After the discovery of the new world many of the Europeans took advantage of the indigenous tribes of the Americans and became conquistadors and robbed and pillaged the new world. The worst of that bunch was Cortez who nearly wiped out the Aztecs for their gold. But in an offer to try and appease Cortez and save their people the Aztecs offered Cortez a stone chest containing 842 identical peaces of gold. But they did not tell Cortez that each and every single piece of gold in that chest carried a curse set upon them by the Heathen Gods and anyone who took the gold would be cursed to live a tormented life. For the moonlight shows the true appearance of the curse that of the walking dead who can take no pleasure in food or drink or anything we take for granted. When are tale begins we see the rescue of young boy who had been set on upon pirates of the Black Pearl and is the only survivor of the merchant ship that was bound for the 17th century Caribbean. Will Turner the young man though carries a secret one that he does not even know himself and that is he wears a piece of the cursed gold around his neck. When the young daughter of a Governor Elizabeth Swan discovers the gold she removes it from his neck to protect him from being a pirate. Many years later Will has become an apprentice to a blacksmith and holds a secret passion for Elizabeth who is out of his class and ability to woo. But their lives are about to be turned upside down as a pirate captain Jack Sparrow has come to harbor and with him he brings nothing but trouble. Him and Will face off and Will helps in his capture by the garrison for being a pirate. But during the night the pirates of the Black Pearl invade port and take Elizabeth prisoner. This leads a desperate Will to seek the aid of Jack in hopes of saving his beloved as it seems only knows the whereabouts of the pirates.

Wow simply wow. Very few movies combine so many elements of movie making so flawlessly that they can make you laugh and feel like you’re on an adventure ride at the same time. What makes this movie is not its story, which is adapted from a Disney theme park ride, but instead the actors it chose to portray the parts. Johnny Depp steals scene after scene as he plays the funny, and crazy pirate captain Jack Sparrow. His performance was flawless as you can’t help but be drawn into this movie as it delivers one action packed sequence after another. Geoffrey Rush and Orlando Bloom also put in really good performances to offset Depp but both play what will most likely be memorable characters. The movie does start off a little slow but once it gets going it does actually feel like you are on a theme park ride. The special effects were superb bringing to life the cursed in many wonderful action packed scenes of sword fighting, swash buckling and comical scenes of two of the funniest skeletons you will ever see. This movie made me wonder why Disney did not try its hand at more adult oriented films instead of mucking the bilges with one crappy animated film after another. As the first Pg-13 rated Disney movie ever they sure did deliver with a funnier and more enjoyable movie than Disney has put out in over 10 years. This movie is one of the must-sees as everyone should go and enjoy the ride.
5 stars out of 5