Pirates of The Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl | Canadian First Time Watching | Reaction 

Not to get controversial, but during the JD trial, a witness was called to testify and when they asked the background question “and Johnny played the role of Jack Sparrow?” The witness corrected them “Captain Jack Sparrow”.

From the time he appears on the mast of the sinking boat until "...but you have heard of me" is one of the finest character introductions ever filmed.

Geoffrey Rush killed it as Barbossa, he put his heart into that character, he even imagined a backstory for him, starting off as a maybe a runaway who becomes a cabin boy, working his way up to first mate and then finally captain.

Can’t recommend “Master and Commander: Far Side of the World” enough. It came out the same year so it got completely overshadowed but it is a MASTERPIECE in every sense of the word. PotC is fun, but cinematically, Master and Commander is just perfection. It also has one of the most brilliantly edited battles of all time, and it won two Oscars and was nominated for ten.

I would definitely watch the first 3 as its the same core group and kinda a trilogy story!

Honestly this film is so fun and then suddenly it’s so heavy with barbossas “I feel…cold.” And you’re just left with like “…oh”. The actor killed it

"You'd best start believing in ghost stories. You're in one." is a great line.

I love that everything Jack has on him when we’re introduced to him, though presented comically, is something he carries for a very specific purpose.

The "impersonating a priest of the church of England" intonated at final gallows is surely an homage to the very same scene in the Good, the Bad and the Ugly.

Jack Sparrow has one of the best introductions in movie history.

The reception for Johnny Depp's performance as Jack Sparrow reminds me of the ones for Val Kilmer's Doc Holliday & Heath Ledger's Joker. In that moviegoers just fell in love w/ their inventiveness and constantly tried doing impressions of their respective characters.

23:25 He's swabbing the deck with a linseed oil and pine tar mixture. That seals the wood against water leakage, rot, and mold. (Swabbing the deck is also a bit of busywork to occupy the sailors.) Or at least, I think that is what the filmmakers were going for. A real sealant wouldn't be so goopy/gritty. But hey, it matches the general dirty and gritty vibe of these pirates.

On the ride, you would be in a small boat that traveled on rails around a bunch of animatronic pirates in various situation. The most famous bit was the prisoners trying to use a bone to coax the dog into giving them the key. It's that exact dog(looks wise) and of course they never get the key which explains the joke that Jack says that they could do that forever and never get the key from the dog.

pleaaassseeeee do the first three. They are one complete trilogy. The fourth is a standalone, and the fifth is really hit or miss on if people liked it. Doing the core trilogy at least is absolutely worth it. All three are very different but still very well done.

To me, the most impressive part of the movie is the fact that it was based on a freakin' RIDE at Disneyland. They took fairly basic ride and built this great story on top of it.

Truly one of Geoffrey Rush's greatest roles as Barbossa here. A great antagonist and an amazing theatrical pirate.

"Your funeral" one of the best annoy-the-bad-guy scenes I've ever seen. Truly one of the moments that makes Jack stand out.

You know what’s weird? When I first saw this, I really empathised with the Barbossa pirates, especially when that solemn score comes on when they’re defeated. But I felt really sad when Barbossa says he feels cold, the first sensation in a decade and it’s the cold grip of death.

The writing in this movie was SO GOOD. Everyone had their own clear motives, acted intelligently to follow their aims, and the double crosses all made sense! Geoffrey Rush and Depp stole the show and they both looked like they were having an absolute blast So much better than anyone was expecting for a movie based on a theme park ride

25:01 jack wasn’t cursed before he just took one of the pieces of gold from the chest as he was negotiating with barbossa so he could immortal for the battle

It's crazy how Keira Knightly was only 17-18 years old during the filming of this movie. Four years earlier, she was in Episode I: The Phantom Menace. Coming here really boosted her popularity in the early 2000s era of movies. Btw, a behind the scenes fact: Her mother had to be on set when this movie was filmed. This was because her kiss scene with Orlando Bloom was... well, there was a significant age gap and she needed adult supervision at all times considering he was 26 years old at the time.

One of my favorite things about this movie is that the villains goal is not villainous at all. They just want to not be a undying skeleton any more.

