Story
In Order to Save the life of the girl he loves, a young blacksmith must form an alliance with a rogue pirate and battle a ghostly group of villainous pirates!
Video
Presented in Anamorphic Widescreen (2:35.1) only! no Foolscreen! yay!
To me the print look flawless, I didnt notice grain nor any other film artefact. so I think everyone should be happy with the transfer.
Audio
Presented in Dolby Digital 5.1 and 5.1 DTS (will review DTS track soon) and French 5.1 Dolby Digital. Very active mix! i love it! now i will have to try the DTS! hehehe
Bonus Features
Disc 1
While i havent hear the Audio Commentaries we get 3:
1) Johnny Depp & Gore Verbinski
2) Jerry Bruckheimer, Keira Knightley & Jack Davenport-This one is so nice! I love Keira!
3) Ted Elliott & Terry Rossio and Stuart Beattie and Jay Wolpert
While i havent listened to any im sure they have alot of fun stuff in it! there's so much in this set that I couldnt watch it all! im so tired lol
Sneak Peeks
This is where it gets awesome!
We get trailers from
Hidalgo
Lion King 1 1.2 (all new trailer with all new animation!)
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and the rest is not important
DVD-Rom
we have
Script Scanner.- See how the screenwriters vision was transformed from words into moving pictures as you read the script and watch the film side by side.
and
Storyboard Viewer.- The storyboard is the director's blueprint. With this feature, you can watch the film and look at the original storyboards side by side!
This two features are only accessable to those with DVD-Rom drives in their PCs, You will need to install the interactual player that comes with the disc. while i dont like nor care to install interactual I have no idea how this look but i will try to see it to let you guys that dont have DVD-Rom if it's worth getting one! hehe
Disc 2
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An Epic at Sea
This is a set of 8 featurettes into the making of the film you can watch them all together with the "Play All" option or just play them individual
-The Actors
-Locations
-Production Design
-The Ships
-Makeup & Wardrove
-Stunts & Swords
-Visual Effects
-The Premiere
all together it runs 37 min and 55 secs! is that a Disney running time record or what?
while this piece is not as long it has very in depth material it should keep everyone happy unless you want more........ lol <img src="http://ultimatedisney.netfirms.com/images/Pirates2.jpg"> <img src="http://ultimatedisney.netfirms.com/images/Pirates3.JPG">
Fly on the Set
This is basicly the same thing as Epic of the Sea, 5 featurettes together showing the shooting at each of the sets in the movie, you can watch them all together with the nice "Play All" or watch them individually. we get:
-Town Attack
-Blacksmith Shop
-Tortuga
-The Cave
-Jack's Hanging
All together this runs 20 mins and 49 secs. very neat to see how they shot some of this scenes.
Diaries
This is composed of 3 featurettes with snapshoots and intervies from director and cast. this doesnt contain play all it contains
-Producer's Photo Diary
-Diary of a Pirate
-Diary of a Ship
This is very insightful like every featurette in this Disc again more behind the scenes! non of them exceed 11 min.
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Below Deck
This two featurettes are more like DIsneyclopedia on previous DVDs we get two
-Explorer Mode
-A Prisoner's last tale tour mode
Both of this are interactive history of Pirates! very awesome features!
Blooper Reel
presented in letterboxed WS 4:3. It runs 3 min and 10 secs. Semi amusing.........
Deleted Scenes
Here we get 19 deleted scenes! here's where the "play all" will come in handing! so sit back and enjoy! MMBoy Recommended
Moonlight Serenade -Scene Progression-
It basicly let us see how this scene was accomplished and put together! it's very interesting how how they blend the CGI and the Live Action! it runs 6 min and 34 secs.
Image Galleries
Includes Galleries for Storyboards, concept art, production, publicity and more!
Pirates in the Parks
this is where we go back in time and have walt tell us about this ride!
we get the snipplet from the Wonderful world of color while the show is not in is entirety it's still a nice vintage addition to this set.
we also get the trailer for the DVD-Rom material!
and last but not least the DVD-Rom for this disc is as follows
-"Moonlight becomes ye" effects studio.- you can create CGI pirates!
-Disneyland Pirates Virtual Reality views.- take a tour of the ride in this viewer!
-"Dead men tell no tales".- featurette with disney imagineers and original designers and look back at how the famous attaction came to be!
-Pirates of the Carribbean attraction image gallery.-also self explanatory
and that's all we get! the case comes in a slip case like finding nemo and a 4 page booklet that opens us to reveal a map for both discs with cool art in the front page! This a must have DVD! the features are excellent and so is the movie! i will try to send luke some snaps! so i hope you enjoyed! any question please don't hesitate to ask!
? She's the only reason I want to see Love Actually, the only reason I liked Bend it Like Beckham, and she's also a major reason why I love Princess of Thieves and Pirates!
Is there anything relating to 2004 special editions (Pocahontas, Alice, Lilo Stich)?? Also anything to do with Sing-along songs?? Like maybe the Princesses sing along songs dvd that is supposed to be coming out soon? Thanks 
