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Much hype about nothing. This movie is a perfect example on how to take a 100 million dollars budget and flush it down the toilet. The only thing worth mentioning to the curious is the flamboyant and sparkling performance of Johnny Depp. This man is a real talent with a very subtle approach for giving life to his characters. If you want to see Johnny Depp in a fine movie, you are better of renting "From Hell," "Dead Man" or "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."
Returning to our review, I want to give my remarks on why I think this is a flop. Firstly, "Pirates of the Caribbean The Curse of the Black Pearl" is not really a movie about pirates. Now, you are probably wondering, what in the world is this cracked pot talking about. The title of the movie is "Pirates of the Caribbean," so it must be about pirates. Sure, there are pirates, but from watching this movie, you hardly get any of the real feeling and spirit of what it takes to be a pirate. One fine performance by Johnny Depp is not enough to paint the whole picture.
Secondly, there are so many unpatched holes in the script that you feel like you are missing half of the story. Additionally, the pacing of the story is poorly drawn out and insipid. There is no real direction to this mad cruise into the oceans of hell. By not giving the audience the necessary substance to build the psychological tension in anticipation of the conflicts to come, there is not a sense of mystery and danger about the Black Pearl and its crew of evil pirates. Instead, after siting through "Pirates of the Caribbean," we feel more like we came out of "Mr Toad's Wild Ride."
Thirdly, Geoffrey Rush, as talented an actor as he might be, is wrong for this part. He appears very uncomfortable doing Captain Barbosa. He is not tenacious enough. He is not despicable enough. He is not evil enough. A wiser choice for this role would probably have been Antonio Banderas, Benicio Del Toro or Alfred Molina. I think maybe Disney was thinking of Captain Hook when they cast Geoffrey Rush.
Fourthly, this movie is anglosixed (yes, I know this is not a word in the dictionary, but it sounds good) to the tastes of the American audience, and in the process, it looses much of its flavor. Like eating a bowl of "Quaker Oats," a movie produced in this manner quickly finds a way out of your system.
Hopefully, we will not have to endure a sequel. This one barely got out of the dock before it sunk.
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