Holy Crap! A great movie based on a bad Disney ride!

Rating: Null/10 (12 October 2003)

As competing companies such as Dreamworks and Warner Bros. are laying down some new law on the animation frontier, what used to be the king daddy of all animation, Disney, is starting to be a mere shell of its former self, because of the focus on money and selling out rather than quality entertainment. The real success of Disney nowadays is from Pixar (which might defect from Disney) and some live action movies, especially "Pirates". This is a review on Pirates, so on with the review. Since about everybody saw the movie, I won't tell the story. I love the story (which goes beyond the damsel-in-distress quabble that may offset moviegoers at first). I love the effects (especially the skeletons). It blends my favorite genres (action and comedy) in a very good way. I like the acting. There are references to the retched Disney ride that the movie is based on (like the song young Elizabeth sings in the flashback in the beginning ["Yo Ho! Yo Ho! A pirate's life for me!"]). The only sort of problem is that the movie is a bit too overbudget, but that's no big deal, since that does not affect the movie in a negative way. I give this movie a 10 out of 10. I give the ride a 0 out of 10.