We're nearing the end of a twenty year Anniversary of a truly beloved Disney classic and probably the only one before Disney Corporations went full on evil empire on itself for which has become the absolute worst to make a long rant short, yes Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl is crossing the threshold of becoming twenty one in a few days’ time so it would be an absolute shame to not give this a tribute it deserves.
Capt. Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) arrives in Port Royal in the Caribbean without a ship or crew. His timing is inopportune, however, because later that evening the town is besieged by a pirate ship. The pirates kidnap the governor's daughter, Elizabeth (Keira Knightley), who's in possession of a valuable coin that is linked to a curse that has transformed the pirates into the undead. A gallant blacksmith (Orlando Bloom) in love with Elizabeth allies with Sparrow in pursuit of the pirates.
For all those young generations who have not been caught up on their history of pop culture as well as great visual minds of the twentieth century, Pirates of the Caribbean was Walt Disney's last ride he created for his Disneyland in 1967, though the attraction debut just three months after his death. Kids, when you go through all the harshness and lameness that is life, just say no to cigarettes why? Great reason cancer! You may think cigars or cigarettes maybe cool but that's the cancer or Satan that's telling you that sh*t and even he is desperately wanting you to come down to hell and smoke them up if you got them if you catch my meaning. Now, I didn't pay much attention, to the release of the first movie I mean I only saw one image of the movie and it was both Johnny Depp and Orlando Bloom together and thought oh cool Johnny Depp is in a movie with the young heartthrob Orlando Bloom moreover I didn't think much of it and this was when I was going on my HS Band trip to Disney World and was introduced to Pirates of the Caribbean ride and was just in awed of the open world experience and then months later I went to the movie and thought that this was one of the most amazing movies I've ever seen in 2003 because for me it felt cool in looking like a Pirate moreover this film made you want to be a Pirate. And really the two actors in the entire movie who are responsible for making Pirates cool we're both Johnny Depp and Geoffrey Rush, and I'm a nineties kid I was all familiar with Johnny Depp hence Sleepy Hollow furthermore was always in every Tim Burton film and always played the weird bizarre role and with movie he's finally plays a cool character but also in the weird side so know doubt Johnny Depp was always an amazing actor furthermore this was his one role that made him a star before he got lost in the shuffle with Amber Heard. And really Depp does a fantastic job playing the opposite of Orlando Bloom's character in telling him that there two things in life which matters and that's what a man can do and what a man can't do and really does a fantastic job in making this character his own and strangely enough Depp based his performance on Keith Richards. Though Depp was great in the movie I was more loving Rush's character Captain Barbossa all because of his great villainy being a scum and yet a man of his word and being able to tell the negotiators what they faulty forget to mention in there terms, and really at the time in 03, it was Darth Vader and then there was Captain Barbossa at a young age I mean who never thought loving the bad guys and those are defiantly the great ones. Keira Knightley an up and coming actress stared in Bend it like Beckham and Love Actually furthermore stars in this movie as the damsel in distress as well as the love interest to Orlando Bloom and she does a great job as well playing a woman who knows what she wants but at times is naive but more importantly can hold her own against the manipulators and tricksters, moreover both Keira and Orlando have great chemistry throughout the entire film and both of the two we're made for each other in the film. Now sure we've talked about the Rock Stars, now we got to talk about the squares which is both Jack Davenport and Jonathan Pryce for which in a movie grasped with fantasy that includes these cool Pirate rock stars you have to have the British Royal Navy who care about the law as well as the squares and both Davenport and Pryce each do a great job in playing the characters who look down and underestimate Depp's character. As a movie by itself, the Curse of the Black Pearl was still that go to Disney classic that still stands the test of time and really shouldn't of had so many sequels I mean sure it's always about the movie or wanting to continue with the story with an expanded universe I mean there's a lot of those things Disney should of and shouldn't have done but really it doesn't matter because there's a grand total of five films which deep down the forth film isn't all bad though let's be honest you can most certainly skip the fifth film unless you’re bored and want to watch that cash grab. With all of the sequels it had I still rank the first Pirates of the Caribbean as the last great swashbuckling film Disney ever produced before it grasped itself with so much need for money and very little heart and I myself through the first week of July wasn't sure if I wanted to watch the Curse of the Black Pearl because I wasn't all too sure if it would live up to the magic but I was glad in watching the movie for many reasons it's still one of the few great swashbuckling films that still stands the test of time. So, I hope you'll pass the time this summer and watch Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl and hopefully avoid the sequels but if you feel the need then by all means go nuts buddy.
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