Idealogian

Pirates of the Caribbean

I saw Pirates of the Caribbean last night, going in without any particularly high expectations after having overheard this on the train on Friday:

Man #1: Did you see Pirates of the Caribbean?

Man #2: Yeah, last week.

Man #1: What'd you think?

Man #2: I thought it was pretty good. I didn't realize it was a Disney movie, though. If I'd known, I wouldn't've been so hard on it - I thought it was trying to be a real movie.

Man #1: It's not even based on an actual story, y'know. It's just based on some ride in Disney World.

Despite that, I thought it was actually pretty good. Lots of fun and, as almost all the the reviews said, Johnny Depp's performance (which was supposedly inspired by Keith Richards) really made the movie.

Best line, by Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp):

Wherever we want to go, we'll go. That's what a ship is, you know. It's not just a keel and hull and a deck and sails. That's what a ship needs. But what a ship is - what the Black Pearl really is - is freedom.