Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

Again, this was one of the things I put on my list of things I would post. This was actually one of the few live action Disney movies that was in Kingdom Hearts. I've liked this movie series ever since I saw the first film. I saw the forth movie in cinemas in 2011 with my brother and sister. This is my favourite out of all of them. There's said to be a fifth one coming out soon. What's the story? It opens with a girl Elizabeth Swann on a ship sailing with other men then sees a boy named Will Turner in the water and they save him. Her and Will talk for a moment then he gets knocked out again and she finds he was holding a medallion with a skull shape on it and they all see a black ship. Years later, Elizabeth, played by Keira Knightly is friends with Will, played by Orlando Bloom, who's a blacksmith who has made a sword for her father who's the Governor. They're all heading to town for some kind of celebration. Meanwhile a pirate named Jack Sparrow, played by Johnny Depp, lands in the town called Port Royal. He tries to steal a ship but ends up saving Elizabeth after she almost drowns. After he pulls her out of the water, he's about to be arrested because the people there know him and his reputation of being an criminal. He manages to escape and hide in the Blacksmith workshop where Will works. Will sees him and they have a pretty cool sword fight. Will's assistant knocks Jack out and he's then arrested. That night the black ship from Elizabeth's dream comes to Port Royal and pirates on it begin to attack looking for the medallion that Elizabeth has. They eventually kidnap her and the medallion and take her back to their ship called the Black Pearl and there she meet the pirate's captain, Barbossa, played by Geoffrey Rush. They leave and the next morning Will gets Jack out of jail for help to track down the Black Pearl and save Elizabeth. They steal a ship to go somewhere to get a crew. On the Black Pearl, Barbossa explains about their plan. It turns out the medallion is actually a piece of Aztec Gold that's part of a chest with thousands of identical piece. Apparently the gold is cursed and when they heard about it, they stole all the gold. The curse is that if anyone removes a piece, they'll never be able to feel a single thing and when the moon shows they'll be shown as skeletons. This is a positive seeing as they can't die but their annoyed because since they can't feel anything, they can't enjoy anything like food or drinks or cold or warmth, so they want to get curse lifted. The only way is to return all the pieces and have everyone who took the gold give part of their blood to a piece. Well, it turns out that Will's father was a part of their old crew and he took a piece and they killed him. So the only way is to have the child of him be given instead and they think Elizabeth is his daughter. And the rest, I won't spoil. So let's talk about the many good stuff in this film, because honestly, there's a lot. For one thing, this is a really funny movie. Just the dialog between the characters is really funny. The action as well is awesome to see. The best action being the one at the end. The cast as well, is really good. Johnny Depp as Jack Sparrow is funny all the time and gets a lot of great laughs. Keira Knightly and Orlando Bloom as Will and Elizabeth aren't the most interesting but they do still do pretty good. Geoffrey Rush as Barbossa is perfect. Just the loo of him is perfect and you can tell he's loving every scene he's in. Kevin McNally plays a pirate named Gibbs who's really likable. I wish we could see more of him. Lee Arenberg and MacKenzie Crook play two other pirates named Pintel and Ragetti who are also really fun to watch. This is one of my favourite live action Disney films. It's also just a lot of fun to watch. The story as well is easy to understand. Another thing that's cool about this movie is the direction. During the action, it some of the best choreographed I think I've ever seen. The film as well, was a big hit at the box-office when it came out in 2003 and you can see why. So yeah, there's not much left to say except. It's a great movie and definitely take a look if you haven't yet.