When you marooned me on that god forsaken spit of land, you forgot one very important thing, mate: I'm Captain Jack Sparrow
No 371 - Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl Director - Gore Verbinski It is a brave move to base a film on a funfair ride. It is not the most common of occurrences , I can only think of one other attempt. So thank goodness that this ended up much better than The Haunted Mansion . But where Disney's ghost train had a plot of sorts (a tragic tale of possession on a wedding night) Pirates of the Caribbean didn't. It was a series of tableaux ... showing Pirate towns and battles and the weird skeletal shipwreck. POTC took elements of those visuals and made a really interesting story. Keeping enough little nods (the dog with keys , the skeleton pirates and the excellent jaunty song ) to merit the film's link to the ride without forcing a structure which doesn't work The story is wonderful, set in the 17 th (or maybe early 18 th ) century as the cliches of piracy are shown. After all these are proper grimacing rum swilling pirates who go out and kidnap g...