Arrrr, it be a pirate poll

[andrewducker]

[Poll #1797778]

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[pozorvlak.livejournal.com]

PotC:DMC was mostly awful, but the swordfight inside the waterwheel was brilliant.

[bart-calendar.livejournal.com]

I don't know why anyone would pick anything other than "Pirates."

Like, you really think John Depp can do better than Belladonna and Jesse Jane tripping the clit fantastic?

[andrewducker]

I was actually thinking of the 1986 Polanski movie. But I shall see how the voting goes!

[bart-calendar.livejournal.com]

You should probably clarify since the Jesse Jane version was hugely popular.

Teagan does well in that movie too.

[alitheapipkin.livejournal.com]

To be fair, I've seen woefully few of those films, but I do adore the 1st POTC. The 2nd and 3rd ones were entertaining enough tat but 'actually good' is pushing it a bit far. There were moments of goodness but they could really have done with a better script and much tighter plotting. Much as I love watching Johnny Depp, he's made lots of better films than those. I will probably watch the 4th one when it's on telly and no-one expects me to pay to see it though :)

[andrewducker]

It's only had one vote in total so far...

And I think you overestimate how actually popular porn movies are. I'd be willing to guess than less than 10% of the people reading this journal had even heard of it, let alone seen it.

[andrewducker]

Same here, on all counts!

[redfiona99.livejournal.com]

You've not included 'The Crimson Pirate' in your list, and it is the best pirate movie.

[alitheapipkin.livejournal.com]

I'd never heard of it but I'm generally considered sweet and innocent ;) Maybe you should add a question to the poll, I'm curious now!

[cobrabay.livejournal.com]

My favourite pirate movie is The Crimson Pirate http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044517/ with Burt Lancaster, the title of which I assume was the inspiration for The Crimson Permanent Assurance.

[bart-calendar.livejournal.com]

It's an unusual porn though. It did over $20 million in sales, which is higher than many legit films, and unlike most porn movies, was shown in normal movie theaters alongside non porn films.

[bart-calendar.livejournal.com]

It's porn, but it actually has a plot, and good acting and CGI special effects, so while it's explicit, I don't totally consider it a porn movie in my mind, more a normal pirate movie where people just happen to get it on.

[danieldwilliam.livejournal.com]

I picked the Crimson Permanent Assurance because a) it has the best song ever about being an accountant and b) it is a salutory reminder that there is a very thin line between Mafia Don and CEO and that some of the same people who used to become pirates now become executives*

Not all executives are pirate fodder.

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

The dude who plays the Jack Sparrow role has this stupid grin on his face through the whole thing. He's all, like "Dude, they're PAYING me to do this? AWESOME!"

[bart-calendar.livejournal.com]

To be fair, I bet Johnny Depp is astounded they pay him to be in POTC films...

[ashfae.livejournal.com]

Really the first PotC is the only one I'd describe as good, but I enjoyed the others as well so I give them points anyway.

Have you heard about the new Treasure Island with Eddie Izzard as LJS?

[ashfae.livejournal.com]

Yes, yes it was.

[ashfae.livejournal.com]

Damn, this is good to hear. I've been wanting to see that movie for ages. Porn with plot and acting and special effects AND explicit sex? BRING IT ON.

[usmu.livejournal.com]

Came here with another write in vote for The Crimson Pirate. I've seen it when I was like 12 (35 now) and couldn't for the life of me remember the title. Until a friend of mine confirmed that the movie did exist and was called the Crimson Pirate. I don't remember much from way back, but this movie I do.

In other news, PotC 1 was ok, but not good or a piece of shit, and I haven't seen any of the others so I can't vote on question 2. And, probably more shockingly, I haven't seen The Princess Bride either, so no opinion on that one either.

[zz]

i'm not sure i can tell any of the PotC films apart. I just know each had both fun and boring bits, but I don't remember regretting watching them or any shouting at the screen.

[nmg.livejournal.com]

Your list of pirate movies is inadequate; at an exhibition at the Museum of London Docklands on Captain Kidd, they were showing a ten minute film of clips from pirate films. At a rough estimate, they had clips of about four times as many films as you have listed here. Wikipedia's list is scary.

For the record, I like The Sea Hawk.

[kerrypolka.livejournal.com]

I've heard of it! It was a smash hit among my friends group at my university. The best bit was the CGI skeleton fight at the end.

[andrewducker]

It was based on recommendations on Facebook last night. Sadly there are faaaaar too many Pirate movies to fit them all into one poll.

And also I suspect most of them are awful.

[andrewducker]

Go vote on the other poll!

[bart-calendar.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it's really good. And they even went to the extra effort of hiring guys that don't look like trolls.