While teens may be intrigued with the pirates’ moonlit transformation from human being to rotting skeleton, children will likely find the change a little scary.
Prolonged and often tedious amounts of fantasy violence include on-screen shootings, stabbings and multiple impalings. But don’t expect Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl to be suitable ride for all family members. Like the recently released Country Bears, this film is based on a Disney theme park attraction. The usually family-friendly official Disney studio banner received its first ever PG-13 rating in the United States and Depp’s bizarre character who wears heavy black eyeliner, gold teeth and double chin braids, was toned down from the original interpretation. Suffice it to say, there was some bending on the part of both parties to make it happen.
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However, due to the misdeeds of Barbossa and his band of thieves an eerie curse has befallen the Black Pearl-a curse that dooms them to exist between the spheres of life and death until they can undo the hex.įor many, Johnny Depp and Walt Disney Pictures are an unlikely combination to appear in the same movie credits.
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As he barks orders at his underlings, Jack and Will slip away on the Interceptor and set a full sail course for the tiny Caribbean island where the Black Pearl docks. Meanwhile, another rescue party is being organized by Commodore Norrington (Jack Davenport), the newly promoted British officer who wants to marry the pirate’s hostage.
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Eager to help the friend who once saved his life, Will Tanner (Orlando Bloom), a young blacksmith, begs Jack to help him find the legendary ship and free the captured girl from the pirates. And he isn’t above commandeering someone else’s boat to do it.īut his plans to steal the British Navy’s fastest vessel, the HMS Interceptor, are disrupted when Barbossa and the mutineers fire on the seaside settlement and kidnap Elizabeth, the daughter of the Governor (Keira Knightley). Having lost command of his ship during a mutiny, the roguish captain is consumed with getting the Black Pearl back from his double-crossing first mate, Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush). Like a heavy ocean fog, trouble rolls into the coastal town of Port Royal when Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) lightly sets foot on the local’s wooden wharf.