Pirates of Caribbean: The Curse of Black Pearl

Name: Pirates of Caribbean: The Curse of Black Pearl

Genre: Adventure/Fantasy

Cast: Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Gore Verbinski (Director)

Synopsis: Governor Swann and his daughter, who is 12 years old, Elizabeth, were travelling to Port Royal, Jamaica through a ship; they see another ship totally destroyed with a young boy as a survivor called Will Turner. She sees a gold medallion and hides it which Will was wearing, as she fears that people will accuse him as a pirate. The crew then sees a little glimpse of a ghost ship called Black Pearl which disappeared in the mist very quickly. 8 years later when Norrington become Commodore, he proposes to Elizabeth who now is an adult. Elizabeth faints was she was wearing over tight corset and fell into the river. A mysterious pulse appears from the Gold medallion. Pirate captain Jack Sparrow wants to steals a ship sees Elizabeth falls and saves her but Norrington recognizes him as a pirate and ordered for his arrest. Jack manages to escapes from there. Hiding in a blacksmith shop Jack fights with Will. Jack was knocked unconscious and was arrested and hanged next day. During the night, Black pearl appears and attacked the Port Royal as to answer the medallion’s call. In search of medallion, Elizabeth was captured. She asks for Parley. She told them not to attack Port Royal in exchange for the medallion and tells them that her surname is Turner. Barbossa agrees to stop bombardment but very cleverly finds loophole in agreement and takes Elizabeth and the medallion with him.

Will, who love Elizabeth so much, tries to persuade Jack to help him when Norrington refuses to take help of Jack. Will strikes a deal with Jack, as Jack has to help him rescue her and in exchange for that he will get Jack out of this jail. Jack accepts that, only after hearing that the surname of Will is Turner. Will and Jack very cleverly take HMS interceptor and move to Tortuga and with the help of Jack’s old mate Joshamee Gibbs the can recruit a crew. After the recruitment of crew they sailed for Isla de Muerta where the pirates make a stop. On the Quest, will come to know that Jack was once the captain of Black Pearl, searching for Aztec gold, but Barbossa Jack’s companion started mutiny against him and left him on an Island with one pistol and a single shot. But Jack somehow escapes from there and kept that pistol and the shot for 10 long years to kill Barbossa. The very treasure they found was cursed but Barbossa and rest of crew didn’t know that. So in the moonlight they become immortal skeleton and that is their true form. The curse can only be ended when each coin of that treasure with each pirates’ blood should be returned to chest. William “Bootstrap Bill” Turner, Jack’s only supporter gave a coin to his son so that the crew should always remain cursed. Knowing this Barbossa tied William to cannon and thrown overboard but came to know that to end the curse Bootstrap blood is also needed. On the Island, Barbossa throw the last coin in the chest and drop off her blood in the chest under the thought that she is Bootstrap child, so that curse can be lifted but curse remain unbroken. When Jack and Will saw this, Will believes that jack will betray him, knocks him down and try to save Elizabeth by him and saved her, leaving Jack behind. Jack and Barbossa meet again. Jack try to strike a deal with Barbossa that he will give Will back to him and in exchange for that he can have pearl but Barbossa rejects that and pursue Interceptor by himself with his crew. When Barbossa captures him, Will reveals that he is the son of Bootstrap Bill and demands release of Elizabeth and the crew of he will kill himself and he cannot lift the curse. Barbossa agrees to that but again finds a loophole in that agreement. He freed Elizabeth and Jack on the same island where he left Jack 10 years ago. Will was taken back to Isla de Muerta by the Barbossa to end the curse. Elizabeth asks how Jack escaped last time and came to know he strike a deal with the some people and bartered his escape with rum.

Elizabeth burned the rum in hope that Norrington’s ship will see the fire and came to their rescue. When rescued, Elizabeth asked Norrington to save Will but after initial refusal by Norrington, he accepts to save him only when Elizabeth proposes her to marry her in lieu of saving Will. Norrington locks Elizabeth in a cabin for her safety and return to Isla de Muerta. Norrington plans an ambush on Barbossa and his men as Jack will go inside and persuade Barbossa to form an alliance with him. Jack’s plan was shattered when Barbossa ordered to attack HMS Dauntless under water. Jack escapes from the Cabin and boards the ship to save Will from Barbossa. Jack starts fighting Barbossa. He killed Jack but later on came to know that Jack is also cursed as he has stolen one of the cursed gold coins. Norrington came to know that his ship is under attack and go back to the ship and attacked the cursed pirates. When Barbossa attempted to kill Elizabeth, Jack shot Barbossa and tossed his gold medallion with his blood on it to Will and will drop the last two medallions with his own blood as well into the chest. As on now, Barbossa was mortal so he died. Barbossa’s crew as now too become mortal surrendered. Jack who emerges with victory were also arrested and condemned to death. On the day of Jack’s hanging, Will attempts to rescue him. Jack sees a bird of one of his crew men understand that his ship the Black Pearl is near and jumps in the water. Governor Swann pardoned Will and allowed Elizabeth and Will to marry. Jack’s crew pulls him on the ship deck and appointed him as the captain of the Pearl. Jack looks at his compass while singing “it’s a pirate life for me”.

Review: The movie is one of the best blockbusters ever seen based on pirates. One of the epic movies based on pirates, ships which is full of fantasy and adventure. Johnny Depp and Geoffrey Rush were performances were charismatic and emphatic. In addition to that performances of the rest of cast were also damn good. In the movie, full focus was given to almost every character that was introduced in the film and everyone performed his character in the movie up to his level best. Story of the movie was unique as it is based on Walt Disney’s Pirate of Carribean. Direction of the movie was excellent so was the background music. A great movie is the one where every part of the movie is almost at its level best like the actor’s performance, the direction, Cinematography, editing etc. and in this movie it has which makes this movie one of the great one. Movie as a whole one of the best movies made on pirates full of adventure, fantasy and a lifetime performance of Johnny Depp. “Hats Off.”

Stars given: 4.5 out of 5.