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Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl [Blu-ray]x$15.79
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Disney Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl (Blu-ray)
From producer Jerry Bruckheimer("Pearl Harbor") comes "Pirates Of The Caribbean:The Curse Of The Black Pearl," the thrilling high-seas adventure with a mysterious twist. The roguish yet charming Captain Jack Sparrow's (Academy Award(R) Nominee Johnny Depp) idyllic pirate life capsizes after his nemesis, the wily Captain Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush), steals his ship, the Black Pearl, and later attacks the town of Port Royal, kidnapping the governor's beautiful daughter Elizabeth (Keira Knightley). In a gallant attempt to rescue her and recapture the Black Pearl, Elizabeth's childhood friend Will Turner (Orlando Bloom) joins forces with Jack. What Will doesn't know is that a cursed treasure has doomed Barbossa and his crew tolive forever as the undead. Rich in suspense-filled adventure, sword-clashing action, mystery, humor, unforgettable characters, and never-before-seenspecial effects, "Pirates" is a must-have epic onthe grandest scale ever.
You won't need a bottle of rum to enjoy Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, especially if you've experienced the Disneyland theme-park ride that inspired it. There's a galleon's worth of fun in watching Johnny Depp's androgynous performance as Captain Jack Sparrow, a roguish pirate who could pass for the illegitimate spawn of rockers Keith Richards and Chrissie Hynde. Depp gets all the good lines and steals the show, recruiting Orlando Bloom (a blacksmith and expert swordsman) and Keira Knightley (a lovely governor's daughter) on an adventurous quest to recapture the notorious Black Pearl, a ghost ship commandeered by Jack's nemesis Capt. Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush), a mutineer desperate to reverse the curse that left him and his (literally) skeleton crew in a state of eternal, undead damnation. Director Gore Verbinski (The Ring) repeats the redundant mayhem that marred his debut film Mouse Hunt, but with the writers of Shrek he's made Pirates into a special-effects thrill-ride that plays like a Halloween party on the open seas. Aye, matey, we've come a long way since Jason and the Argonauts! --Jeff Shannon
MPN: 72479 - UPC: 786936724790
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The new Blu-ray benchmark
By A10G4BPT5MGBHY on 2007-05-21
Whether you're new to Blu-ray DVDs or already have quite a collection, this one is a must-buy. Simply put, it has the best video and audio of any Blu-ray title released to date. With its mix of bright and dark scenes, its boatload of special effects and its rollicking layered soundtrack, "Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl" is a perfect showcase for Blu-ray technology, and Disney has taken full advantage of it.
VIDEO
Though its contrast is sharp and bold, the near-perfect digital transfer reveals hitherto-unseen details and textures throughout its range. In nearly every scene there seems to be something new -- from the lace on young Elizabeth's dress, to the braids that hold the beads in the beard of Captain Jack, to the rotting, clinging skin on the pirates' moonlit skulls.
The colors, always good, are now simply great. Pure and vivid, they show off every brilliant yellow and orange in the film's Caribbean days; every spooky blue in its moonlight nights. Flesh tones couldn't be better.
The transfer has no grain, even in the darkest scenes, and there are no compression artifacts, so even the largest patch of color stays one solid hue. This, in turn, reveals even more minute detail. Have you ever noticed that the redhead's curls match the pattern on her dress? Or that the skeleton monkey has mangy fur? I hadn't, until now.
AUDIO
As you would guess, the uncompressed 5.1 soundtrack delivers amazing audio quality, with great imaging between its channels for a full 360-degree field of sound. But what's really cool is, again, all the detail. There's just so much sound here. You hear the wooden ships creak and moan as they sail. You hear individual instruments in the score. You can even make out every word -- well, most every word -- of Captain Jack's often slurred, sun-baked mumble.
BONUS FEATURES
The two-disc set contains all the low-res bonuses of the earlier standard release, as well as a nifty new one. Activate "Scoundrels at Sea" and, as you watch the movie, a prompt pops up every few minutes that lets you view a short clip about pirate history. You can skip it, watch it immediately, or build up a library of clips to view at the film's end.
To sum up, this is the best Blu-ray title out there. It's a great way to experience that big-bucks home theater system, and a treasure trove of entertainment fun.
