some of the most fun i've had in a long time

Rating: 8/10 (29 July 2003)

Over the past few years, summer movies have been fairly drab, dull and boring. Alas this is no more. Pirates of the Caribean is the most fun i've had in a long time at the movies. It had action, adventure and comedy. Johnny Depp did a brilliant two and a half hour impersonation of Keith Richards. He steals the show from Orlando Bloom as Jack sparrow. To make matters worse for Orlando Bloom, Geoffery Rush as Captain Barbossa was brilliant. To top the whole movie off, the blend of comedy and action was great. There came a point where i was reminded of Monty Python, with the two British guards who were talking about "the ship with black sails". Kiera Knightley was good too, she was a damsel who wasn't exactly in distress all the time, she could fend for herself.