A movie truly a whole family can enjoy

Rating: 9/10 (11 October 2009)

For kids, they can enjoy the pirates outfits, fight scenes, and Asian exotic settings.
For adults, they can enjoy the script that talks about honor, changing world, love, destiny, meaning of life ... etc.
One famous Hong Kong director (Wong Jing, whose recent hit was "I Corrupt All Cops") suggested Cptn Sao Feng's (Chow-Yun Fat) costume design is racist and his participation in it is a disgrace to his own people. I cannot disagree more.
There are good guys and bad guys characters in this film - his character happens to be a bad guy, so of course his costume design got to give a "bad guy" impression to the audience. Furthermore, his role is a second or third tier of actors/actresses - he can't dress up like a prince from the east and steal the main characters' thunder. Lastly, betraying is a tradition in the pirates world, according to the storyline, thus his betrayal to his fellow pirates doesn't reflect any ethic values. Instead, it shows how the government likes to use the betray tactic to create wars among the pirates. Concerning his performance, he got better performance opportunity in this movie than "Dragon Balls: Evolution" and he did a great job. If not better than other actors'.