Well if you think of a flynn movie its liable to be swashbuckling, he practically defined the genre. Hmm remake http://screenrant.com/captain-blood-remake-niall-3069/ I'd like to see a film that's an actual pirate film where they are sea faring criminals rather than a cross between Rhett Butler and Robin Hood. James Purefoy was quite good as Black Beard though Black Beard seemed to want to be famous which is a tad dicey
Well, i believe Douglas Fairbanks was notably swashbuckling before Flynn, but he was notable for it, yes.
There are movies where pirates are dangerous criminals, but they are often incidental characters rather than the lead actors - try the Harrison Ford/Anne Heche film "Six Days, Seven Nights", where the pirates (led by Temuera Morrison, who is excellent) ARE played as cold-blooded, ruthless killers.
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Date: 2008-09-20 02:36 pm (UTC)And yes, RL Stevenson's fictional conception of pirates in TE is probably the single biggest influence on our concepts of 'pirate'.
Errol Flynn was most famous (as a pirate) for Captain Blood, wasn't he?
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Date: 2008-09-20 02:49 pm (UTC)Hmm remake http://screenrant.com/captain-blood-remake-niall-3069/
I'd like to see a film that's an actual pirate film where they are sea faring criminals rather than a cross between Rhett Butler and Robin Hood. James Purefoy was quite good as Black Beard though Black Beard seemed to want to be famous which is a tad dicey
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Date: 2008-09-20 05:04 pm (UTC)There are movies where pirates are dangerous criminals, but they are often incidental characters rather than the lead actors - try the Harrison Ford/Anne Heche film "Six Days, Seven Nights", where the pirates (led by Temuera Morrison, who is excellent) ARE played as cold-blooded, ruthless killers.