# Pirates of the Caribbean.... yarrrr **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 1, 2003, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pirates-of-the-caribbean-yarrrr/185673 "2003-07-01T22:50:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2003, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pirates-of-the-caribbean-yarrrr/185673/41 "2003-07-02T21:49:11Z")
(after Googling and ogling her) Oh, my. ---
**Author:** ![HoviBaby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@HoviBaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoviBaby)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2003, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pirates-of-the-caribbean-yarrrr/185673/42 "2003-07-02T22:39:04Z")
[Movie Preview Announcer Guys’ Voice] From The Director of "Bumper Cars:The Movie’, and the producers of “Love On A Ferris Wheel” comes: PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN!!! [End Movie Preview Announcer Guy’s Voice] Worst. Ride. Movie. Ever. ---
**Author:** ![Iteki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/eada6e/32.png) [@Iteki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iteki)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2003, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pirates-of-the-caribbean-yarrrr/185673/43 "2003-07-02T23:30:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by HDS \* > \*\*[Must…mention…book…](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0814712363/qid=1057161605/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/002-4990512-9235204?v=glance&s=books) > > _giggle snort_ \*\* From your link, this link… [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/cm/member-reviews/-/AY3GCXMD4NJ1F/1/ref=cm\_cr\_auth/002-7404901-4821648](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/cm/member-reviews/-/AY3GCXMD4NJ1F/1/ref=cm_cr_auth/002-7404901-4821648) We have to recruit this reviewer to the SDMB 🙂 Cracked me up! ---
**Author:** ![Jello](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f05b48/32.png) [@Jello](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jello)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2003, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pirates-of-the-caribbean-yarrrr/185673/44 "2003-07-02T23:44:23Z")
I’m a pirate. Are you? (Gratuitous [Maddox](http://maddox.xmission.com) reference…) ---
**Author:** ![Tanaqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3bc359/32.png) [@Tanaqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tanaqui)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2003, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pirates-of-the-caribbean-yarrrr/185673/45 "2003-07-03T00:21:54Z")
I will be seeing it, oh yes I will! I’m all for zombie pirates, but the primary reason I’m so excited is **Johnny Depp in eyeliner!!** ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2003, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pirates-of-the-caribbean-yarrrr/185673/46 "2003-07-03T01:54:24Z")
> [@](#): > > Googling and ogling Now I know why they call it “google.” ---
**Author:** ![HDS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/bb73d2/32.png) [@HDS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HDS)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2003, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pirates-of-the-caribbean-yarrrr/185673/47 "2003-07-03T03:56:29Z")
> [@](#): > > We have to recruit this reviewer to the SDMB Cracked me up! Oh my gosh. I am howling with laughter! Hee! Thank you for posting that. _giggle snort_ ---
**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2003, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pirates-of-the-caribbean-yarrrr/185673/48 "2003-07-03T04:57:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dropzone \* > \*\*Okay, I have to ask. Are any STRAIGHT males planning to see this movie? \*\* Arr, matey! I be a straight pirate king, I be, and many are the wenches who’ve fallen by me cutlass, if ye know what I mean! Har har! Yea, I’m going. I figure the girls can ogle the men in pirate shirts while I watch the cannons, explosions, and swordfighting. ---
**Author:** ![Soup\_du\_jour](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Soup\_du\_jour](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soup_du_jour)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2003, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pirates-of-the-caribbean-yarrrr/185673/49 "2003-07-03T05:10:29Z")
> [@](#): > > It’s a small wish, but one can hope that this will critically out-rank ‘The Country Bears’ in terms of best Disney ride adaptation. \_The Country Bears_ was a show, not a ride.\ ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2003, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pirates-of-the-caribbean-yarrrr/185673/50 "2003-07-03T05:19:23Z")
_The Straight Dope Message Board - Nitpicking Ignorance to Death Since 1973._ ---
**Author:** ![Natroga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/85f322/32.png) [@Natroga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Natroga)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2003, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pirates-of-the-caribbean-yarrrr/185673/51 "2003-07-03T23:23:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by HPL \* > \*\*Anyone ever play “The Secret of Monkey Island”? It had ghost pirates and a zombie pirate in the sequel. \*\* Well, since the first time I heard about this flick it has been _Monkey Island: The Movie_ for me, and I will not let people tell me otherwise! ---
**Author:** ![Siege](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dbc845/32.png) [@Siege](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siege)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2003, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pirates-of-the-caribbean-yarrrr/185673/52 "2003-07-03T23:33:55Z")
I spend my Sunday afternoons playing with a sword and dagger. You’d better believe I’m in! [Pirate voice] And if ye be taking offense at what I said, ye might mind yersel’ walking the plank, matey! E-e-e-sss![/Pirate voice] [Aesthetic voice] “Arr!” is _so_ passe![/Aesthetic voice] CJ 😃 ---
