The pirate captain Black Stache (Christian Borle), a dyslexic prince of darkness, expertly fits the bill.

NEWYORKER: A Little Night Magic

As the deposed pirate captain Jack Sparrow, Johnny Depp does not so much walk as sashay into a scene, and he wears more eyeshadow than Tammy Faye Bakker.

NEWYORKER: Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

The film was written by videogame scribe Flint Dille (The Transformers: The Movie, Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay) from a story by Shinji Aramaki, Joseph Chou and Shigehito Kawada and produced by Joseph Chou (Appleseed Ex-Machina, Halo Legends, Space Pirate: Captain Harlock).

FORBES: Connect

It belonged to pirate William "Captain" Kidd and contains hidden clues and symbols.

CNN: Heather Kelly,

As Barbossa, the pirate who deposed Captain Jack, Geoffrey Rush eyeballs his victims and stretches out his syllables in the taunting manner of Robert Newton, who specialized in stump-legged scoundrels fifty years ago.

NEWYORKER: Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

Count me excited about a good pirate video game with Captain Edward Kenway at the helm.

FORBES: Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag: A Pirate's Life 4 Me

Kenway's the captain of a pirate vessel known as "The Jackdaw, " which promises a new twist in the AC series: open-world naval combat.

ENGADGET

The most "Stardust" supplies in this department is a hilarious Greek chorus made up of fallen heirs to the Stormhold throne, and Robert De Niro as the fierce captain of a flying pirate ship who's leading a double life.

WSJ: Film Review

Andrew Duncan, a graphic designer who cosplays as "Captain Drew, " a space pirate, said pirate personas offer fans a way to regain some control of their surroundings.

CNN: Real pirates don't say 'Aaaarrrr'