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Any improvements here are slight at best. Sporting a not-so-sea fresh 2.35:1 HDR10 transfer, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl barely avoids Davy Jones’ locker for its 4K Ultra HD debut.

#Pirates of the caribbean curse of the black pearl 1080p

Note: We weren't able to rip the 4K disc ahead of publishing, all images are sourced from the included 1080p Blu-ray. The 4K disc loads to Disney’s standard menu of skipping directly to the feature film or going to an animated main menu with standard navigation options.

The discs are housed in a standard sturdy black case with identical slipcover artwork. The second bonus features disc from 2007 has not been included in this set. The 4K disc is pressed on a BD-66 disc, the 1080p Blu-ray is the exact same feature film disc from the original two-disc Blu-ray set from 2007. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl plunders 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray booty in a two-disc 4K UHD + Blu-ray + digital set from Disney. Vital Disc Stats: The 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray

#Pirates of the caribbean curse of the black pearl series

After watching this series entirely too often when they first came to DVD and Blu-ray, I hadn’t seen it in years and am happy to see that Curse of the Black Pearl still holds up nearly 20 years later. The special effects - particularly the cursed pirates - are still damned impressive and very cool. Depp’s Jack Sparrow is still a charming inebriated fellow, with Geoffrey Rush delivering an excellent cursed-villain counterpart. The great action set pieces are still thrilling. While I don’t particularly care for the bloated and often tiresome sequels, this first film still holds up.

#Pirates of the caribbean curse of the black pearl movie

It’s also rather weird that this was the movie that more or less made audiences take Johnny Depp seriously as a character actor after delivering great performances since the 80s. While I may hold Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World in much higher regard, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl was a hugely entertaining thrill ride.

Even more miraculous, The Curse of the Black Pearl is one of the few recent high-concept Hollywood insta-blockbusters that saw both critical and commercial love in equal measure - the reviews were almost as good as the grosses.”įor my part, 2003 was a hell of a fun year for period naval adventure films. The Curse of the Black Pearl ended up reaping over $500 million in worldwide booty (the follow-up Dead Man's Chest made even more), and Bloom, Knightley and especially Depp are now household names. Now here we are, only a few days away from the premiere of the film's second sequel (and purported trilogy-capper) At World's End, and Pirates of the Caribbean has earned its place as one of the biggest phenomenons in recent cinema history. Indeed, Pirates of the Caribbean seemed like a recipe for disaster. How do you turn a cheesy, '50s-era boat ride into a blockbuster movie franchise? What's more, aside from Johnny Depp (who was not yet the Oscar-nominated box office draw he is today), there were no other A-list stars in the cast, only relatively unknown British actors with funny names like Keira Knightley and Orlando Bloom. When it was first announced that Disney was turning its beloved theme park attraction into a motion picture, it was met with plenty of skepticism.

“It may be hard to fathom in retrospect, but Pirates of the Caribbean was never supposed to happen.