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Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

Originally released in 2003.

I've watched this movie 8 times and given it an average score of 3.88⭐ (out of 4).

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2025-08-27 Watch 8

Watched the Keira Knightley / Jack Davenport audio commentary, which was fun and silly. There's some fun trivia in there, plus a lot of talking about where things were filmed.

2024-06-02 Watch 7

The pacing and CGI really hold up, as do the sense of fun about the whole thing. Action is good, writing is snappy, world is well-developed. A fitting start to the franchise.

2023-06-05 Watch 6

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2022-06-25 Watch 5

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2021-07-27 Watch 4

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2020-03-21 Watch 3

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2017-05-24 Watch 2

A fun romp, but it misses some of the great character development that happens in the later films.

2008-06-13 Watch 1*

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* this is my first logged watch, but I had seen the movie before.

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