Excellent

Rating: 9/10 (24 August 2003)

Disney needed a winner and they got it with Pirates. It was an exciting movie and Johnny Depp is fabulous, as usual. I'm also amazed at the range of Orlando Bloom. Being a fan of the Lord of the Rings movies, it took me a few minutes to get used to him being someone besides an Elf.
The movie progressed quickly, except for the "stranded on the island" scene, and I rather enjoyed picking out the similarities between the movie and the theme park attraction - there were several.
A must-see for ALMOST all ages. Some of the skeleton scenes may be a bit much for small children. They even startled me at first.
All-in-all, a very enjoyable feature.