Is it just me, or did blockbusters peak with Pirates of the Caribbean?
A Total Film writer on why The Black Pearl still offers the ultimate ride...
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In the summer of 2003, director Gore Verbinski released his, uh, theme-park-ride tie-in,Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. With the box-office shipwreck that was Cutthroat Island (1995) still fresh in the memory, expectations were modest. A live-actionDisneyfilm based on a park ride? That didn’t exactly work out for Tower of Terror (1997) or The Country Bears (2002).
Meanwhile, sympathetic stars Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley made an endearingly earnest …