That 'bola' shot is actually called chain shot, used to take out masts, wheels, capstans and rigging. canisters of grapeshot were used to turn the cannon into a shotgun and take out enemy crew, while round shot was used primarily for firing at gun emplacements and to damage the hull itself. This would also create lethal splinters from the planking that would severely injure or kill the enemy as well. That nasty black stuff they were mopping around the brig decking was tar, used as a cheap water repellent on naval vessels at the time. Can't have your ship rotting away out from under you :P

“You’re off the edge of the map, mate. Here there be monsters” is such a good line Also, the first 3 Pirates movies are great. The last 2 are fine. The quality drops off a lot after At World’s End

The writers (Rossio and Elliott) rode the ride at Disneyland dozens of time, taking notes on every detail of the ride, to get ideas for details to roll into then movie. The entire "cursed gold" sprang from them noting the skeletons and chests of gold-- "what if they are connected?" Tremendous fun that holds up to dozens of viewings.

Geoffrey Rush as Barbossa is my personal favorite character/actor combo of all the movies

I still say that Disney should make a stand-alone movie where Star Lord, Captain Jack Sparrow, and Han Solo get dimensionally hijacked, and they need to work together to get back to their respective homes. Like "Into the Spiderverse", but across the different franchises.

I love that even though the movie doesn't take itself too seriously, and has a lot of fun, and crazy set pieces, and choreography, it still actually has a genius script.

This was the film that pushed Johnny Depp into stardom. He very deservedly was nominated his first Oscar for Best Actor and won a Screen Actors Guild award for Best Actor. SUCH an amazing character. ❤️

One of the greatest character intros of all time. I don't even like this franchise very much but god dang that sinking ship to the one step onto the dock is beautiful storytelling.

You can see Orlando Bloom's tattoo in elvish that reads NINE on the right wrist when he said, "...so that when I meet a pirate, I can kill it! "

You absolutely have to watch the other two movies! The pirate trope has never been done better

Just an FYI, each movie has a end credit scene somewhat related to the next movie or just a fun scene to end on

This movie, based on a ride of all things, had no right being so amazing

Don't know if anybody's mentioned it but I love the parallel of Will throwing the sword in relation to Jack. The first time he does it, it's at the wooden door at the beginning of the film to stop Jack from escaping. Yet the second time he does it, he throws it at the wooden trapdoor of the gallows, to save Jack's life.

23:24 That's pine-tar, also called 'pitch'. It is made from pine sap, which has been boiled down to reduce its water content. It was often used on ships to provide water-proofing, though unfortunately, it is also quite flammable. It is also the origin of the expressions "Black as pitch" and "Pitch-black."

Geoffrey Rush made it a point to be on the left side of the frame in damn near every scene, because people naturally scan from left to right. Therefore he'd be the first person you would see on screen. Smart actor, that Geoffrey Rush.

The whole prison scene with the dog and some of the Tortuga background stuff came straight from the ride...best 'ride-to-movie' adaptation Disney has done.

Loading cannons with whatever random bits were on hand (nails, cutlery, etc.) was definitely a thing, and it was highly effective against crew who were above decks, but basically useless against the ship itself. It effectively acted like a massive shotgun firing shrapnel. You want to use cannon balls against the ship's hull (which will also send massive splinters flying below decks, killing or maiming anyone hit by the splinters), shot (which could be things like nails and cutlery) against the ship's sailors above decks, and chain shot (basically 2 half cannon balls connected by a chain that will end up spinning like bolas through the air) against the ship's rigging. Different types of ammunition for different targets.

14:21 one of THE BEST reveals in cinematic history. "You best start believing in ghost stories, Miss Turner- you're in one!" Chills.

Two movies that were a big influence on this one are Disney's "Treasure Island" (1950), and Errol Flynn's "Captain Blood" (1935). Both are definitely worth watching!

You've mentioned Assassin's Creed. Fun fact the actor that played Mr Gibbs also played Connor's quartermaster for the navy mission AC3

19:04 Yes, in fact it was pretty deadly. You hear Gibbs shout to load the cannons with "case shot and langrage." Canister or "case" shot consisted of a cylinder or case of iron or tin, with tops and bottoms of wood or iron. Langrage could be stones, nails, bolts, flints, or *bits of scrap* (chain links, nails, shards of glass, rocks or other similar objects) fired from the cannon. Regular cannonballs were meant to disable the other ship; break their masts, put holes in the sails, sever lines/cables, and -- if you needed simply to destroy the enemy rather than capture their ship -- put holes in the sides of the ship to sink it. Both case shot and langrage are anti-personnel shot, though. They aren't going to do any real damage to the ship, but they are going to spray a lot of shrapnel at people, wounding them and hopefully taking them out of the fight. It's only useful at a short range since irregular shaped objects won't fly as far as spherical shot, but if you were in danger of being boarded, it was helpful to fire some rounds of langrage and reduce the number of able-bodied pirates coming over your rails.

