But the violence in Pirates offended me because it was so gratuitous. And by gratuitous I mean it was completely unnecessary. The multiple hangings in the open including the hanging of a young boy, a man breaking off his frost-bitten toe as a joke, dropping a canon on someone just to get a “ohh that must hurt” chuckle, and British sailors dying violent deaths because of their greedy commander—all these things could have been left out and not been missed. What annoys me is that because it’s a Disney film, the filmmakers seem to think they can do anything and not suffer any reprimands from the MPAA ratings board. After all, who would dare to say that Disney went too far in the violence department. Yet for a film that purports to be for everyone including young kids, I think it displays poor taste.