Could have been better

Rating: 9/10 (12 January 2004)

This is, as so many have already noted, a great pirate movie, in fact one of the best ever. But it could have been better, I think. I'm not exactly sure just how, but somehow. Perhaps because it was produced by Disney. It seemed to have some of that usual Disney "insipidness" that tends to take the edge off of otherwise excellent movies. Some kind of pandering to an unseen and irrelevant "political correctness". I don't know exactly. It is great for kids, my 10 year old just loved every second, and when you have kids, that counts for everything. I personally enjoyed it, but I wouldn't sit through it again. (Unlike "Return of the King," which I could sit through another 17 times, I'm sure!)