The Best Summer Blockbuster I have ever seen

Rating: 10/10 (17 November 2006)

This movie flat out rocks. It has all the elements of a great blockbuster. This is what a summer movie is supposed to be about. Tons of comedy, action, and enough light-hearted fun. Johnny Depp is unforgettable as strange Jack Sparrow. Jack Sparrow has got to be one of the best and most original characters ever created. Geoffrey Rush is good bringing teeth-gnashing to an utmost evil yet playful pirate. Having Depp and Rush on the screen provides most of the films energy, which is more than enough. Orlando Bloom is fine in a light part, and Keira Knightley just plain enjoys herself as Elizabeth. The cinematography and special effects are remarkable. They are all convincing and entertaining. When matched with Klaus Badelts score scenes like the first time we see the sailors in full skeletal display take on an eerily lifelike quality thats unlike anything I have ever seen before. Just go out and get it. Turn your brain off for two and half hours and just enjoy the ride.