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Here I'll write reviews of each episode of 'Pirates'.
The Curse of The Black Pearl
Description: A tale of adventure set during the 17th Century in the Caribbean Sea. For the roguish
yet charming Captain Jack Sparrow, the crystalline waters of the Caribbean, like the high seas the world over, present a vast
playground where adventure and mystery abound. But Jack's idyllic life capsizes after his nemesis, the wily Captain Barbossa,
steals his ship, the Black Pearl, and later attacks the town of Port Royal, kidnapping the Governor's beautiful daughter,
Elizabeth Swann. Elizabeth's childhood friend, Will Turner, joins forces with Jack to commandeer the fastest ship in the British
fleet, the HMS Interceptor, in a gallant attempt to rescue her and recapture the Black Pearl. The duo and their crew are pursued
by Elizabeth's betrothed, the debonair, ambitious Commodore Norrington, aboard the HMS dauntless. Unbeknownst to Will, there
is a curse that has doomed Barbossa and his crew to live forever as the undead--when exposed to moonlight, they are exposed
to living skeletons. The curse they carry can be broken, only if a once-plundered treasure is restored.
Comments: 'Black Pearl' is probably the second best Pirates film yet. With cool skeletons and Jack
Sparrow, it is a comical adventure story for all ages.
Grade (on a scale of 10): 9
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Dead Man's Cheast
Description:
Captain Jack Sparrow is caught up in another tangled web of supernatural intrigue. Although the curse
of the Black Pearl has been lifted, an even more terrifying threat looms over its captain and scurvy crew: it turns out that
Jack owes a blood debt to the legendary Davy Jones, Ruler of the Ocean Depths, who captains the ghostly Flying Dutchman, which
no other ship can match in speed and stealth. Unless the ever-crafty Jack figures a cunning way out of this Faustian pact,
he will be cursed to an afterlife of eternal servitude and damnation in the service of Jones. This startling development interrupts
the wedding plans of Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann, who once again find themselves thrust into Jack's misadventures, leading
to escalating confrontations with sea monsters, very unfriendly islanders, flamboyant soothsayer Tia Dalma and even the mysterious
appearance of Will's long-lost father, Bootstrap Bill. Meanwhile, ruthless pirate hunter Lord Cutler Beckett of the East India
Trading Company sets his sights on retrieving the fabled "Dead Man's Chest." According to legend, whoever possesses the Dead
Man's Chest gains control of Davy Jones, and Beckett intends to use this awesome power to destroy every last Pirate of the
Caribbean once and for all. For times are changing on the high seas, with businessmen and bureaucrats becoming the true pirates--and
freewheeling, fun-loving buccaneers like Jack and his crew threatened with extinction
Comments:
This is the best 'Pirates' film so far, mainly because of fearsome villians including Davy Jones and the Kraken.
Grade (on a scale of 10): 10
At World's End
Description:
Will Turner (Orlando Bloom), Elizabeth Swann (Keira Knightley) are allied with Captain Barbossa (Geoffrey
Rush) in a desperate quest to free Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) from his mind-bending trap in Davy Jones' locker, while
the terrifying ghost ship, The Flying Dutchman and Davy Jones, under the control of the East India Trading Company, wreaks
havoc across the Seven Seas. Navigating through treachery, betrayal and wild waters, they must forge their way to exotic Singapore
and confront the cunning Chinese Pirate Sao Feng (Chow Yun-Fat). Now headed beyond the very ends of the earth, each must ultimately
choose a side in a final, titanic battle, as not only their lives and fortunes, but the entire future of the freedom-loving
Pirate way, hangs in the balance
Comments:
This is a so-so film with not enough Jack Sparrow's and too much Will Turner. Besides the movie having a weak storyline,
it is an okay movie.
Grade (on a scale of 10): 7
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