Gack!

Rating: 3/10 (12 July 2003)

Okay, what the hell happened? Yesterday, I checked here to see what people were thinking of this movie, and judging by the comments, it looked like a good movie to see with my girlfriend.
Ugh, not even close. I gave this movie a 3 in the vote, and that was for its only redeeming feature, Johnny Depp's performance as Captain Jack Sparrow. Without the characterization he gave, this movie had nothing, nothing to hold my interest.
The love story was uninvolving. The pirates were kind of cool, and the action was decent. But you know things are going bad when at one point in the movie, you're laughing because the lead actress's lipstick glaringly sticks out considering her circumstances at the time. Set in colonial times, and lacking access to anything remotely resembling Revlon, I couldn't decide to laugh or groan at such poor makeup, direction, and review.

The only reason I would recommend this movie to anyone is if someone is a fan of Johnny Depp. He was excellent. But rent it, don't spend your money at the theater for this.