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intereact!Directors: Hamilton Luske, Gore Verbinski
Actors: Paul Frees, Marcia Miner, Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, and Orlando Bloom
Rated: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Retail Price (not our price): $29.99
Release Date: 2004-11-02
Theatrical Release Date: 2003-07-09
Studio: Walt Disney Video
Run Time: 143 minutes
Format: Array
Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Special Edition, Surround Sound, Widescreen, Collector's Edition, NTSC
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Discs: 3
Editorial Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):
1) Amazon.com
You won't need a bottle of rum to enjoy Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, especially if you've experienced the Disneyland theme-park ride that inspired it. There's a galleon's worth of fun in watching Johnny Depp's androgynous performance as Captain Jack Sparrow, a roguish pirate who could pass for the illegitimate spawn of rockers Keith Richards and Chrissie Hynde. Depp gets all the good lines and steals the show, recruiting Orlando Bloom (a blacksmith and expert swordsman) and Keira Knightley (a lovely governor's daughter) on an adventurous quest to recapture the notorious Black Pearl, a ghost ship commandeered by Jack's nemesis Capt. Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush), a mutineer desperate to reverse the curse that left him and his (literally) skeleton crew in a state of eternal, undead damnation. Director Gore Verbinski (The Ring) repeats the redundant mayhem that marred his debut film Mouse Hunt, but with the writers of Shrek he's made Pirates into a special-effects thrill-ride that plays like a Halloween party on the open seas. Aye, matey, we've come a long way since Jason and the Argonauts! --Jeff Shannon2) Description
Just when the Black Pearl had sailed proudly towards the sunset — the tide, it seems, has turned. Legend now tells of a lost disc. A buried treasure brimming with bonus material that has never seen the light of day. Untold stories, macabre mysteries. But this booty is not without peril — for there is another curse ready to befall those who would plunder these riches. A heinous hex we've chosen to ignore so you can enjoy this rare bounty.
Customer Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5
1) pirates of the caribbean curse of the black pearl [Rating: 5 out of 5]
We purchase many movies that are previously used .When purchasing previously viewed you have no idea what you are getting . I was looking all over for this paticular movie . My family was always complaining they could not do a Pirates of the Caribbean movie feast because they did not have this one . You have no idea how glad I am to have purchased this copy. I was very pleased with this purchase . Copy was better then movies I purchased from other places . Now im the best mom that walked the planet . Me now that a different story how many times can one person watch all three pirates of the caribbean . guess my kids could tell you.2) Instant Classic [Rating: 5 out of 5]
My DH and I are in our forties and we both love this movie. What can I say? It is a classic film. I do not even pretend to discuss things such as cinematography, direction, etc. but I know a DAMN good story when I see one and this is it. IMHO only, the second and third installments don't measure up to this classic.I wish Hollywood would pay attention to what us "peons" out here in the real world really like and make more of these type movies. Swashbuckling pirate movies are fun - whether tongue in cheek like POTC or more "epoch" - i.e. the old Errol Flynn movies. Get a clue, Hollywood! You want to make profits, give us what we like!3) A wild ride indeed [Rating: 5 out of 5]
I've been on the Pirates ride, and except for one scene (I won't tell you which it is), I didn't recognize much of it in this movie. But, standing on its own, PotC is a wild delight made up of equal parts swashbuckler, horror tale, and love story. Johnny Depp as the flamboyant Captain Jack Sparrow has spent ten years trying to track down the crew that mutinied, marooned him on an uninhabited islet, and sailed off with his beloved ship, the Black Pearl. Meanwhile his former first mate, Barbossa, has spent eight of those years struggling to lift from himself and his crew a fearful curse laid on them by their theft of an Aztec treasure. The final remaining piece of that treasure is in the possession of Elizabeth, daughter of the Royal Governor of Port Royal, and Barbossa's men attack the island to acquire it ("It calls to us," says one pirate upon demanding the piece from her). But there's something else they need to lift the curse: the blood of a fellow mutineer whom they murdered when he tried to dissuade them from taking the treasure. Since they can't get his, that of his child--Will Turner, the young swordsmith who has loved Elizabeth since they met soon after his ship was attacked by the Pearl's crew--will do. What they don't at first realize is that Elizabeth isn't the child they want, so they carry her off to Isla de Muerta, their hidden stronghold. Will, desperate to rescue her, frees Sparrow from prison in hopes of getting his help. What follows is a rollercoaster of escapes, rescues, duels, splendid sea-fights, and general non-stop action. (The thunderous score is a plus: don't fail to get the CD!Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl) The youngest kids will probably be disturbed by the skeletal forms the pirates assume when "the moonlight shows us for what we really are," but I didn't find them overly terrifying, and they turn out to be vital to the plot: neither dead nor living, they can literally walk along the bottom of the sea, which allows them to board the royal warship sent in pursuit of them and very nearly annihilate the crew. In the very nick of time Jack cleverly finds a way to break the curse, and at the end Will and Elizabeth find each other and Jack himself is saved from the gallows.Depp's performance is a delight throughout (Jack will probably live as one of the best characters created in his career), and the motley crew he gathers up to help him and Will in their pursuit of the Pearl reminds me of Burt Lancaster's in his classic The Crimson Pirate (there's also a scene fairly early on that's a direct lift from the latter, and anyone who has seen it will recognize it immediately). Keira Knightley is a very competent heroine with definite tomboy tendencies, whom modern viewers will like, and Orlando Bloom (formerly known as Legolas, the Elven archer, in the LOTR trilogy) as Will does a good job as the young commoner who discovers that a pirate can also be "a good man." Watch out, too, for Anamaria, the very handsome black lady pirate who serves as Jack's helms...woman. This is definitely a DVD I plan to add to my collection.4) very good [Rating: 5 out of 5]
i didn't want to go see this when it was in theaters... i just didn't think it looked like something i would like... but boy, was i wrong!!! it was one of the best movies iv'e seen in a long time!!!! i ended up watching all three of them in a row... that's how long i waited... and it got a little long, but boy, did i love them!!!5) It has some funny moments. Johnny Depp overacted in many scenes. [Rating: 3 out of 5]
It has some funny moments. Johnny Depp overacted in many scenes.It's worth watching once.