Review – Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl

So now Disney’s making movies out of its theme park rides. What’s next, The Haunted Mansion? Or maybe Space Mountain? Well, count me out of the potential audience for the EPCOT movie. This one, on the other hand, wasn’t too bad. Johnny Depp does an entertaining job as the slightly mentally “off” anti-hero, matched by Geoffrey Rush as the villain. The romance is a little awkward, but the animated ghost pirates more than make up for it. Overall this was a pleasantly diverting piece of brain candy. (Oh, and just for what it’s worth, I wrote this review before I found out that Disney was indeed releasing a movie version of The Haunted Mansion. I suppose Space Mountain the Motion Picture is probably next.) Mildly amusing