Orlando Bloom makes an excellent Guybrush Threepwood... no wait... Will Turner. Well, same difference. Young blonde man becomes a mighty pirate and marries the beautiful governor's daughter... Tell me there is no resemblance to Guybrush!
And there's more than a haunting resemblance between Davy Jones and the zombie pirate LeChuck and his voodoo beard.
Then there's the voodoo queen who sends Guybrush on his quests? And the adorable cannibals.
It's obviously derivative of LucasArt's most successful Monkey Island series of games! Adored those games in my younger days! I'm just kinda surprised that no one shouted, "You fight like a milkmaid!" during the swordplay sequences.
Back to the movie... if you love pirates, you'll enjoy the ride.
If you don't, then it's like flying coach, and squeezed between two fat ladies with BO. You just can't wait for it to end.
Liked Jack Sparrow. Liked the comedic stunts, especially the pole-vault, and the hamster-wheel sequences.
The plot is dumb. But you're watching a pirate movie, what were you expecting?!
Also learnt how to play Liar's Dice.
"Oh yeah, you fight like a cow!"
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