Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
"You'd best start believing in ghost stories, Miss Turner. Because now you're in one."
You know when you put something on for the sake of it and then end up really enjoying it. That's what happened with me and this film tonight.
A film very much in the classic Errol Flynn, Burt Lancaster vein of swashbucklers ala Captain Blood (1935), The Sea Hawk (1940), The Crimson Pirate (1952) with swathes of humour that try and mask the scarier moments, with the ingenious casting of Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow and showcasing a pirates life that was fun and exciting.
Of course a bunch of sequels with diminishing returns and the gritty as hell Starz series Black Sails (2014-17) would change all that.
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