Removing the VFX From Pirates of the Caribbean Movies

There are films that just by their very nature, require visual effects, it would be impossible to make them otherwise! Sci-fi movies, monster movies, and of course, every single Marvel movie ever made!

But whereas Marvel films are criticized for overusing VFX, movies like The Pirates Of The Caribbean aren't, even though they too, used VFX in almost every shot.
In this video, we explore some of the detail that went into the VFX of the Pirates of the Caribbean movies.
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[dead_ones]

I still think the pirates movies did one of the best jobs at CGI and VFX I’ve ever seen. Every time I watch them I’m always blown away. They were way ahead of their time!

[lauris]

Pirates of the carribean even today looks better than most of the 2022 cgi movies... Avatar and Pirates are really ahead of their time.

[edvinparmeza]

Imagine that the first three movies of Pirates were made in the 2000s and their effects stand superior even compared to movies made in 2010s and 2020s

[jasonchilado]

The original pirates trilogy had the perfect balance of practical effects and CGI.

[brezzainvernale]

A great applause not only to the special effects creators, but also to the actors: They have to imagine it all in their head in order to act right

[elliot]

I've recently been rewatching Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy and how well the special effects hold up is astounding. It goes to show what actually giving VFX artists time and money can do, unlike so many Disney (especially Marvel) movies these days don't do, thus resulting in the inferior to very bad VFX.

[Invcvs]

The fact that Depp makes us believe all this is actually real, is full testament to his talent and dedication.

[STICKMAN]

I actually never noticed the amount of CGI used in these films, and I've developed a new appreciation for how good of a job the Pirates franchise has done.

[Grrk_Jr]

Thing about the Pirates movies, the first 3 at least. Had extreme amounts of practical effects, even going to the Caribbean, building whole ships and damaging them when no one was on them to give reference when cgi. Marvel will now just build houses and backgrounds out of CG when these places exist and are filmable or sets are buildable

[anshwaghela]

Pirates of the Carribbean is the best series ever made, the Storyline, Actors, CGI and VFX team, the Villains, Direction and ofcourse Captain Jack Sparrow

[momentomori]

"I'm dead ... that's it I won't be at 6" What a prediction!

[SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

Who knew that a movie based off a theme park ride would lead to such a mighty successful franchise? Kudos to Disney for managing to pull it off. It's a shame Disney won't open a park in my nation no matter how much I beg for it

[natanaelsa]

I can't believe there was no one on the ship in the scene where it was being destroyed, the movement of the crew in the background was so realistic with the explosion effects that I couldn't imagining that they weren't really there.

[Z_US]

It's also insane that the first few movies came out so long ago but the CGI and VFX effects still look up to date and I don't recall anyone ever being able to point out any discrepancy in them which is absolutely insane.
When you see Davy Jones for the first time you can easily think the movie was made in 2021 by how incredibly good he looks (and everyone else included)

[chasehedges]

The first 3 POTC films are pretty awesome

[karyllemaetaborada]

Removing the VFX and the CGI would make the franchise fail, but removing Johnny Depp makes it more failure.

[kylejonesUB]

Just WOW. The behind the scenes artists really deserve more time in the limelight.

[CAPEDCRUSADER]

I think one of the big reasons, Pirates of the Caribbean CGI and even Star Wars CGI looks so good, is they're not pumping out so many projects per year like marvel. Sometimes they take yearly breaks for Star Wars or they release fewer shows than Marvel, and Pirates movies come out every few years which is not as often as Marvel, who makes a new film that will release almost every 3 to 4 months a year.

[bingbong]

Damn that last line from Johnny hurts now don’t it. No one else will ever be my Captain Jack Sparrow

[murthadao]

I watched all the POTC multiple times with close attention, in order to pick out errors to no avail! The film really succeeded in using best of the creative talents then without mincing finances. My respects to the writers, directors, artists/FVX, costumers, actors, engineers, technologies they made the fable a breathing reality.