Film of the Week: Pirates of the Caribbean – The Curse of the Black Pearl

Instead of doing a new film this week, I thought I’d focus on an old-ish one. I say old-ish, the first film came out in 2003. That’s 17 years ago. 17 years ago, I was 9 and that’s why I can class this movie as old-ish. It’s not an old film in the grand scheme of things, because it’s not black and white, but within my lifetime with the vast array of films being released at any one time, the landscape constantly changing, it’s an old film.

I chose to talk about Pirates of the Caribbean – The Curse of the Black Pearl because it has aged incredibly well. The special effects are amazing, the soundtrack is inspiring, the story never gets old, and of course, the characters are always enjoyable. It’s clear that a lot of care and attention went into making it the best film everyone could.

I used last Sunday as a lazy day. After being furloughed for 12 weeks and then working 6 days the first week back and then five days with one day off in between, the fast approaching 2-day weekend was welcoming. I used Saturday as the day to get things a few things done as I was still holding some momentum from the last 2 weeks, but when Sunday came around, I did absolutely nothing, and I enjoyed every minute of it. I needed that day to recalibrate and recharge so I can begin again for the following week as I wouldn’t be required to work a Saturday for the next 2 weekends. I used Sunday as a day to help myself get back into the swing of things. But, of course, it’s tiring when you do nothing all day. Come 6PM that evening, I was nearly falling asleep in my chair. I had relaxed a little too hard, and I knew that if I went to bed at this time, I’d throw my inner clock out of sync and so I had to keep myself occupied for the next 3 hours so I could go to bed and get a decent night’s sleep.

I picked Curse of the Black Pearl above all the other films in the franchise, because it’s an easy watch, whilst hitting the senses just enough to keep myself from falling asleep. Curse of the Black Pearl is an easy watch because I know everything that’s going to happen. I’m not watching it for the first time, so I don’t have to pay that much attention to it, but it forces you to pay attention with all the action sequences, thumping soundtrack, and mesmerising special effects.

Curse of the Black Pearl is such an amazing film if I wanted to, I could rewind it to the beginning and start again and still get the same level of enjoyment out of it. I didn’t find this bit of information out until a few years after the film came out, but Pirates of the Caribbean is the first film Disney ever released to have a 12A rating in England. It’s certainly different from all those princess movies they’ve made.

Thanks for reading

Antony Hudson

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