My favorite movie of the year!!!

Rating: Null/10 (10 April 2004)

I have to be one of the biggest fans of this movie. I loved every minute of it. One word of caution though, it is rated PG and I think is produced by Disney, so even though there's raggedy pirates and sword fights, there is no cursing, nudity or bloody scenes. That certainly didn't take away from it as far as I was concerned.
Johnny Depp stole the show and played his part very well. Geoffrey Rush (Barbossa) also did a fine job as did the rest of the cast. I wasn't overly impressed with Orlando bloom, Keira Knightley, or Jack Davenport but they didn't do a poor job and certainly didn't take away from the film. I guess you could say I liked all the pirates the best, the rest of the cast were decent fillers.
I loved the humor flow of this movie, when I saw it in the theaters, I must have been the only person who had ever been on the Pirates of the Caribbean ride at Disneyland, as I completely busted up in the first jail scene, as well as a few other scenes, whereas no one else did. I didn't find the movie the least bit scary, but I wouldn't show it to a very young kid either as it would probably scare the pants off them. All in all this movie had great acting, mainly by the two characters I already mentioned, a decent story, great effects and battle / fight scenes, and a good overall flow. I own this movie and have probably seen it more than 10 times. By far the best movie I've seen this year, with Kill Bill and ROTK being a semi close second/third.
I certainly hope they make a part II, and If they do, definitely keep Depp in, without him, it wouldn't have been the 10 /10 that I rated it.