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the_dala at 04:03pm on 12/12/2006
the_dala at 04:03pm on 12/12/2006OMG you guys. I'm on to "Cutthroat Island," which in case you didn't realize (I didn't), is in the Guinness Book of Records as the worst bomb ever. Seriously. It was made for close to $100 million, and it brough in $10 million at the box office.
It is so, so, SO bad. In many ways it's like CoBP, except TOTALLY STUPID and AWFUL. You should rent it immediately.
This is going to be fun ::rubs hands together::
ETA:: *maniacal laughter* I keep trying to describe how awful it is, but there are just No. Words.
Okay, a few: the monkey is named King Charles and Random Black Pirate (he doesn't have a name because there were no minor character introductions) just used 'leeward' to mean 'port.' I think. I don't even know what's going on, the dialogue is so bad.
It is so, so, SO bad. In many ways it's like CoBP, except TOTALLY STUPID and AWFUL. You should rent it immediately.
This is going to be fun ::rubs hands together::
ETA:: *maniacal laughter* I keep trying to describe how awful it is, but there are just No. Words.
Okay, a few: the monkey is named King Charles and Random Black Pirate (he doesn't have a name because there were no minor character introductions) just used 'leeward' to mean 'port.' I think. I don't even know what's going on, the dialogue is so bad.
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::ponders:: It's so bad it's funny, yes -- but funny enough for over two HOURS? I am totally switching to "The Crimson Pirate" now, and that's like my least favorite of the pirate movies.
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The writing was embarassing, and the director was a little too in love with Geena Davis. Understandable, since he was IIRC in love with her and she had just or was about to trade Jeff Goldblum for him in return.
Just as the smithy sword fight in PotC was the point at which I settled and said, "okay, you got me", the running through the ladies rooms while the horses with the carriage thunder underneath, unencumbered and yet at exactly the same pace, was where I gave up and started thinking about what better use I would have put the costumes and scenery to.
Hee. It's flashy and it's fun to poke at. And I do rather like the costumes. And ships with sails are never bad. It's not one that inspires a fandom though, no.
(Now for a Geena Davis film that I'll keep the sound up for, yet qualifeis as a cult hit only because it's 1) so damn wierd and 2) the first (or nearly so) movie for Jim Carrey and Daymon Wayans and 3) actually has Julie Brown singing "I like 'em big and stupid?" Earth Girls are Easy.
I can't sit through Gone with the Wind and can't stay awake through Apocolypse Now and still haven't seen more Oscar winners than not, but yeah, I have, on DVD, Earth Girls are Easy and Plan Nine from Outer Space.
*grin*
bad movie time
It's a guilty pleasure.
and he has the map tatooed! so gross.
I love Cuthroat Island.
It's so completely perfect for a drinking game. We should develop one that isn't movie-specific, say a gerneal buccaneer one that would be adaptable to everything from The Crimson Pirate to Space Pirates (another personal favorite with Angelica Huston playing
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Still - it's one of the more memorable Craptastic movies I know of. Mostly because the pirate genre post 1940ish is a fairly exclusive club. (I guess you know that far better than I do.)
Have you seen The Pirate Movie? (It's the Craptastic Pirate musical that I adore. A parody of a parody; how can you lose? :-p )