23:22 they are waterproofing the ship by painting it with tar, which kind of slightly seeps into the wood and makes it expand, and partially solidifies/dries into something similar to asphalt, or just rubber-like thing that fills the remaining holes between the planks of the ship. But i thought it was done on the OUTSIDE, not the inside of the ship, but i'm not entirely sure.

The scene where the prisoners are trying to bait the dog into giving them the key to the cell is directly from the original Disneyland Ride, I have such fond memories of that ride because I went on it so much, I was too small to go on the big rides. The original ride started off you got into a boat car thing on a rail through water, you went through a little area and into a tunnel where over the entrance a Jolly Roger spoke to you about how dead men don't tell tails, you went down a roller coaster style ramp into a swamp area if I recall, it smelled like you were in a real swamp etc. there were fire flies and frogs croaking. You sat in this boat for a long time passing through different scenes of pirates carrying on like the aforementioned jail cell with the dog. It was amazing as a kid, I understand that since these movies they revamped the ride to be more like the movies and removed many of the sections of old.

A lot of actors were doing huge movies around this time. Hugo Weaving was doing LOTR and The Matrix. Ian McKellen was doing LOTR and X-Men.

The sword fight in the smithy is probably my favorite sword fight in all of film. And a masterclass on how to elevate a mundane fight scene to something incredible.

23:30 wooden ships used to be swabbed with seawater. the water would make the wood expand and become more waterproof, and the salt in the water would keep the wood from rotting. i think 1-2 swabbings a day were required to keep the planks sufficiently waterlogged.

The amount of times I've seen this movie and I never realized Mr Gibbs was on the same ship as Elizabeth Swann at the start of the movie.

1999-03 was such an era of filmmaking. I remember being totally rabid for bonus features and commentaries and every scrap of behind-the-scenes info I could find on movies during those years, I probably watched the Pirates' "Lost Disc" a million times. Good times, haha. Btw, this came out a few months before Return of the King, but the LotR movies were all shot simultaneously so Orlando Bloom was already onto other projects by the time Fellowship was released in 2001.

I love the implication that Winston Churchill's "we will fight them on the beaches" speech was exposition

You two are so awesome. My favorite reactors on RU-vid. I go out of my way to watch movies I've never seen just to watch your reactions to it after. Love you guys!

Unless you've been there you can easily miss most of the references to the ride, which if you're gonna make a theme park ride in to a movie, that's a good way of doing it. But the pirates song Elizabeth sings, the dog with the jail keys (who is never going to move being a cheeky reference) some of the shenanigans in Tortuga, etc etc.

Master and Commander if you want a truly epic film. Love yalls videos, please keep them coming.

Btw, Keira Knightley's first blockbuster movie was Star Wars Episode 1, where she played Natalie Portman.

I will never get tired of your guys' thumbnails lol truly makes me laugh most times

PLEASE react to all of them!

Finish the trilogy, and then definitely do Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World. It's amazing.

This was so much fun! I really enjoyed the full version on Patreon!

Always good to see y’all posting a new reaction

The first four are amazing, the fifth one's hit or miss.

Please watch the STAR TREK movies! 🖖

the Churchill thing was hysterical. Love the two of you. Keep up the good work!

23:24 That's tarring to make the wood more resistant against water, barnacles and whatever growths and dirt may ruin the wood. Basic maintenance

I’m with my father at his doctors appointment right now. He doesn’t know I’m now watching this right beside him, haha.

Simone and George were SO gleeful, watching the entrance and sword fight performed by Depp's Jack Sparrow, might I recommend they watch Charlie Chaplin in the movies: The Gold Rush, City Lights and The Kid.

