Timely Adventure

Rating: Null/10 (7 October 2006)

PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL ****1/2 The film is an explosion of many genres - comedy, action, adventure, horror - that does each one justice. Set decorator Larry Dias and costume designers John Bright, Liz Dann, and Penny Rose do superb work to pull off a 17th century setting where the story's players become pawns in a chess match, and combat rounds, chase sequences, and redeeming efforts set off to make an extremely likable motion picture. Equal effort was given from the director (Gore Verbinski) and the numerous screenplay-writers. Johnny Depp is incredible as Captain Jack Sparrow, a slightly "off" pirate who longs to regain control of his beloved ship that is in the hands of his former disciple (Geoffrey Rush). He sets out to sea with a young blacksmith to take back possession of the ship and to rescue the British governor's daughter, who is held captive on the ship. Only, they find that a haunting curse is bestowed upon its crew. It doesn't take much effort to find something you like within this film, may it be its thundering adventureline, appealing cast, witty dialogue, or visually rich setting. I recommend you try it.