The original Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy with the original cast slaps. I forgot how good those films were until I rewatched them over lockdowns but they all hold up super well. So, any one of those movies.
The Princess Bride.
Muppet Treasure Island
Somehow nobody has mentioned Pirates of the Caribbean yet, so I will. They’re stupid movies, but they’re also incredibly entertaining, and the special effects (2 + 3 especially) hold up incredibly well.
I still regularly watch the first three as a dumb fun action trilogy.
Also, yes; Davy Jones is the best CGI to be put onscreen since probably ever.
Agreed. Also, I think it was quite the power move to have a character so evil that they cut out their own heart, then made the actual villain a tiny British man who embodies capitalism.
I don’t think it was that he was so evil, he was so hurt and betrayed by Calypso.
I actually kinda like Cutler Beckett as the true villain. He represents the world at large and the turn of the century, the literal end of the age of piracy. And you have this ragtag group of murderers and miscreants trying to stand up for their way of life.
It’s all framed as a heroic last stand, of course.
I’m going to go with Hook.
It’s not as seminal to pirate movie lore as the 1950 Treasure Island or the Pirates Of The Caribbean series, but it’s just a great funny, touching movie.
