 Editor in Chief Bill   | 18 Jun 2024 4:49 a.m. PST |
Which film about pirates is your favorite? |
 Parzival  | 18 Jun 2024 5:20 a.m. PST |
Captain Blood (Errol Flynn, Olivia deHavilland, 1935) |
| bwanabill | 18 Jun 2024 5:43 a.m. PST |
I am with Parzival on this one. No one has ever done it better! |
| forrester | 18 Jun 2024 5:48 a.m. PST |
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| Raynman | 18 Jun 2024 5:50 a.m. PST |
I agree with Parzival and Forrester! |
 20thmaine | 18 Jun 2024 6:20 a.m. PST |
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| Disco Joe | 18 Jun 2024 6:23 a.m. PST |
I like Pirates of the Caribbean. |
| 35thOVI | 18 Jun 2024 7:07 a.m. PST |
Captain Blood and Pirates of the Caribbean. I give honorable mention to the Sea Hawk. Hard to beat Flynn. |
| Shagnasty | 18 Jun 2024 7:26 a.m. PST |
One of my favorite is "The Black Swan" with Tyrone Power, MAUREEN O'HARA, Laird Creegar (a great Henry Morgan) and George Sanders. It is hard to beat Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland though or Robert Newton's Long John Silver. |
| nnascati | 18 Jun 2024 7:49 a.m. PST |
Captain Blood, and Newton's Treasure Island |
| SBminisguy | 18 Jun 2024 8:28 a.m. PST |
35thOVI+1 -- and Muppet Treasure Island! |
| Son of MOOG | 18 Jun 2024 8:34 a.m. PST |
The Sea Hawk, Captain Blood and The Buccaneer |
| Michael May | 18 Jun 2024 9:48 a.m. PST |
Treasure Island 1950 with Robert Newton as Long John Silver. He set the stand-arrrrghd! |
| Grattan54 | 18 Jun 2024 10:15 a.m. PST |
Captain Blood. Made in the 1930s and I show it in my Pirates course along with several other pirate movies. Nearly 90 years later and students still like this movie and find it entertaining. |
| HMS Exeter | 18 Jun 2024 10:19 a.m. PST |
Ice Pirates will always be one of my guilty pleasures. Robert Urich announces he's going to take his space pirate ship though a wormhole. His 2nd mate, Ron Perlman, pulls out a canteen shaped like a hemorrhoid cushion and says, "I hope no one minds, but I have no intention of facing this sober." |
| DeRuyter | 18 Jun 2024 10:36 a.m. PST |
Captain Phillips – no one said they had to be 17th century pirates! |
 David Manley | 18 Jun 2024 10:51 a.m. PST |
Pirates of the Caribbean (but NONE of the sequels The Scarlet Buccanneer, aka Swasbuckler The Princess Bride Cutthroat Island |
| Tgerritsen | 18 Jun 2024 12:10 p.m. PST |
The Ice Pirates! (With the infamous Space Herpes!) YouTube link I do like Captain Blood, though. |
 Bobgnar | 18 Jun 2024 12:11 p.m. PST |
There have been a 1/2 dozen versions of live action Treasure Island movie. The Disney one, with Robert Newton is very good. "ye be smart as paint, Jim Hawkins" My favorite is the Charlton Heston version, closer to the book. Jack Palance and Orson Wells versions not so good. In black and white, the Wallace Beery version is worth watching. In that one, Lionel Barrymore plays the best Billy Bones. |
| Cerdic | 18 Jun 2024 12:13 p.m. PST |
The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists! …from Aardman Animations |
 etotheipi  | 18 Jun 2024 12:22 p.m. PST |
Steve Jobs
Captain Ron
Under Siege – Also we play this on the tabletop |
| Perris0707 | 18 Jun 2024 12:43 p.m. PST |
Captain Ron is pretty good, but I have to go with Captain Blood. It is timeless. |
| robert piepenbrink | 18 Jun 2024 2:08 p.m. PST |
Captain Blood. But I mourn the Black Swan they didn't make. What we have is not a bad movie, but pretty much all they left of the Sabatini novel was the title, and the novel is terrific. |
| Old Paul | 18 Jun 2024 2:14 p.m. PST |
The Crimson Pirate with Burt Lancaster is a lot of fun. |
| Major Mike | 18 Jun 2024 2:48 p.m. PST |
The Crimson Permanent Insurance (It was only a short in "The Meaning of Life")
I do like Treasure Island with Wallace Beery, the others all have their good points too.
I'll also add "Captain Phillips". |
| Zephyr1 | 18 Jun 2024 2:51 p.m. PST |
Cutthroat Island, POTC 1 (the sequels got silly after that), Polanski's Pirates!, and a lot of those previously mentioned… ;-) |
| smithsco | 18 Jun 2024 3:17 p.m. PST |
The buccaneer. Pirates of the Caribbean |
| JMcCarroll | 18 Jun 2024 4:03 p.m. PST |
Well not a movie, But I loved Black sails! That is until the last two minuets. |
| DukeWacoan | 18 Jun 2024 4:11 p.m. PST |
Walter Matthau in Polanski movie was A++ |
| hetzer | 18 Jun 2024 5:05 p.m. PST |
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| Hitman | 18 Jun 2024 5:30 p.m. PST |
Black Sails (series). Pirates of the Caribbean. Yellow beard was silly but fun. Captain Blood. Treasure Island original from Disney. Heck almost any pirate movie works for me. ☠️ |
| Buck215 | 18 Jun 2024 5:40 p.m. PST |
"Yellowbeard", "Pirates! Band of Misfits", and the first part of "Monty Python's Meaning of Life". |
| Bunkermeister | 18 Jun 2024 10:58 p.m. PST |
Captain Blood, Black Swan, Treasure Island (Wallace Berry) are the top three. Bunkermeister |
| Oberlindes Sol LIC | 19 Jun 2024 8:51 p.m. PST |
I think the next great genre crossover movie will be pirates versus ninjas until they have to work together to stop the zombies! Captain Blood for my first choice. |
 miniMo | 20 Jun 2024 12:10 p.m. PST |
The Black Pirate.
Flynn is good, but always a pale comparison to Fairbanks.
The planning and practice that went into the stunt where Fairbanks appears to grab a halyard and swing up onto a spar is still unbeatable stunt work today! |
| Deucey | 28 Jun 2024 2:51 p.m. PST |
Treasure Planet +1 on the Muppets! |
| Pyrate Captain | 18 Sep 2024 1:03 p.m. PST |
The Buccaneer. Both versions. |
 Old Contemptible | 21 Sep 2024 9:50 p.m. PST |
"The Buccaneer" "My Favorite Year" |
| marco56 | 15 Dec 2024 12:11 p.m. PST |
Captain Blood and the Sea Hawk.
Pirates of the Caribbean (first one) for modern
Black Sails was a great series.
Mark |
| Deucey | 18 Dec 2024 8:53 a.m. PST |
I'll second Muppets Treasure Island. |
| Gallocelt | 30 Jan 2025 11:10 p.m. PST |
I agree, DukeWacoan. "Pirates" (1986) is absolutely my favorite. Would be great to see it on the big screen. "Aye, Captain Red!"
Cheers!
Gallo |
