Pirates and walking skeletons

Rating: 8/10 (18 July 2003)

I went to go see this movie the third day after it was released. I went in thinking I'd enjoy myself and I sure did. I was in awe of how Johnny Depp became the pale man he was in Sleepy Hollow, to the rough and dazed pirate he was in this movie. I was not overall impressed with Orlando Bloom's role in this movie, but when his character was needed for certain scenes, he was there. I liked the 'heroine' of the movie, though, in some scenes, I found her a little too, bland. The storyline was pretty good, though, not the kind of thing you would see in a disney ride, more like for "Jason and the Arganauts". I really hoped that it wouldn't be all scifi, and stick more to the lines of an pirate movie where they smuggle and steal, and rape and kindle. The swordfight was rather good, though I had to tell myself 'Your not watching Errol Flynn'.
But all in all, I enjoyed myself when seeing this, and I will be buying the movie when it's released.