Top notch looking and sounding Blu-ray lives up to the potential of the format but you may need a firmware upgrade
By AQP1VPK16SVWM on 2007-05-26
Featuring a terrific looking transfer, the Blu-ray of "Pirates" looks darn near perfect. Colors are bold and accurate and this has one of the most film-like looks I've seen. All of the original extras have been ported over as well as a new one that is interactive where you can access bits of pirate lore and history as you watch the film.
You've probably already seen the film in its previous DVD incarnation so hopefully you know the plot already. The format itself wouldn't matter if this was a bad transfer (witness some of the SACD or DVD-A releases that actually didn't sound as good as the original vinyl albums or CDs and you'll have an idea as to how badly this could have turned out)luckily Disney has taken great pains to try and capture the depth, texture and warmth of the original film itself. While it isn't as big a difference as comparing a DVD to a VHS, it is a marked step up from the previous DVD release. While the DVD looked extremely good, the accuracy at capturing the detail here leaves the original DVD in the dust.
Disney has taken a huge step forward with this Blu-ray and the companion sequel to "Pirates" also released at the same time. You may want to make sure that your firmware is up to date, though, as I've heard reports of folks having some issues with some of their players if they haven't updated it recently. If you're just now taking the plunge into Blu-ray I would make this disc one of the first that you purchase as it allows the format to show its potential.
Blu-Ray Bliss
By A120DE65Y5X1BH on 2007-05-25
Disney's Pirates Blu-Ray disks are probably the best HD video you can buy. I bought both of the movies on Blu-Ray and found that they look better than any other Blu-Ray disk in my collection. These movies are beautiful. The audio quality is top notch and have tons of special features and behind the scenes footage. If you have a Blu-Ray player you have to buy these... I am very impressed with Disney Blu-Ray.
A Video And Audio Orgasm Of Goodness!
By A1DV21D4P7G796 on 2007-05-26
What else can I say? The topic says it all. Disney does it right with this Blu-Ray release. The picture is AMAZING, the sound is INCREDIBLE, the tons of BONUS features ABOUND!
If your waiting to see who wins this war - you are missing out. Get a Blu-Ray player, buy these discs and hold on to your senses! HD-DVD can't even come close!
Thank you Amazon for a super fast delivery. Thank you Disney for DOING IT RIGHT! Maybe other studios can learn from you! Thank you BD Consortium for an EPIC format!
Now, I must go watch this again!
Best HD movie i've seen!
By A2GN82I592BUD6 on 2007-05-27
Its the best HD movie i've seen... what have i compared it with?
Blu-Ray:
Superman Returns
Ice Age 2 Meltdown
The Prestige
Fifth element
silent hill
nacho libre
Xmen last stand
Crank
Happy Feet
Stranger than fiction
casino royale
atl
a night at the museum
rocky balboa
Just watched Pirates 3 today. So i can fairly say, Pirates 1 is by far the best of the trilogy. Not only is it the best of the 3, but the HD quality is at its best too.
i noticed no blemishes, no grains, no colors that were offset (even at dark scenes where those problems usually occur)... it was pretty flawless to me. Sound quality is great too! Besides animated movies, it's the best SHOW OFF HD MOVIE to show off to friends....
i've also seen King Kong HD DVD, which was also a great HD Movie... but i think Pirates 1 tops it.
its a MUST OWN Blu-Ray!
- Can the pirates get any better?
By A19N3S7CBSU6O7 on 2007-06-02
WOW! This release on Blu-Ray is the best of the best. This is so awesome, why doesn't HD-DVD have releveant titles like this? They keep releasing movies from the 90's on that format, while Blu-Ray releases relevant titles by the hords (including this title). What is there to say? Pick this one up, it's stunning in both video and autio. GET THIS TITLE, if you don't have Blu-Ray yet, get Blu-Ray and GET THIS TITLE!
- Buy the DVD version instead - until Disney re-release it.
By A1CHXBBL3OBTTR on 2007-09-08
Disney will be re-releasing this version as it contains 9 minutes of incorrectly framed footage. In this Blu-ray version people are being decapitated, and not by pirates! For those 9 minutes, the framing is about 12% lower than it should be.
