Overblown Bruckheimer. Fun, but long.

Rating: 5/10 (9 August 2003)

I love pirate adventure and Curse of the Black Pearl seemed to have it for the first half hour or so... but as usual, Bruckheimer's bloated action sequences with little substance or credibility quickly became exhausting. Johnny Depp's performance is stand out. The rest of the cast is outshined by their costumes and makeup(Geoffrey Rush by his teeth). I could talk about the basic lack of interest created by expositions and explanations given for every motive... but I do enjoy pirates and the 18th century fare so I give it a 5/10.