Monday, May 28, 2007

#22: Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)


A Disney Movie, I wasn't expecting much. But I was wrong. This filmw as amazing. It was the story of a pirate named Captain Jack Sparrow (Depp). He is noted for being one of the greatest Pirates of all time and was the captain of the fastest ship in the sea: The Black Pearl. The story unfolds as he meets the beautiful Elizabeth Swan (Knightley) and the sword welding Will Turner (Orlando Bloom). Will and Jack team-up after the Pirates from Jack's old crew attack and can basically not be killed since they have a curse on them where they cannot die. The Pirates take Elizabeth and it's Jack and WIll to the rescue. With laughs, action, and more action along the way, Pirates of the Caribbean is an amazing movie and prooves that Disney can still make great films.

Depp's character is one of the greatest characters ever on film. It is so memorable with his long dreadlocks, greasy skin, gritty teeth, and flamboyuant attitude towards everybody and his actions. Depp was quoted as saying he acted like Keith Richards, the guitarist of The Rolling Stones. Whatever he did, it worked. Anybody who's anybody knows who Captain Jack Sparrow is and everybody can quote one of his memorable lines. My favorite line of the film is, "You will always remember this as the day you almost caught Jack Sparrow!". Great line! Depp was very deserving of awards for this film and broke boundries of acting for this role. He was supposed to do it as it was written, but he made it his own and it worked. Great performance Johnny!

1 comment:

kimboluvr said...

Nice choice! I'm lovin the progression so far, keep it up.