Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl [2003 film]
by Gore Verbinski (Director)
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The roguish yet charming Captain Jack Sparrow's idyllic pirate life capsizes after his nemesis, the wily Captain Barbossa, steals his ship, the Black Pearl, and later attacks the town of Port Royal. Captain Barbossa kidnaps the governor's beautiful daughter, Elizabeth. In a gallant attempt to rescue her and recapture the Black Pearl, Elizabeth's childhood friend Will Turner joins forces with Jack. What Will doesn't know is that a cursed treasure has doomed Barbossa and his crew to live show more forever as the undead. show lessTags
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JenniferRobb Dead pirates searching for treasure. Octopus/Kraken. Many common elements though Penn Cove is written for middle grades.
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Don't let the scores of lackluster sequels tarnish the memory of it: "The Curse of the Black Pearl" remains one of the very best adventure films I've seen, bar none. It has wit, clever plotting, memorable characters, and a main theme so ridiculously catchy and stirring it could make just about anyone briefly consider taking up piracy. Warmly recommended.
Overall an entertaining movie, i watched it a few times back then. It's been a while, I should probably rewatch it at some point, but yeah, Jphnny Depp is pretty hot in this, NGL. This movie started off a fun franchise (even if it started dragging on in later installments)
I did not care for the story, and no longer care about the characters, but the production was excellent.
Full of adventure and fun.
Rollicking good fun by all.
(Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
Pirates of the Caribbean - The Curse of the Black Pearl (Two-Disc Collector's Edition) ~ Paul Frees, Marcia Miner, Johnny Depp, and Geoffrey Rush (DVD - 2003)
Pirates of the Caribbean - The Curse of the Black Pearl (Two-Disc Collector's Edition) ~ Paul Frees, Marcia Miner, Johnny Depp, and Geoffrey Rush (DVD - 2003)
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- Canonical title
- Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl [2003 film]
- Original title
- Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
- Original publication date
- 2003-06-28
- People/Characters
- Elizabeth Swann (Keira Knightley); Will Turner (Orlando Bloom); Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp); Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush); Norrington (Jack Davenport); Governor Swann (Jonathan Pryce) (show all 10); Anamaria (Zoe Saldana); Gibbs (Kevin McNally); Pintel (Lee Arenberg); Ragetti (Mackenzie Crook)
- Important places
- Caribbean Region; Caribbean Sea; Tortuga; Port Royal, Jamaica
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- Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003 | IMDb)
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- This item is the film version of the First Pirates of the Caribbean movie, The Curse of the Black Pearl. Please do not combine the other movies or the books with this item. If you have a book combined with this item, p... (show all)lease separate it out. Thank you.
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