Movie: Blacksmith Will Turner (Orlando Bloom) wants to marry the governor’s daughter (Keira Knightley). But that’s not as easy as it sounds: Firstly, she’s already promised herself to another man; secondly, she’s been kidnapped by pirates! Together with loopy Captain Jack Sparrow (a brilliant Johnny Depp), Turner sets off in pursuit of the captors ...

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A masterpiece!

Movie Details:

Blu-ray: Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

Length: 143 minutes

Genre: Action-adventure, fantasy

Studio: Disney

Cast: Johnny Depp, Keira Knightley, Orlando Bloom

Director: Gore Verbinski

Rating: 12 (U.K.), PG-13 (USA), FSK 12 (Germany)

Released: 2007

Picture Format: 2.35:1

Soundtracks: Dolby Digital 5.1, PCM 5.1 (English); Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1 (German)

PICTURE QUALITY:
First rate! "The Curse of the Black Pearl" looks extremely sharp and vivid, and used no electronic tricks to achieve this — it’s one of the best pictures we’ve ever seen!

(10 out of 10 points)

SOUND QUALITY:
Excellent — we particularly enjoyed the background music and rich bass, but the effects don’t sound quite as impressive as in the two sequels.

(9 out of 10 points)

BONUS MATERIAL:
Not as extensive as we’d hoped: You do at least get an almost 80-minute-long feature on the film’s production, a half-hour piece on the film’s references to history, and an exclusive ‘trivia track’. Unfortunately, however, the three audio commentaries from the double-DVD version didn’t make it onto this Blu-ray release.

(6 out of 10 points)

Note: This Blu-ray made it into our list of the 43 best Blu-rays ever.