One other thing I plan on working on is my pledge to watch all the Disney films before 2000. I did not put them on my magical 3000 films to see list, but I do have a few films on the lists since 2000. Namely, I've yet to see either Narnia film, or either of the Pirates of the Caribbean sequels.
I'll write about the Disney list later, but to prepare for the Pirates sequels, I rewatched the first one. I had the same reaction as the first time I watched it. A truly OK film with one great element: Johnny Depp's performance. It's one of the great performaces of the decade: something that kept me in the film wanting to see what he would do next.
The rest of the film? Not so much. The pirates, sadly are boring. When the title characters are boring, there's a problem. The two kids (Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightly) are fine, though both have been better elsewhere, but the pirates needed reworked. But Depp is worth the price of admission, so I recommend the film for that alone. Grade: B
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