The DVD version is framed 100% correctly - so buy that one until Disney issues a new Blu-ray release of this title.
- F/W Upgrade
By A10XTBAR7GYBCQ on 2007-05-24
These disks would not play on my the Samsung Blu-ray player without an upgrade to the Firmware. The February release available online at the Samsung site fixed the problem.
- I've seen Pirates for the first time...in HD!
By A3UTBRDK11XBYQ on 2007-05-24
Amazing quality. This blu ray edition really pushes both video and audio to the limit. Every scene is crisp through my hdmi output and it does make a difference from my regular dvds movies. Highly recommend this one!
- Misframed for 10 min
By A197ZFIXVM2YUS on 2007-09-03
About 9 or 10 min of this film is framed incorrectly. The sequence in question is the sword fight between Jack Sparrow and Will Turner in the blacksmith's shop. The image is shifted down so at some points the actors are actually delivering dialog with their heads cut off. I would avoid ordering this title until Disney issues a corrected version.
- Big framing problem on Blu-ray version
By A1QO7HLN7WBY3Z on 2007-08-30
Disney made some mistakes on the Blu-ray release and some scenes are misframed. The original film was shot using the Super 35 process (1.85:1) and cut to a 2:35:1 ratio for theaters and home release. Some scenes that required framing at the top of the film image were center cut instead, so heads are cut off, and there are numerous revealing mistakes such as exposed floorboards when they should be fighting on rafters 10 ft off the ground! I would wait for a corrected version.
- Buyer beware! Heads lopped off!
By A29IFODT9Z1WQN on 2007-09-05
There is a serious framing problem for 9 minutes of the movie, where the frame is lower than it should be. So you will be looking at groins and torsos instead of full faces.
- mis framed video
By AOVSA4VCHMGIO on 2007-09-27
For those of you who have seen the blu-ray version of this movie know how distracting the intense fight scenes are when you can't see the characters heads but for those who have not bought the movie I recommend not doing so because it is a waste of money. The movie is okay but I found the mis framed portions of the movie very distracting.
- Great Movie, ruined by bad transfer with framing
By AMZ3KO54YESWG on 2007-10-26
Pirates of the Caribbean Curse of the Black Pearl is really a great movie. On blu-ray, it's visually stunning (except in some dark areas where the skin color and shadows look a little grainy). I do not know what is wrong with the audio but it was very very soft and I had to crank up the sound. So sound-wise, I am dissapointed. Another thing that really annoyed me was the framing was totally off. I heard about this issue and thought Disney had fixed the issue. I jumped on this and the second one because of the Buy 1 Get 1 free. But as soon as I started watching it, parts of the heads were cut off in some scenes. It really annoyed me. Overall: Great video quality, soft audio, great story line, bad transfer. Hope Disney will fix the issue and exchange it.
- Disney Obviously Loves Blu-ray and So do I
By A3D2NYBUA8W3VY on 2007-06-11
Holy cow! What a release! Even for those like me who have seen this movie a dozen times, Disney found all kinds of new ways to make the movie fresh again.
First off:
Awesome Picture - one of the best I've seen on Blu-ray and I have at least 20 in my collection.
Awesome Sound - The foundation of my house was shaking!
Really cool special features! My favorite was the choice to have pirate facts pop up as you watched the film, and some of the facts could be banked so that at the end of the film, a documentary (that you have created by banking the facts you are interested in) plays. I mean, getting to custon make your own documentary? Only on Blu-ray my friends.
My family and I had a great time watching this film and I highly recomend it!
- Be Ready for Phenominal Sound!
By ABHA72EYWEKZC on 2007-04-07
Sound of Blu-ray DVD just amazing,
Get your home theater ready to Experience crystal beyond HD clarity home theater mix of "Pirates of the Caribbean"
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- Must Have on Blu-ray!
By A18V59JVR79CPL on 2007-06-27
I scooped up this and PoC:Dead Man's Chest right before PoC:At World's End was released in theaters and WOW! The movies look fantastic Johnny Depp is great as Capt. Jack with all the oddities. Geoffrey Rush is brilliant as Capt. Barbosa. Keira Knightley is just stunningly gorgeous 1080p.
As stated before this blows the dvd away.