**Author:** ![murky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9d8465/32.png) [@murky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/murky)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2003, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pirates-of-the-caribbean-yarrrr/185673/53 "2003-07-07T13:29:23Z")
3 more days for zombie pirates, Johnny with eyeliner and loads of buckles to be swashed. And for the record, I know several straight guys who are all hyped to see this movie. ---
**Author:** ![cagiva650](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cagiva650](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cagiva650)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2003, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pirates-of-the-caribbean-yarrrr/185673/54 "2003-07-07T13:52:59Z")
Ive been a fan of Depp’s ever since he was a pimply faced teenage lead guitarist playing at South FLorida clubs. I have no idea who Bloom is but Geoffery Rush is in this pirate flick too??? Bring on the skullduggery! ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pirates-of-the-caribbean-yarrrr/185673/55 "2003-07-10T12:31:27Z")
OK, so I saw _Pirates_ last night. It’s pretty good. Lots of action, lush settings, fairly witty dialog, and great sight gags. Johnny Depp’s first step onto the dock was hillarious. It’s not _Citizen Kane_, but it’s not _Cutthroat Island_, either. My daughter thought pretty well of both Johnny Depp and Orlando Bloom (though she thought Depp should lose the eye-liner!), and Keira Knightley is a pretty and gutsy heroine, with hair that mysteriously restores itself to perfect order seconds after a fight, a swim through shark-infested waters, or a drunken revel on the beach. The special effects are stunning. As anyone who’s seen the trailers know, the cursed pirates turn into rotting skeletons when seen by moonlight. The movie, naturally, has as many scenes as possible set at night, so that the pirates can move quickly in and out of the patches of moonlight. The CGI effects are seamless and utterly realistic looking – and pretty gross! Besides Depp and Bloom, Geoffrey Rush chewed the scenery pretty well, and Jonathan Price was quite good as the (somewhat clueless) governor. There are two sets of comedy relief, a pair of low-ranking pirates and a pair of low-ranking soldiers, all of whom keep the action light-hearted. The only real criticism I have (and remember that it is a summer movie, not Truffaut) is that the battle scenes go on a little too long. The only reference to the Disneyland ride is a (mercifully brief) singing of the ride’s theme song “Yo-Hoy-Ho”. Otherwise, it’s a hoot. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pirates-of-the-caribbean-yarrrr/185673/56 "2003-07-10T12:59:44Z")
I loved it. My GF said many scenes were taken directly from the ride. I don’t know, having never ridden it. Depp and Rush were fantastic. Depp actually does a great english accent. The only thing is that Depp seems too young to have been a captain of a pirate ship. ---
**Author:** ![murky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9d8465/32.png) [@murky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/murky)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2003, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pirates-of-the-caribbean-yarrrr/185673/57 "2003-07-18T14:53:34Z")
OMG I loved it. Depp was on fire. Totally magnetic. He’s got the crazy eyes. I think I was smiling almost every time he was on screen which is - of course - most of the movie. I did catch several ride references but I think there are a lot more. The bit with the dog and the key is straight out of the ride and it was great. I’m thinking about seeing this again just to ogle Depp a bit more. ---
**Author:** ![overlaker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9fc348/32.png) [@overlaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/overlaker)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2003, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pirates-of-the-caribbean-yarrrr/185673/58 "2003-07-18T16:16:27Z")
The movie is tight and i’ve seen it twice everybody go see it! Savvy;) ---
**Author:** ![Sunshine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Sunshine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunshine)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2003, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pirates-of-the-caribbean-yarrrr/185673/59 "2003-07-18T18:09:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by spooje \* > \*\*The only thing is that Depp seems too young to have been a captain of a pirate ship. \*\* That’s what I was thinking. Then I found out that Johnny Depp is **40**! Forty years old…I had no idea he was forty. I thought he was maybe 35 at the oldest. Anyway, he still looked a bit young to be a pirate captain but now that I know he’s 40 it makes it easier. ---
**Author:** ![murky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9d8465/32.png) [@murky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/murky)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2003, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pirates-of-the-caribbean-yarrrr/185673/60 "2003-07-18T20:48:45Z")
can you believe he’s 40? He needs to start promoting some kind of aging cream. They’ll sell like hotcakes! You know, I’ve heard from at least 3 people who’ve seen the movie twice now. This is impressive. I think I will go again. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pirates-of-the-caribbean-yarrrr/185673.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pirates-of-the-caribbean-yarrrr/185673.md?page=4)