> July 9 - Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
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> Stephen predicts this will be the best movie based on a ride ever, which would mean, roughly, "Better than The Country Bears!" What I want to know is why this movie hasn't been done sooner. (Probably "Cutthroat Island" is the answer.) I love seafaring epics, especially if they have pirates in them. While normally I would not put a lot of confidence in a "we're out of ideas, but, oh, hey, here's a cash cow to milk" movie, I have to hand it to the folks in front of and behind the camera.
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> In front, we've got Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Orlando Bloom, and Jonathan Pryce. Three guys I like, and one guy who gets to prove if he can be anything but an elf. Behind the camera, we've got Gore Verbinski, whose filmography is, while perhaps not impressive, stylish. The authors of the screenplay are the team behind Aladdin, Shrek, and the Mask of Zorro. Ok, ok, also Godzilla and Treasure Planet, but no matter.

Orlando Bloom? I am *so* all over that one. As long as he has long blond hair. :-}