Those Old Sea Pirates in All of Us

Rating: 10/10 (29 July 2006)

This movie is a very funny romanticization of those Pirates of the Caribbean during the early 1700s, yet touches a deep & wonderful sense of adventure in us even now.
The sea "pirate" that is Captain Jack Sparrow is that childlike spirit that lives in all of us - "despite all the evidence to the contrary" - and has its source beyond and without any definition of worldly authorization. J.R.R.Tolkien had a saying - "not all who wander are lost".
And another truly great thing about this movie - it is not in the least pretentious or heavy handed nor does it wallow in personal issues like so many self-important films today.
'Pirates of the Caribbean - The Curse of the Black Pearl' is just one very cool, well made and fun movie!!
p.s.
if you liked this Pirate flick - another kind of 'pirate' in our more contemporary times (1992) that you might enjoy and might want to check out is 'Captain Ron' (as in the movie with Kurt Russell). Two very different movies but the spirit of Captain Jack Sparrow could be a match with 'Captain Ron' in another time and place .