I remember the very first trailer many years ago. All it showed was a shipwreck in the middle of a storm with a skeleton still on the wheel of what was left of the ship. Naturally as a little kid, I didn't want to see this because I thought it was going to be a very scary movie and therefore, I was no more ready to see the film than I was to see the Alien movies. Talk about being totally wrong am I right? Because in fact when i saw it, it was not scary at all but a very fun film of excitement and adventure. And since the fourth film is about a month away, I've decided to go through the series so far.
Plot: On a voyage to Port Royal, 12 year old Elizabeth Swann finds a boy named Will Turner who just survived a shipwreck and alarms the crew of the ship to rescue him. As the crew further investigates the shipwreck, Elizabeth looks after Will who is still unconscious at the time, and find a medallion that leads her to believe that he is a pirate and hides it. Eight years later, Elizabeth remembers the medallion and secretly puts it on as she attends Captain Norrington's ceremony were he is being promoted to commodore. During the ceremony, Norrington proposes to Elizabeth, but her new dress become so tight that she can't breathe and falls off the edge and into the ocean. while she's underwater, something mysterious happens with the medallion, but shortly after that, Elizabeth is rescued by Captain Jack Sparrow who i reveled to be a pirate and is arrested. That night, pirates attack Port Royal and as an attempt to make them leave, Elizabeth demands a parley with the captain to leave Port Royal and never return in exchange for the medallion which the pirates take a particular liking for. The captain agree but he takes her hostage so a reason that is left unknown. Having feeling for Elizabeth, Will Turner who is now a blacksmith, frees Jack Sparrow in a attempt to rescue her.
The film is very unique in terms of telling a story about pirates. sure you have this adventure about Will trying to rescue Elizabeth, but then it becomes more than that which makes the film all the more exciting. It just has a very classic story to it bit by bit.
Acting/Characters:
Keira Knightly/Elizabeth Swann: She was a very interesting character with how throughout the film she has this total interest in pirates. And it gets even more interesting when she encounters pirates and other things. All around she did well in terms of playing this though woman who was also at the same time a damsel in distress.
Orlando Bloom/Will Turner: Now by the time i first see this movie, my brothers and I were already well familiar with Orlando Bloom with his performance in the first two Lord of the Rings and we were excited to see him in the third one. With this film, we were just as entertained with him sword fighting, even with two swords which we liked considering how he has two long daggers in LOTR, and how he has his own hero's call and everything else. Will Turner is just a awesome character.
Geoffrey Rush/Barbossa: He did a really good job in making Barbossa dark and mysterious. nuff' said.
Johnny Depp/Captain Jack Sparrow: Jack Sparro- excuse me, CAPTAIN Jack Sparrow is one of the most creative characters I have ever seen. I would seriously love to know how exactly he was created bit by bit with the writers, the director and of coarse, Depp himself. I also would like to see Sean Peen in Mystic River because I would love to know what was it about him in that movie that won him the Oscar for best actor over Depp. Captain Jack Sparrow is witty, funny, unpredictable and altogether strange in a way that's completely entertaining.
Music: It was very good. The score had great songs to make the film either very suspenseful or filled with adventure.
Screenplay: well true, some things were use that were not in the script. Depp actually came up with "savvy? in this film. but with what they came up with, it was still pretty good.
Effects: They were very good. the effects for the Pirates were very well done.
Action: it was very good. Jack and Will's sword fight was the best part.
Editing: Very well done.
And that is my review for Pirates of the Caribbean-The Curse of the Black Pearl.
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