Ignore the low rating given by the other reviewer and his "hectic weekend" get a firmware upgrade if you need it and buy the movie.
- Amazing picture and sound quality
By A5NRTZ5N0BYN9 on 2007-06-26
Even if you own this movie on DVD, sell it and get this blu-ray disc! If you need a firmware upgrade on you BD player, it's easy and free to download and install.
This is by far one of the finest HD transfers to date. Thank you Disney, and I can't wait untill the Pixar movies start to show up.
I don't understand the person that gave it a low star rating, your rating the MOVIE not your player.
- Awesome!
By A3H8SDBVHXHEZ5 on 2007-07-02
The last time I saw this was when it first came out on DVD. Bought the Blu-Ray and all I can say is Wow!
The clarity of the picture along with the Uncompressed Audio track, I now use this Movie to show off my Home Theatre!
- Great Movie, Incredible Picture Quality
By A2WCCQQTRZ0XTS on 2007-07-09
Blue Ray makes this movie look better at home than it did at the movies.
- Awesome in HD
By A2JOI5RYWZP6EX on 2007-07-18
In my opinion the Pirates series are already awesome movies but are a must see in HD.
- Outstanding in high def.
By A3KLDEKXJZNT13 on 2007-07-30
Just a whole new experience to watch again in high def. You'll catch yourself looking well beyond the faces of the actors into the sets, costumes and such. Just rich in detail.
- Poorly designed, doesn't allow pause and resume
By A3UP8E5QJIWJKX on 2007-08-05
The movie itself is great and looks great. The problem is, say you pause this for a few minutes and come back to it or turn off your player and want to watch from where you left off, well you can't without spending 5 minutes getting through about 500 previews and warnings. It's a long movie, and unless you plan to sit through the entire thing in one sitting, don't bother. No bathroom breaks either!
Disney has blown it with how they designed this disc. All my other Blu-rays work as they should. My DVD player 9 years ago picked up where movies left off after pausing or stopping.
- Good Blu-ray
By A1RJ7QZKBRQN1M on 2007-07-01
This is a pretty good movie to start the Pirates series. I did notice that this movie was a little grainier than the second part since I own both movies. So as far as the graphics go, it's not too bad, but still a bit grainy. The uncompressed sound is always amazing, and will really rock if you have a surround sound system. By far, it's a collectible movie...so it's in my books.
- Great Movie, Exellent picture
By A2NL8HSXD8PIPO on 2007-10-14
This is the best movie of all the pirates movies. It was my first blu-ray purchase and the picture quality compared to dvd is much better. Lots of details, beautiful colors that pop right of the screen.
Movie 9/10
Picture 10/10
Sound 9/10
- Good Movie! Good Picture Quility!
By A3MUA6BLT1B9MS on 2007-10-06
I got this movie free with purchasing PS3.
But the diec is more then I expect. Great stuff!
- it's why we watch movies
By A1OHY2ZD1PI8MX on 2007-10-25
First off-when I was told to shop for lcd's and plasma sets-make sure this was the movie to use for real picture quality
Second-it's a great movie to watch-I never get bored with it-just a great movie for effects-color-humor-period plot-and it was never scheduled to be anything else-just fun to watch
- Blown Away!!!
By A1FAAXAP21DY0F on 2007-12-03
I thought I knew what HD was...until viewing it in Blu-Ray (it's a whole new world in Blu-Ray). Viewing "Curse of the Black Pearl" in this format was like watching a new movie I had never seen before (even though I have seen it a 1/2 dozen times in HD!). :-)
- Non-stop entertainment
By A1HREFXVOJ071S on 2008-01-28
I watched this movie for the first time on Blu-Ray, with the kids, and despite being almost 2 and a half hours long we all sat through it and enjoyed practically every minute. The action is fun, scenery is incredible (this is probably one of the best Blu-Ray discs I have seen in terms of video quality), and jokes are funny for both young and not-so-young. I was pleasantly surprised because I expected this to be one of those over-hyped movies that your kids make you sit through, and it turned out to be a movie that I will watch again.
- Blu-ray like the Movies
By AFC3P1FIR8EG7 on 2008-02-08
I have this on DVD as well, the Blu-ray makes it worth watching even more. Just like being in the movies!
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