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Rating: Null/10 (12 July 2003)

I've actually been reading reviews for this film and have to admit that I'm quite surprized. While I do have to admit that there were some truly worthy scenes and the directing was absolutly superb, I left the theater disappointed.
First of all the ending is boring, predictable, cheesy, overplayed and used out in hollywood films today. Secondly, the movie is too long. Lots of people walked out because some parts of the movie were extremely slow and/or kept on dragging on. On the subject of dragging on, this film was very violent for a Disney movie. Now I've got nothing against violence as I'm looking forward to some upcoming violent films, but this violence was pointless and needless and LOOOOONG.
Thirdly, the cursed pirates turn into skeletons at midnight and are immortal (awesome) but they are just that and don't do anything special (big disappointment). When I say anything special, I'm comparing them to the warriors in The Mummy who actually had supernatural abilities. These pirates just change into skeletons and attack like you and me. Needless to say, it gets really boring after a while.
Forthly, Deep's portrayal of the Jack Sparrow character was odd. In a majority of the scenes, he seemed like he was on some sort of narcotics. The last and final film gripe against this film was the accents the characters used. It was sometimes hard to understand some lines due to the mumbling.
Anyway, the worst part of the film occured when it was over. As everyone stood up to exit, the movie received a full blown round of applause and cheers by little noisy children and their parents. Maybe I've seen too many films, but I was disappointed at this flick...