1st watch 2/18/2007 4 out of 10 ( dir leon leonard ) represent fair adventure movie base on a novel by the author of moby dick fame and herman melville . this movie be about the captain of a ship who have steal the eye ( that be extremely rare black pearl ) from a native tribe god sculpture and hide them somewhere that only he know about before leave the island of tivi . he get very sick and be on a secret voyage to go back to the island to retrieve the pearl for himself while others ( like his daughter ) think that he be go back to be treat by the local medicine man . others do not know the reason for the voyage . a stowaway actually know the real reason for the trip to return the eye to their god . the silly part be that the pearl be hide very close to the statue and all this time the native run their tribe without their god have eye ( cause them all kind of problem ) . along the way and we be treat ( for some reason ) to a short underwater nature show with an electric eel fight a local octopus ( i guess only herman melville know what this be all about ) . once they get to the island and the captain dy but pass the whereabouts of the pearl to his daughter but she also get the sickness curse as well . one of the bad guy find out where the god be house and convince the daughter to go there and steal back the pearl but at this point the good guy find out what go on and a fight ensues . i would not tell you the result of the fight or the end and i will leave that up to you to find out if you want . a i say earlier and the movie be ok and but some very silly thing that i have already mention lessen it impact . i wonder if that new pirate of the caribbean get some of it plot from this one hmm black pearl and a curse ( i wonder ) well and it doesn not matter and those element do not make for a very good movie in this case or the other . it seem they would learn theyre lesson and but with the money roll in on that new movie i be sure they would not . oh well .