“Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl,” December 31/January 1 2003/4, video. We all really liked this silly pirate/ghost story/costume drama. Johnny Depp is wonderful, inspired actually, as pirate captain Jack Sparrow, Geoffrey Rush works well as his nemesis, the captain of the ghost ship. The romantic characters are ok….
Month: December 2003
Holes
“Holes,” December 17, 2003 (2003), video. We really liked this kid’s movie based on the very popular novel of the same name. A young boy, Stanley Yelnats IV, gets sent off to reform-camp run by a horror show of a warden (Sigourney Weaver) and a chief guard (Jon Voight) because his family is…
Looney Toons:. Back in Action
“Looney Toons: Back in Action,” December 15, 2003 (2003), theater. We liked the cartoon characters in this fast paced piece with Brendan Frasier and Jenna Elfman as the human straight men. Steve Martin is terribly over the top and not effective. Not my favorite toon/human mix. See “Roger Rabbit” again for a really good…