I wish I was as wowed as Scott was by
Pirates Of The Carribean, but unfortunately I wasn't.
It was entertaining to be sure, but I just didn't think it was all that. I thought that the action scenes, while exciting, were pretty generic. Nothing new or fresh. Standard adventure filmmaking.
The production values were excellent, the CGI great, the performances, especially Johnny Depp and Geoffrey Rush, were good, but I found myself not that interested in all that was going on. The story was O.K but it was a half hour too long and dragged in a few spots.
It's a Pirate movie and has everything that you would want in a Pirate movie, but it kept reminding me of
Cuthroat Island (guilty pleasure), for better or worse. I will still recommend it to friends because in the end, it is a fun film, just not a great one.
