"Swashbuckling"

Is there no OTHER word to describe adventure-crazy pirates? I've been hearing/watching a LOT of reviews of the Pirates of the Caribbean 2 (and I mean, a LOT), and I've come across that word at least 4 times per review!!

Like come on, find another word to describe pirates..swashbuckling, swashbuckling, swashbuckling, swashbucckllinngggg, bleugh.

And for those who watched the movie, could anyone tell me what was the POINT of going to that cannibal-filled island?? It was funny and all (perhaps the funniest part of the movie), but whhhyyyy, pray tell...i think it was just to feature Johnny Depp..stoopid Orlando Bloom kept popping up everywhere else in the damn movie. And don't get me started on Keira Knightly..double-bleugh