Pirates, action and comedy. It made for a good film.

Rating: Null/10 (16 November 2003)

I must start with I did expect it to be better but at the same time did not watch it with any expectations from the storyline. I was actually quite surprised by Johnny Depps performance because I sometimes feel his performances could have been better based on his previous work. Also I knew he'd be speaking with an accent which I anticipated my be very poor like the way he spoke in the 9nth Gate. It was anything but.
His character was by far the most likable. Orlando Bloom was decent but I think many not so well knowns could have given an equally good performance if not better. By the end of the movie they try to pretty up his character with his glued on facial hair and weaved in extensions hanging and styled which are so obviously fake and so obviously loaded with hair gel. Hollywoods desperate for sex cymbals I see.
Anyway the film revolves around a group of pirates that have been cursed for their greed and misdeeds by a bounty they were paid in cursed gold. Captain Jack Sparrow is out to get revenge and his ship back which the cursed pirates who committed mutiny on him now live their curse on. Will Turner(Orlando Bloom) is the son of one of these pirates that was murdered by his own shipmates and is needed to break the curse. Basically its a story of boy loves girl, girl protects boy and by doing so gets kidnapped. Everyone in the film is after the Black Pearl for one reason or another. There are some great action scenes, a good amount of humor and of course pirates. The special effects were pretty good too and added just that much more to the films plot being carried out.
No I wouldn't give it a ten but just for the opening scene where Johnny Depp arrives in the docks it gets a 7. It was a classic Hollywood moment where art, humor and reality meets up in a way we just love to see, and don't often anymore with most films. Worth watching more than once for sure.