What a Film!
Man, what a great adventure flick this is.
I loved this movie to death when I was little
yep the good old days! those were the times and the films, they dont make them like this anymore!
a daring pirate adventure with the one of the finest cast of the time!
'In those days spirits were brave, the stakes were high, men were real men, women were real women and small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri were real small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri.'
shareThey don't make 'em like this anymore, more's the pity!
shareWhat great fun! It was so bad, I loved it! The lines were cheesy, the characters completely unbelievable, the plot inane. But it had Flynn! That's all i require. Throw in Quinn (wasn't expecting him!) and O'Hara and you've got your Sunday afternoon taken care of.
shareIt was so bad, I loved it! The lines were cheesy, the characters completely unbelievable, the plot inane. But it had Flynn! That's all i require. Throw in Quinn (wasn't expecting him!) and O'Hara and you've got your Sunday afternoon taken care of.
I don't know what it says about my critical eye for film but I actually didn't find it bad or cheesy. I thought it all worked fine, obviously very different to contemporary films but not unbearingly out-dated at all.
Admittedly it's only my second viewing in the swashbuckler genre but I thought the dialogue was much better than say "The Black Swan" where I couldn't help either smirking or laughing everytime someone said "Jamie-Boy".
I loved this movie to death when I was little
by RivenWinner (Mon Sep 20 2004 10:29:06)
God, I wish I'd seen this film when I was a kid, I would have absolutely idolised Maureen O'Hara; for my entire childhood our swing set and slide was never just a swing set and slide, it was a pirate ship and this film would have given so much inspiration for playing
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The Black Swan (Henry King, 1942) was intended as a humorous take on the swashbuckler genre, of which there had been a spate of films since Captain Blood (Michael Curtiz, 1935). With the world plunging into war, the screenwriters couldn't take such things very seriously, and had parodying touches throughout the film, including the repeated use of "Jamie-Boy." So your smirking or laughing is what Ben Hecht, in particular, had in mind.
shareYou took the words out of my mouth. The film was daft fun.
Its that man again!!
I've just watched this on a Sunday afternoon strangely enough. I have to agree that Flynn, Quinn and O'Hara make an entertaining trio.
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