I mashed thst subscribe button so hard back when I discovered you guys because your intros are hilarious and apart from the reactions I live for those funny ass intros keep it up you guys rock

My favorite gag is the dog with the keys. "You can try forever, the dog is never going to move" is a reference to the ride the movie is based on where a bunch of animatronic pirates are trying to coax the dog with the keys over, eternally, because the dog hasn't moved in 45 years since the ride opened.

These movies have so much charisma to them, which makes the film such a joy to watch. Really irritates me how Disney was so quick to sever ties with Johnny after the fake accusations from Amber Turd came about; despite nothing been proven at that point. I do truly hope Depp can overcome being blacklisted and make a good comeback.

I'd say the first 3 are a fun watch. After that... not so much.

Hey, I live in Sarasota, FL and just got out of the hurricane and this was one of the first things I saw when we got cell service back and it's a huge relief after what has been an utterly disastrous few days, so I just wanna say thank you for this!

I love your guys channel because you both are so sweet and funny. One of my favorite reaction channels by far. In addition y'alls thumbnails reign Supreme and it needed said 🤣

Johnny Depp is the heart and soul of this franchise, without him it will just be a simple boring pirate movie.

18:55 "Would that DO anything?" It would, if aimed specially for the main decks. It would blast high-speed fragments which would do considerable damage to crew-persons, like an anti-personnel fragmentaton grenade. Against hull & wood structures, it would only fling splinters around (again damaging crew), and lightly damage sails.

As below - always liked how they worked images from the ride into the movie - the ship bombarding the town, the jail dog with the keys, the skeletons, skeleton drinking wine, the pile of treasure, etc.

i had to sneeze but could not i didnt know why then i subscribe and i can sneez again thank u simone & george, for this gift

Saw this in theatres back in 2003 and was one of the first DVDs I ever got for Christmas that year

Just started the video, but I need to comment on that thumbnail! I laughed so hard! Looks amazing 😂😂

I'm so glad all the reactors are hopping on the Pirate train!!

Yass I was waiting for you guys to react pirates 😍💖🤩

Fun fact, at the end of the movie when captain jack said bring me the horizon is what inspired the name for the band bring me the horizon.

You guys got me actin up with that thumbnail

it's true, y'all. I couldn't finish a sneeze but then I subscribed and poof, like magic!

yassss i love this franchise so much tbh, everything is perfectly on point

I love the fact that the coffee mug was larger than your face! Love your reactions btw!

31:54 "Perhaps the real piracy are the friends we made along the way." Ah...Limewire.

You guys have a pretty good dynamic, keep it up!

Yes,the use of any metal object fired from a cannon was commonplace if you ran out of cannon shot the practice was called scattershot

Fun fact, Barbossa is based off the actual Turkish corsair Barbossa that dominated the seas and caused issues for many country's navy's and trade routes. The Ottoman Empire hired the man to be their admiral. He ended up dying comfortably, retired in his own palace. It was said that he was "the greatest pirate that has ever lived, and one of the cleverest tacticians and strategists the Mediterranean ever bore on its waters" and that "his death was received by Christian Europe with a sigh of the greatest relief."

can't go the rest of my life without being able to sneeze. you got my sub.

Fun fact! The actress who plays the female pirate on Jack’s crew is Zoe Saldana, more recently seen as Gamora in the MCU.

When I saw this in the theater I was skeptical about a movie based on a Disney World ride, but I was very pleasantly surprised. Barbosa is my favorite character, as much fun as Jack Sparrow is, because Barbosa is just so well done. I feel like it is necessary to watch the first 3, because they tie up a whole story.

Geoffrey Rush had almost as much fun playing Barbossa as he did playing Casanova Frankenstein in Mystery Men.

Oh..you guys got me. I totally hadn't subscribed yet, even though I thought I had. Man..no wonder I couldn't finish my sneezes, it all makes sense now!

Ok, Simone’s pirate talk convinced me to subscribe! 😂

LoL as soon as I heard the lazy town reference, I had to give this a like. "Do what you want cuz a pirate is free, you are a pirate!"

Fun fact in the American Revolution War they resorted to gathering cutlery from peoples homes to load in cannons and yes... It does stuff lol.

So the thing about corsets is that the infamous "chokes the wearer" was a very brief period in fashion history, and for most of their existence corsets have actually been quite easy to wear and move in. Contrary to popular belief, most people don't want to die for fashion.

Great choice, great video! BTW love you shirt, George!

the effects in this movie are still so good.