Not all pirates are cold hearted

Rating: Null/10 (12 July 2004)

Yo Ho, Yo Ho, a pirates life for me! The film, The Pirates of the Caribbean has a theme that is evident. The Pirates of the Caribbean shows that the central insight is the fact that not all pirates are cold hearted. They can show compassion and camaraderie. It was under the brilliant direction of Gore Verbinski (The Ring, The Mexican) that this film's theme could be so easily seen. The Pirates of the Caribbean is a visually pleasing display of a true pirate adventure. Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp, Edward Scissorhands) steals the show by revealing that not all pirates are cold hearted. The story begins with a gold medallion found on a boy which is taken from him to protect his identity from the British Navy that he is a pirate. The evil pirate Barbosa (Geoffrey Rush, House on Haunted Hill) and his crew are drawn to the medallion and will stop at nothing to get it back to break their curse. Johnny Depp's character has little concern about the medallion, but does want to get his ship, the Black Perl, back. Will Turner (Orlando Bloom, Lord of the Rings) teams up with Jack Sparrow to fight the pirates to regain the kidnapped governor's daughter (Keira Knightley, Love Actually) regain the Black Perl and defeat the evil pirates. The lighting in this film says a lot to describe the contrast of good and evil. When the camera is on Barbosa and his crew it is very low lighting to give the audience a sense of darkness. When the camera is on Jack Sparrow and his crew the lighting changes, it is bright and gives a feeling of camaraderie. This brings us back to the theme of the film, not all pirates are cold hearted.