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"Pirates Of The Caribbean Reviewed - Ok it's a bit late lol:S"

I know it's a bit late but I wrote one for Ciao and thought I'd also post it on here as a GAD attempt only to find they don't sell that particular DVD. Hmph. Ack well I still thought I'd post it here for you guys to view. Enjoy:

Pirates Of The Carribean
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Don't you just love it when you're walking through you're local HMV and find a gem of a DVD in their half price sale? You know what I mean, a film like Gattaca or Top Gun. Well Pirates Of The Caribbean may not be as innovative as Gattaca or emotional as Top Gun but this is definitely a modern day masterpiece that you definitely wont regret paying full price for.

By the director of the popular horror film, The Ring, Gore Verbinski has delivered a spectacular film with a cast that some directors can only dream of. The up and coming A-List elf Orlando Bloom delivers a surprisingly good performance as the dashing young Will Turner, the dazzling Keira Knightley who plays the perfect love interest and Cap'n Jack Sparrow himself, Johnny Depp.

Mr. Depp delivers a stunning performance after a fair few years out off the movie making game in his come back film, and what a come back it is. His fabulously camp performance as the comical yet skilled pirate of the seven seas is one that simply does not disappoint. His cheeky little comments provide well-needed light relief in this otherwise generic pirate movie.

"Welcome to the Caribbean love!" Says the apathetic scally wag in an attempt to get Keira to loosen up and drink some Rum. Just like a real pirate. It's grade A material I'll tell you that.

Now, I'm not saying it wouldn't be a good film without him only that without Cap'n Jack this film would have far too much doom and gloom for your average viewer, which, in itself can be comical.

The plot itself is a solid one typical of the genre and as you would have guessed from the 12 certificate it's a bit darker than usual for a Disney film. The CG for example allows us to see the skeleton remains of a crew of the damned. Probably not a good idea to play the lenient parent with this one and show it to your kids. I'm 16 and still jumped out of my seat the first time I saw one of them!

However this is not about me looking like a jumping fool in the cinema. This is a list of my opinions; you may not like them; you may not agree with them but don't argue! "Do you think it wise to cross blades with a pirate” I don’t! So go and buy a copy from the shops or plunder your mates house and take his for a stunning adventure on the high seas.

*Tonnes.

Wow, Mr Expert.

I know he's been in TONS of stuff now heh. I didn't actually realise that it was him in Sleepy Hollow so I guess that was the first film i saw him in actually.

Goatboy wrote:
> You are aware he detests mainstream Hollywood and chose to live in
> France aren't you?

I did know that.

> And took Pirates as a favour to Verbinski.
> Or you think because he conciously chooses to avoid summer
> blockbuster type movies that you don't see in your gigantiplex that
> he took time off?

Pirates Of The Carribean was the first film I ever saw him in though and I was told his last big film was long time before hand. Thankfully we don't get assessed on popular actors and their choice of work in the movie business.

Even I know Depp has been in a ton of stuff over the last few years, and I went to the cinema about twice last year and own one DVD. Which is the Led Zeppelin DVD.

But I didn't realise he'd been in so much.

Wanting to see Pirates of the Caribbean actually.

Will borrow it off a friend soon.

Well the review of the film reads like a PR release.

What about "Disney tries to do a pirate film but in an attempt to get a wider audience tones everything down and relies on actor names and the fact it has Disney stamped on it to see the film through"

Wasn't until I saw the list below that I realised how much stuff Depp has been in, though I have only seen Chocolat, Sleepy Hollow and Blow. That I can remember anyway.

Cubist V.2 wrote:
> Mr. Depp delivers a stunning performance after a fair few years out
> off the movie making game in his come back film, and what a come back
> it is.
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???????????????
A fair few years out of the movie business? Where do you get that from?
Here's a list of the movies he's made in a "fair few years out off the movie game", let's go from...1995, that's a fair few years:

J.M. Barrie's Neverland
Secret Window
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Lost in La Mancha
From Hell
Blow
Chocolat
Before Night Falls
Man Who Cried
Sleepy Hollow
The Astronaut's Wife
The Ninth Gate
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
The Brave
Donnie Brasco
"United States of Poetry"
Nick of Time
Dead Man
Don Juan DeMarco

You are aware he detests mainstream Hollywood and chose to live in France aren't you? And took Pirates as a favour to Verbinski.
Or you think because he conciously chooses to avoid summer blockbuster type movies that you don't see in your gigantiplex that he took time off?

Man, I hope you can flip pizzas, because your Media Studies exam is going to be a car crash.
And to think you actually believe you know *anything* about movies yet can felch out some keyboard mashup about an actor you've only just cottoned onto?....*shakes head*

She seems to have inherited her father's talent for directing.

I am glad I am going to
> see it again with my Media Class on Wednesday, maybe I'll find it
> easier to articulate my thoughts on it after a second viewing.
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Please do tell if it's as emotional as Top Gun.

Media Class...I told you so when you thought you had to be a "different sort of person" to like Sophia Coppola's ode to Nepotism.