“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. It’s worth seeing despite the totally silly ending/epilogue. I found the special effects a bit intrusive and the ghost story neither scary nor satisfying, but it works for the kids. Worth watching again just to watch Depp work. He is very special (although its become quite trite as the series developed and its on reruns endlessly on TV.)