I wrote a piece eons ago about big-budget porn, hinging on the porn "Pirates" (not a parody), and basically pointed out how many of the "PotC" beats (har) it more or less got down, from the FX to the script to the acting, all on a pittance (relative to H'Wood though huge for porn). It was less about the ambition of the adult industry and more about the laziness of Hollywood.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 4 August 2014 22:47 (nine years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Tuesday, 5 August 2014 00:01 (nine years ago) link
The best pirate movie of the recent years is Treasure Planet, which didn't really deserve to be a flop.
― Tuomas, Tuesday, 5 August 2014 09:17 (nine years ago) link
The Aardman / Defoe Pirates is magnificent, I'd see it 2 or 3 more times at the cinema just to look at different parts of the screen each time and look for characters and gags crammed in, if I could
I once saw a quote from Keira Knightly saying she and her co-stars thought the film was "shit" and that they were doing it purely for money. I wonder if it was real.
I once listened to the Knightley / Miles Out Of This Life commentary on the first PotC and subsequently imagine Davenport could have that opinion, but doubt Knightley has the self-awareness
― boney tassel (sic), Tuesday, 5 August 2014 14:40 (nine years ago) link
I should have my kids see that. I think I saw an early screening of it eons ago, and don't recall it being terrible. Do kids read "Treasure Island" anymore?
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 5 August 2014 14:41 (nine years ago) link
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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/88/Captain_Blood.jpeg/220px-Captain_Blood.jpeg
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 5 August 2014 14:59 (nine years ago) link
Cool, I see Rathbone is in Captain Blood too.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Tuesday, 5 August 2014 16:11 (nine years ago) link
Used to love The Crimson Pirate when I was a kid.
― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Tuesday, 5 August 2014 17:04 (nine years ago) link
My fave Pirate movie:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZyWlcPt2IY
― sʌxihɔːl (Ward Fowler), Tuesday, 5 August 2014 17:11 (nine years ago) link
caught most of sleepy hollow last night, the last burton i have real fondness for. seems unfairly slighted, i've seen it grouped in passing w/ truly terrible burton like wonka or alice. i'm not sure if it's due to the somewhat poor script or it being the moment ppl realized christina ricci isn't much of an actress, but it looks fantastic, there's a fun embrace of darkness and gore, and there are enough moments that feel like it was made by the same guy who did pee wee's big adventure and beetlejuice. depp is alright in it, he lapses into cute mannerisms but there's some actual acting as well. i'd take it over anything listed above as well as pirates.
― balls, Tuesday, 5 August 2014 18:13 (nine years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Wednesday, 6 August 2014 00:01 (nine years ago) link
only two with no votes!
― da croupier, Wednesday, 6 August 2014 00:36 (nine years ago) link
The best film probably won, though I guess you can't really credit it's greatness to Depp. (He is good in it, though.)
― Tuomas, Wednesday, 6 August 2014 06:36 (nine years ago) link
caught most of sleepy hollow last night, the last burton i have real fondness for. seems unfairly slighted, ...but it looks fantastic, there's a fun embrace of darkness and gore, and there are enough moments that feel like it was made by the same guy who did pee wee's big adventure and beetlejuice. ...i'd take it over anything listed above as well as pirates.
― balls, Tuesday, August 5, 2014 11:13 AM (12 hours ago)
otm. easily burton's best looking film, w/ much of the credit likely due to emmanuel lubezki.
― Adding ease. Adding wonder. Adding (contenderizer), Wednesday, 6 August 2014 07:06 (nine years ago) link
"Transcendence" is the worst movie I've seen in a while, simultaneously super-dumb and super-self-important. Not even fun, just a glum lump of a movie with terrible acting from Depp and Rebecca Hall.
― Immediate Follower (NA), Monday, 8 September 2014 17:37 (nine years ago) link
Looks like nothing new but well done:
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movie/black-mass/review/820013
― half the staying power of Erasure (Eazy), Sunday, 6 September 2015 15:43 (eight years ago) link
Wasn't keen on Out Of The Furnace but at least there are no Afflecks in this one. Kind of looking forward to it, but have been disappointed by recent critically acclaimed Boston Crime movies, they don't make 'em like Eddie Coyle any more!
― xelab, Sunday, 6 September 2015 16:29 (eight years ago) link
Aint that the truth, love that movie
― Οὖτις, Sunday, 6 September 2015 16:35 (eight years ago) link