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• Captain Blood directed by Michael Curtiz (1935)

  [6/10]

  "Captain Blood moves quickly, has fairly decent sea-battle effects for its time, and keeps you interested with its witty dialog and dry humor."

• Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World directed by Peter Weir (2003)

  [9/10]

  "Master and Commander excels at presenting a picture of life on a nineteenth century naval vessel: close quarters, dirty living conditions, and a high likelihood of receiving severe wounds or dying."

• Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest directed by Gore Verbinski (2006)

  [6/10]

  "If you want action and don't care much about plot or character development, then see Dead Man's Chest. If you like your action movies to have some purpose behind the action, then you will probably find this movie runs a bit long -- like I did."

• Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl directed by Gore Verbinski (2003)

  [8/10]

  "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl provides a fresh, funny adventure story that you can watch over and over."

• Poseidon Adventure, The directed by Ronald Neame (1972)

  [7/10]

  "Classic disaster fare with good character development and some interesting religious philosophy thrown into the mix."

• Voyage of the Dawn Treader, The by C. S. Lewis (1952)

  [8/10]

  "Lewis continues his Christian allegory with examinations of greed, honor, and free choice."

  Average score: 7.33