This was a movie I wasn’t especially looking forward to. The idea of a great pirate movie was tempting, but with Bruckheimer producing and pretty-boys aplenty in the cast, I was expecting a typical Hollywood stupid blockbuster.
I am incredibly happy to say that I was dead wrong. A friend saw a sneak preview and raved about it, saying “It’s not what you expect”. Then I hit up Rotten Tomatoes to see what they thought and was surprised to see a nearly 80% positive rating. As our other option The Hulk was sitting at 61%, Mel & I decided to see Pirates.
Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow is fantastic and has reaffirmed my faith in his acting ability. His choices were bizzare and perfect in representing this odd pirate captain.
The movie’s plot is not all that deep, and is a bit silly in spots, but it doesn’t matter because the dialogue is quick and witty, the action is well-presented, fun and clever, and the special effects, huge sailing ships, and beauty of the Caribbean make the movie look great.
This isn’t technically a great movie, but it’s great FUN.
“Welcome to the Caribbean” has now entered our lexicon as punctuation to any drunken conversation. Depp as Sparrow/Keith Richards was a great counterpoint throughought the movie to the “innocence” of Orlando Bloom’s character, especially in those moments when the good captain’s true brilliance and ability shows threough the drunken demeanor.
Two ARRRRRRRs up.
Orlando Bloom,can you please give me your email address?My email address is lovejjcpt@yahoo.co.kr