Well, I wouldn't throw out the whole movie. Fast forward to the bits with Peter Boyle (or his equivalent), Geena's character's uncle. There's a fight scene that's fun in the middle.
Dawn: Are you kidding? Dr. Keiser: I never kid about my amazing surgical skills.
'Bring On The Night'
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Connie Neil - Dec 05, 2008 9:33:07 am PST #8914 of 10000
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Connie Neil - Dec 05, 2008 9:35:30 am PST #8915 of 10000
brillig
Muppet Treasure Island rocks like granite. "This is my only number!"
Typo Boy - Dec 05, 2008 9:45:07 am PST #8916 of 10000
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Oh and a thought about why the men would accept Madame Blood as Captain Blood. She is the one who spots the pirate ship, and rouses them to take the chance. She is the best fighter and turns the battle for the Pirate ship so that they succeed in taking it. So by the time the question of who should be captain arise she has already demonstrated that she is by far the best person for the job. Desire to survive can overcome a lot of prejudices. In addition some of the men in the crew could have been transported for Sodomy. Does not automatically mean they have fewer prejudices about gender roles than average, but that could make someone more open to idea. Plus that means she leads a crew that consists in part of actual butt-pirates.
I'm not sure about making her an innkeeper. She could acquire medical skills from a folk-healer (probably less likely to kill the patients than a 17th century doctor). But where would she learn sword fighting if she were not a gentleman's daughter. Perhaps her father could a former gentleman, reduced to being an innkeeper. He teaches her swordfighting because he has no son to pass the skills on to, and she learns healing from a local midwife.
Barb - Dec 05, 2008 3:25:15 pm PST #8917 of 10000
“Not dead yet!”
Lord, but Top Gun is just tragically bad.
But Lord, Tom Skerritt was prettttttttty
Volans - Dec 05, 2008 3:28:38 pm PST #8918 of 10000
move out and draw fire
Just posed the "cast Captain Blood" problem to the DH. His opinion? "There's no Olivia de Havilland, so I'm not going to see it." (pause) "Hugh Jackman. Or Viggo Mortensen. Someone who could play the intelligent and abused side of Peter Blood as well as the action."
DavidS - Dec 05, 2008 5:18:31 pm PST #8919 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Viggo is (was?) going to be playing Capt. Alariste.
sumi - Dec 05, 2008 8:43:59 pm PST #8920 of 10000
Art Crawl!!!
Is. .. or already did. (It's out on dvd.)
evil jimi - Dec 06, 2008 5:45:25 am PST #8921 of 10000
Lurching from one disaster to the next.
I seem to recall the Walter Matthau-starring movie, simply called, Pirates, was pretty good but I last saw it 20 years ago, so I could be wrong.
eta: directed by Polanski
Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 06, 2008 7:04:56 am PST #8922 of 10000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I saw RoleModels the other day. Highly enjoyable. It does have a feel-good ending, but it was quirky enough to avoid mawkishness.
DavidS - Dec 06, 2008 7:10:30 am PST #8923 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Emmett and I enjoyed Role Models too. Pretty formulaic but good hearted and funny.