The Curse of the Black Pearl, and it's not particularly close.
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It's a movie that I saw, enjoyed, and mostly wrote off when it came out. But here we are 20+ years later and I'm still rewatching it every few years. It is still just over-the-top over-acted ridiculous silly fun.
Very well-paced and quotable. Main characters (Knightley and Bloom) were unremarkable, but the side characters (Depp and especially Rush) put in excellent performances into very silly roles.
It's not The Godfather, but it's not trying to be. It is pretty perfect at everything it did try to be.
I feel like the second and third movies are underrated. Perhaps not as tightly scripted as the first, but if you watch them back to back it's a fun ride.
And Keith Richards plays Jack Sparrow's dad in the third film.
Agreed. I don't really like the second, but the third is a very good ending for a trilogy that had no right to be as good as it is. I especially love how all the characters have these different changing motivations and how that shapes the plot.
The first is just perfect, though, not even close
I'm with you, too. It was super good in theaters (get off my lawn).
Does The Goonies count?
First I thought of
Muppet Treasure Island
Princess Bride
Meh, great movie, and yes there's pirates, but I wouldn't consider it pirate-themed personally
I mean, the main character, Westley, is literally The Dread Pirate Roberts. And there's swashbuckling, sailing, and a ragtag group of outlaws who come together despite all odds to fight the crown and take it's treasure (Buttercup).
That's a pirate movie.
I'm not taking away from your very valid points, but I feel like a pirate adventure has to spend a majority of its time ~~at sea~~ on ships and The Princess Bride does not.
It does, however, make an excellent Land Pirate movie.
Yeah, I suppose it's not the most heavily themed pirate movie
I don't know if it's the greatest, but Ice Pirates is too often overlooked.
This fucking movie has stuck with me for decades. It is so stupid and hilarious.
Pirates II: Stagnetti's Revenge is unironically a really fun watch. Evan Stone is hilarious in it.
They made an R-rated cut with the sex scenes edited out and it's surprisingly watchable (in a low budget campy way)
This flag means death is killing it for a show
Disney's 1950 Treasure Island - yes Depp's Jack Sparrow is great, but the pirate performance par excellence is Robert Newton's Long John Silver, imo
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TV show 'Black Sails' has it all. It starts with a great pirate raid and has everything you want. Buried treasure, hidden islands, scheming ladies, backstabbing, and more. Great writing and superb acting with incredible action sequences.
Ice Pirates
Yellowbeard a close second!
More than a decade ago, this was the canonical pirate video for the English speaking Internet:
Lazy Town | You Are A Pirate Music Video
Enjoy 🙂
Butt Pirates of the Caribbean
Against all flags. Pirates of the Caribbeans is more accesable to the modern viewer, but against all flags stood the test of time for 70 years.
Pirates! Is so good.
I know I'm late, but no one has said Pirates! Band of Misfits and it is hilarious.
Planet of the Apes