Yohoho... this is the movie for me

Rating: Null/10 (11 September 2003)

As a whole, Pirates is a lot of fun... a cross between The Princess Bride and The Mummy. Johnny Depp is very, very funny... very campy... but the sexual appeal is rather lost on me. He certainly had the best lines and played them for what they were worth. That final scene with Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley before he takes another plunge off the fort is utterly hilarious. Geoffrey Rush is amazing... quite the chameleon... enjoyed his snarly Barbosa. Orlando Bloom looks much better as a pirate than a blonde elf. Those smouldering looks he gives sweet Keira gives him some credibility in the acting stakes. His boyish earnestness is lovely to watch. Will he be a James Bond contender? Not yet perhaps...
I enjoyed it a lot but that's probably not saying much because I even enjoyed the much derided Cutthroat Island. This however, is a kinder, gentler film... I just took it for what it is... an adrenalin rush.