Pirates of the Carribean being welcomed warmly by critics! Arrgh mateys!

CTXRover

CTXRover

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To my surprise, Pirates of the Caribbean is getting virtually great reviews thus far. Of 24 reviews posted by established movie critics at www.rottentomatoes.com, 22 rate the movie as good. In their rating terms, a movie is either fresh (good) or rotten (bad). At this point, 92% of critics rate Pirates as fresh!! (Bare in mind, 100 more critic reviews will probably pop up within the next few days)

I thought this movie looked really good, but I figured critics would bash it as an adventure flick short on substance and copied from the theme park ride. On the contrary, critics are actually embracing it. Even going as far as to say it is the best movie of the summer and finally doing what the Hulk, T3, and even Charlie's Angels couldn't do...make an exciting, exhilarating, clever action/adventure movie filled with humor and "scary" images.

I'm very excited about this movie and will hopefully see it tomorrow when it opens!! Anyone else going?
 
MonorailBlack

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In addition, yesterday The Headline News (CNN) 24 Hours News network rated it a must see. The review dude said it is truly worth the while, "not just a bunch of drunk pirates chasing maidens in circles". Guess thats good. Sounds like a Disney Summer in terms of the Box Office.
 
CTXRover

CTXRover

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Update: Good reviews continue to pour in :)

As of early Wednesday, out of 46 reviews posted by "accredited movie critics", 40 rate Pirates as Fresh (good). That is 87% of all critics rating this movie as a good to excellent film. I can't wait to see it later today! :D
 
CTXRover

CTXRover

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Update: Reviews are piling up

The majority of critic reviews are now in and an amazing 80% of all critics believe this to be a good to excellent movie (at this point there are 75 positive reviews and 19 negative reviews). This makes it one of the best rated movies of the summer and I think the best rated among action movies released this summer(including the Matrix:Reloaded, which had 74% of all reviews being positive). Yet, I should warn that 20 or so more reviews could be expected, so the percent of favorable reviews could shift up or down.

I got to give the critics a hand, usually I tend to love movies they hate and hate movies they love, but on this movie I've got to agree. Its really a great movie. I give it 3 3/4 stars out of four, since there is always room for improvement ;)
 

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