Excellent Adventure, that is highly entertaining, with amazing performances, however it goes on a bit too long

Rating: 9/10 (28 January 2006)

This is an excellent adventure that is highly entertaining, with amazing performances, however it goes on a bit too long. All the characters are fantastic, and the story is awesome if a little overlong, plus Johnny Depp, Keira Knightley and Geoffrey Rush are all simply amazing in this. Orlando Bloom surprised my by giving a very good performance, and his chemistry with Keira was on big time, plus one of my favorite moments in this film is when Sparrow and Elizabeth are on the Island, and there both drunk on the rum, then Keira gets rid of it, and Depp's reaction just cracked me up!. Johnny Depp, gives one of my favorite performances of all time as Jack Sparrow,and the sword fight between him and Rush was extremely cool, plus the special effects were great!. I thought the dialog was very clever, and I can't wait for the two sequels! plus it's extremely well made and written as well. All the characters are extremely likable, and the opening is especially cool! plus I loved the ending as well. This is an excellent adventure, that is highly entertaining, with amazing performances, however it goes on a bit too long, still I say it's a must see for everyone!. The Direction is excellent!. Gore Verbinski does an excellent! job here with wonderful camera work, great angles, and plenty of other cool shots as well, plus he kept the film at a very fast pace. The Acting is amazing!. Johnny Depp is amazing as always and is incredible here, he plays one of my favorite character of all time in Jack Sparrow, was hilarious, extremely likable, wonderfully mysterious, had some of the coolest makeup, and was just tons of fun to watch! (Depp Rules!!!!). Geoffrey Rush is amazing as the evil Barbosa, he was simply chilling, and I loved his accent, he also had some awesome makeup, and had one of the coolest sword fights ever with Depp, he was clearly having a ball, I loved him!. Orlando Bloom is surprisingly very good here, he was likable, had some good scenes with Depp, and didn't annoy me like usual, I dug him. Keira Knightley is incredibly gorgeous, and is amazing here as Elizabeth Swan, she adds charm to her role, had very good chemistry with Bloom, and gives one of her best performances to date! (Knightley Rules!!!!). Jack Davenport is good as the arrogant Norrington, and did his job well. Jonathan Pryce adds comic relief as Elizabeth's father he was funny. Rest of the cast do fine. Overall a must see for everyone!. ****1/2 out of 5