> What is it about this movie that I love so much?
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> From the very first scene with Johnny Depp when he makes that unforgettable entry onto the dock, to the wonderful retro-swashbuckling-sword-fights, to the extremely cool special effects, I found little, if anything, to dislike about the movie. I love the layers of story that appeal to both my seven-year-old and me, the humour, and the outrageous exaggeration of everything: the British are so British, the heroine so spunky, the pirates so greedy, the drama so over-the-top.
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> Understand, I'm *not* a "cinephile." I see two or three movies a year, usually with my children. I saw this movie once, and immediately bought it. I can (and do) watch it over and over. There are parts of it I know by heart.
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> I'm troubled: Disney is not my favourite place to go for really quality film-making. The whole premise of the film is ridiculous: making a movie based on an amusement park ride? I don't know what it is, but I really do love it - and Captain Jack Sparrow is the most refreshing, interesting, involving, and entertaining character I've seen in a long time. Maybe it's the whole Johnny Depp effect. I've rarely seen a movie with him in it that I don't enjoy.
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> te "You best start believing in ghost stories Miss Turner. You're in one!" ach

I have GOT to see that movie! Depp first impressed me in "Edward Scissorhands."

Is it a parody?

I think throngs of people missed the parody in the first Star Wars. Everything in it had been done before in countless Saturday westerns, but most of the audiences were too young to pick up on it.
Howard