


No matter how old you were in 2003, chances are at some point you found yourself seated in a dark cinema cheering on Johnny Depp’s now-legendary Jack Sparrow as he battled ghost pirates, searched for treasure, engaged in exciting ship battles, stormed exotic locales, and drank himself stupid in Disney-Jerry Bruckheimer’s surprisingly entertaining (though bloated) adaptation of the popular Disneyland attraction. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl was one of those amazing lightning-in-a-bottle, must-see motion picture experiences that took the world by storm ala Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, and Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight Trilogy*.
