Post #41947 by Doctor Z on Mon, Jul 7, 2003 10:15 AM

A couple of weeks ago, Sabu, Tikibelle, Z-Girl and myself went to a sneak preview of "The Pirates of the Caribbean". Now I'm no movie critic - I tend to find good things to say about any movie I see - but I found it to be an excellent movie and I highly recommend it: lots of action (possibly the best sword-fight since 'The Princess Bride'), incredible visual effects, plenty of plot twists, and only ONE scene with an obvious connection to the ride itself (done very tongue-in-cheek, btw).
The version we saw did not have credits yet (and the soundtrack wasn't quite finished), so I missed getting the name of the female lead, but... WOW! Of course, there's Orlando Bloom for the ladies, and Crazy Al, uh, I mean Johnny Depp, is excellent as well (if a little hard to understand... and too much eyeliner..). Despite being a Disney flick, it's still pretty violent and it has a lot of frightening imagery, but if your kids don't get freaked out on the ride, they should be o.k. with it. In fact, they may be frightened more by all the bad dental work... (I know I was).

Oh, and many scenes were filmed off the coast of Palos Verdes (I know, I sat and watched filming 'setside' a few times), so, for me at least, it also has that going for it...

Doctor Z
Mix-maestro of the Castaway Lounge,
Redondo Beach, CA

[ Edited by: Doctor Z on 2003-07-07 10:16 ]