Sparrow (Johnny Depp) rescues her, only to be arrested for his trouble. As Norrington proposes to her, Elizabeth, light-headed from her first time wearing a corset, faints and falls into the Up-and-coming member of the Queen's Navy. Would rather see his daughter married to Norrington (Jack Davenport), an Is obviously smitten with Elizabeth but finds it difficult to express himself properly when near her father, who

Similar to the ship that destroyed the other, the girl takes it to save him fromĮlizabeth Swann (Keira Knightley) has grown up and so has the boy, the localīlacksmith Will Turner (Orlando Bloom). Ship that has is capsized and ablaze and he wears a medallion bearing a skull

Superstitious members of the crew, so when a young boy is found floating near a She's fascinated with pirates, much to chagrin of the more Young girl sails with her father (Jonathan Pryce) and an experienced crew. The tale starts (where else?) at sea, where a Of innovative and tongue-in-cheek action sequences, amusingly nasty villains,Īnd Johnny Depp and Geoffrey Rush sneering and leering with calculated and And yet, amid slight stumbles, the movie's tone carries it faithfully ThisĬareful balancing act is a difficult one, and, at points over the film's twoĪnd quarter hour running time, it seems prone to falter. The film's virtue is to play the material seriously without ever taking Old-fashioned swashbuckler adventure with pirates, Aztec gold, and an ancientĬurse that does not encourage the mixing of pirates and Aztec gold. The movie has one, clear purpose, and that is to make a good, Over it, from its origins as a Disney theme ride to its scene-chewing leads.

Now, we have Pirates of theĬaribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, a film that has camp written all Torture of Charlie's Angels: Full ThrottleĪnd lamented that movie's horribly misdirected attempt at camp. It was only a little while ago that I endured the

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