[Nordicdusk]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)

Gore Verbinski's first foray into Disney's sedate Pirates of the Caribbean theme park ride was a refreshing and fun adventure which veered into horror territory albeit with it's tongue firmly in it's cheek. In fact it proved a phenomenon and spawned four sequels, none of which can match this film's exuberance, charm and general swash buckling thrills and spills, even turning it's star Johnny Depp into box office gold.

Ignoring the sequels and just taking The Curse of the Black Pearl as a stand alone adventure film there's a lot to enthuse over, From the excellent sets and production values to Depp's standout turn as Captain Jack Sparrow, The Curse of the Black Pearl is exciting, feel good, escapist fun and a modern day throwback to the classic Errol Flynn films from days gone by...with added skeletal pirates of course.

I have an original double sided one sheet of the pre-release poster below. It's one of the favourites of my collection of original movie posters.

I have only ever seen the first film your making me want to watch the rest now.