the notorious Black Pearl, a ghost ship commandeered by Jack's nemesis Capt. Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush), a mutineer desperate to reverse the curse that left him and his (literally) skeleton crew in a state of eternal, undead damnation. Director Gore Verbinski (The Ring) repeats the redundant mayhem that marred his debut film Mouse Hunt, but with the writers of Shrek he's made Pirates into a special-effects thrill-ride that plays like a Halloween party on the open seas. Aye, matey, we've come a long way since Jason and the Argonauts! --Jeff Shannon
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