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Which do you prefer more: Cutthroat Island or Pirates of the Caribbean?
07-12-10, 10:31 AM
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Which do you prefer more: Cutthroat Island or Pirates of the Caribbean?
Which do you prefer more: Cutthroat Island or the Pirates of the Caribbean flicks?
I just blind-bought Cutthroat Island on blu-ray the other day since I never saw the film. But i'm surprised at what a fun, exciting and entertaining film it is. I think I prefer the big-budget action movies of the 1990s (as cheesy as they may be) than to the big-budget action movies of today, because when a film got a huge budget then, they actually built real sets and went to real locations. I really don't appreciate the expensive CGI-animated set overkill in today's action flicks. And furthermore, I was pretty bored watching all of the Pirates of the Caribbean movies. I'll take Mathew Modine over Johnny Depp & Orlando Bloom. And I'll take a wierd-looking yet attractive Geena Davis over scrawny Keira Knightly.
The history behind Cutthroat Island is pretty sad. As I watch it now, I thought that Geena Davis and Modine were enough star power in 1995, but when I read about it now, it turns out that they weren't big name enough. When I think of Cutthroat Island, I think of it being around the same time as their peak years of Thelma & Louise, A League of their Own, Memphis Belle, Pacific Heights, Wind, Married to the Mob, but I guess that both Davis and Modine were dated by the time Cutthroat Island came out...
I just blind-bought Cutthroat Island on blu-ray the other day since I never saw the film. But i'm surprised at what a fun, exciting and entertaining film it is. I think I prefer the big-budget action movies of the 1990s (as cheesy as they may be) than to the big-budget action movies of today, because when a film got a huge budget then, they actually built real sets and went to real locations. I really don't appreciate the expensive CGI-animated set overkill in today's action flicks. And furthermore, I was pretty bored watching all of the Pirates of the Caribbean movies. I'll take Mathew Modine over Johnny Depp & Orlando Bloom. And I'll take a wierd-looking yet attractive Geena Davis over scrawny Keira Knightly.
The history behind Cutthroat Island is pretty sad. As I watch it now, I thought that Geena Davis and Modine were enough star power in 1995, but when I read about it now, it turns out that they weren't big name enough. When I think of Cutthroat Island, I think of it being around the same time as their peak years of Thelma & Louise, A League of their Own, Memphis Belle, Pacific Heights, Wind, Married to the Mob, but I guess that both Davis and Modine were dated by the time Cutthroat Island came out...
07-12-10, 10:45 AM
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Re: Which do you prefer more: Cutthroat Island or Pirates of the Caribbean?
If you ignore the atrocious sequels, Pirates of the Caribbean by a landslide.
07-12-10, 10:55 AM
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Re: Which do you prefer more: Cutthroat Island or Pirates of the Caribbean?
I never saw Cutthroat Island, but I thought everyone considered it total trash, and assumed this thread was a joke. Will find out for myself if I ever open my $5 blu-ray. Love Geena Davis, an ex looked just like her back in their primes.
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07-12-10, 12:02 PM
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Re: Which do you prefer more: Cutthroat Island or Pirates of the Caribbean?
07-12-10, 12:03 PM
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07-12-10, 12:31 PM
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Re: Which do you prefer more: Cutthroat Island or Pirates of the Caribbean?
Mac and Me wins because of the wheelchair sequence
Cutthroat Island wins because it didn't have two terrible sequels
(now swap those and they're my picks, tho the Pirates sequels really did suck ass).
Cutthroat Island wins because it didn't have two terrible sequels
(now swap those and they're my picks, tho the Pirates sequels really did suck ass).
07-12-10, 12:42 PM
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07-12-10, 12:51 PM
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07-12-10, 01:13 PM
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07-12-10, 01:15 PM
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07-12-10, 01:16 PM
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07-12-10, 01:20 PM
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Re: Which do you prefer more: Cutthroat Island or Pirates of the Caribbean?
Kill Bill or The Care Bears Movie?
07-12-10, 01:45 PM
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Re: Which do you prefer more: Cutthroat Island or Pirates of the Caribbean?
Both Cutthroat Island and Pirates of the Caribbean were films that tried to get pirates popular again in cinema. Cutthroat Island failed. Pirates worked.
That's why they are both connected.
That's why they are both connected.
07-12-10, 01:48 PM
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