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.
Yeah all of the other are great but Pirates of the caribean is by far the best movie about pirates.
The Princess Bride.
Inconceivable
You keep using that word. I don’t think it means what you think it means.
“Have you ever considered piracy? You’d make a wonderful Dread Pirate Roberts.”
Muppet Treasure Island
There’s a Muppet Treasure Island?!
Thank you!
And it has Tim Curry!
I’ve got cabin fever!
I’ve got it toooo!
Hell yeah.
Oh yeah I totaly forgot about that movie, now the memories come flooding in.
That was back in the days when you had brutal kids movie. Caption killing his crew, I think they tortured a few muppets etc… But it has fun songs so it was all good.
He’s got one leg, Jim. Count 'em: …one…
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.
Bangarang!
Well now that song’s stuck in my head
… you lewd, crude, rude bag of pre-chewed food dude.
Substitute math teacher
Nearsighted gynecologist
One of my all-time favorites. We had it on VHS as a kid and would watch it all the time.
I still randomly sing “Hook, Hook, give us the Hook!”
I still say “Rufio! Rufio!” almost every time I see a picture or mention of Dante Brasco, which is more frequently than you might think since ATLA is one of my comfort/background shows.
😭
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.
Also the soundtrack is just amazing
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.
No, I agree. I liked the decision to not have Davy jones be entirely villainous. Although I did take issue with the inconsistency of the story later on. Like, if Jones can stand in a bucket of sea water to go on land, then can’t he just fill some sealed shoes with water and walk on land? It’s all rather ambiguous.
Treasure planet
The Goonies
Chester Copperpot!
Time Bandits.
The Goonies.
Some good responses in here, so I’ll add The Pirate Movie.
I know it will get a lot of laughs now, but I unironically love the final song.
Hackers
The Ice Pirates.
Plus one for Ice Pirates. It gave us Space Herpes
There was a movie that was just called ‘Pirates,’ don’t know if it was any good though…
That may be the porn/softcore flick by Digital Playground and Adam & Eve, circa 2005. Was a solid renter at the video store I ran. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0477457/
Captain Phillips
Going off on a whim and gonna say Aguirre, The Wrath of God
Spanish conquistadors getting their shit handed to them so only loosely pirates but pirates in spirit.
