likeable even for the jaded and cynical

Rating: Null/10 (20 September 2003)

It's late September and I finally submitted to pop-culture will and saw PotC:TCotBP in the theater today - and was very pleasantly entertained.
I won't rehash everyone else's praises but the one thing I found most unique about the movie is that I found it very easy to root for everyone. 'Good' pirates, 'bad' pirates, british twits, 'chaotic' characters -- other reviewers complained that the movie tried to hard to make everyone funny, but I found it great that this was not a pure black-and-white good-and-evil movie. I *wanted* the black pearl pirates to get their curse removed, while also wanting Johnny Depp to get his fortune, while also wanting Orlando Bloom to get the girl, while also wanting.... well, you get the idea.

In short, the way the story allowed viewers to root for everyone simultaneously was very refreshing.